Montefalco - Saint Clare of Montefalco

Montefalco and the Shrine of Saint Clare are in the beautiful Umbrian mountains.

St. Clare of Montefalco is the Founder of the order of The Holy Cross.

She literally carried the Crucified Christ, and the Crown of Thorns formed inside the muscle of her heart.  

She had a vision of Our Lord Jesus carrying His Cross, looking very weary.  He said to her, "I am looking for someone I can trust with My Cross. "  She said, "You can trust me." 

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Incorrupt heart of Saint Clare of Montefalco

That evening, the Nuns opened her heart preparing it to place in a Reliquary. To their amazement, Clare’s words came alive; there before them were the marks of Jesus Passion!

Cradled inside the softness of her grand heart, was the Perfect Form of Jesus Crucified, even to the Crown of Thorns clearly evidenced on his Head, and the lance Wound in His Precious Side.

The Lord had not only planted His Crucified Body within the recesses of her heart, but the painful evidence of some of His Sufferings, the means of flagellation in a form of ligaments or tendons, the whip that was used to scourge our Beloved Lord, with the ends showing the metal balls and the jagged bones used to rip our Lord’s Skin from His Bones.

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He thrust His Cross into her heart. 

For the rest of her life, she suffered Agony and Ecstasy.

Inside the convent is the garden where you can see the miraculous tree which still bears fruit today.

The Montefalco Rosaries made from these nuts.  They come from a stick, watered under obedience to Our Lord Jesus  which is over 700 years old and still bears fruit.