Deepertruth: Stand In the Gap With Us and Saint Agnes of Assisi

 Stand In the Gap With Us and Saint Agnes of Assisi 11/19/2023

Agnes of Assisi“The most deadly poison of our times is indifference. And this happens, although the praise of God should know no limits. Let us strive, therefore, to praise him to the greatest extent of our powers.”

One quote attributed to her is this: “Christ made my soul beautiful with the jewels of grace and virtue.I belong to Him whom the angels serve.” However, Agnes' earthly life was to be cut very short. In 303 Roman Emperor Diocletian, overturned the tolerance era, and made another declaration of Christian persecution.

Born Caterina Offreducia, Agnes was the younger sister of Saint Clare, and her first follower.

When Caterina left home two weeks after Clare’s departure, their family attempted to bring her back by force.

They tried to drag her out of the monastery, but her body suddenly became so heavy that several knights could not budge it.

Her uncle Monaldo tried to strike her but was temporarily paralyzed.

The knights then left Caterina and Clare in peace.

Saint Francis himself gave Clare’s sister the name Agnes, because she was gentle like a young lamb.

Agnes matched her sister in devotion to prayer and in willingness to endure the strict penances that characterized the Poor Ladies’ lives at San Damiano.

In 1221, a group of Benedictine nuns in Monticelli near Florence asked to become Poor Ladies. Saint Clare sent Agnes to become abbess of that monastery.