{"id":3922,"date":"2006-12-17T00:16:15","date_gmt":"2006-12-17T00:16:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/viamedia\/2006\/12\/poor-clares-in-cleveland.html"},"modified":"2006-12-17T00:16:15","modified_gmt":"2006-12-17T00:16:15","slug":"poor-clares-in-cleveland","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/viamedia\/2006\/12\/poor-clares-in-cleveland.html","title":{"rendered":"Poor Clares in Cleveland"},"content":{"rendered":"

A nice profile:<\/a><\/p>\n

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Ask Sister Christina why she chose the Poor Clares, and she answers quickly: "Their spirituality." <\/p>\n

It is, she says, a love of Jesus that manifests itself in a deep concern for the world. "You love the world so much because he does," she says, and that is why the nuns split away from society. "You see all the grates and the separation. It’s not because we don’t like the world. It’s because we really love it and want to remain so and pray for it." <\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

A nice profile: Ask Sister Christina why she chose the Poor Clares, and she answers quickly: "Their spirituality." It is, she says, a love of Jesus that manifests itself in a deep concern for the world. 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