St. Clare, The Antidote For Faithlessness

Today's Gospel provides a scenario we face time and time again, although perhaps not as dramatic...A possessed boy's father begs the disciples to drive out the demon and they can't.  Jesus tells them it's because of their lack of faith. (Mt 17; 20) One translation reads, "Because of your lack of trust." How often do we find our prayers unanswered for the same reason?
St. Clare, on the other hand, is the example of unshakeable trust. She wanted to live as St  Francis and his Friars, and did, receiving on her deathbed, the official approval from Rome of complete poverty, the ownership of nothing, no lands, no buildings, nothing  Her motto was Deus Providebit, God will provide. The Poor Clares continue to live this way today.  Perhaps this is too extreme for most of us, but we can find a place where we need to fit somewhere near this ideal.  Yes, where we NEED to fit...without trust, faith, we cannot find room for God, we cannot find happiness. St. Clare, help us to live in complete trust as you did.
Bro. Rene