In 2012, the sisters brought out a book of prayers called ‘Calm the Soul’. This became the ninth best-selling Irish book that year. The following year, it became a No. 1 bestseller, remaining 13 weeks at the top of the book charts. The following audio tracks feature some of the sisters reading prayers from the book, to an accompaniment of the sisters music in the background.
Poem "Calm the Soul"
Prayer for those with Depression
Prayer for those who are lonely
Prayer for when our fears overwhelm us
Clare... slipped away from her home and hurried through the woods to the chapel of the Portiuncula, where Francis was then living with his small community. He and his brethren had been at prayers before the altar and met her at the door with lighted tapers in their hands.
Now about that incident I will here only say this. If it had really been a romantic elopement and the girl had become a bride instead of a nun, practically the whole modern world would have made her a heroine...modern romanticism entirely encourages such defiance of parents when it is done in the name of romantic love. For it knows that romantic love is a reality, but it does not know that divine love is a reality.
G. K. Chesterton
