Clare of Assisi: The Mystic of Radical Simplicity and Fierce Love

Jul 19

Clare of Assisi

In a world obsessed with power, wealth, and appearance, Clare of Assisi stripped it all away.

Born into a noble family in 1194, she traded fine gowns for a coarse habit, silken linens for bare floors, and privilege for poverty. Inspired by her friend and spiritual brother Francis of Assisi, Clare left her family home in the middle of the night at age 18 to dedicate her life—fully and freely—to God.

She cut her hair. Took a vow of radical poverty. And never looked back.

But don’t be fooled by her humility.

Clare was fierce. She founded a monastic community for women (later known as the Poor Clares), wrote her own Rule of Life—the first known monastic rule written by a woman—and stood up to popes to protect her sisters’ right to live simply and freely in Christ.

Her Superpower? Stillness.

While Francis preached in streets and fields, Clare embodied a hidden revolution. Her power came not from movement, but from rootedness. In her cloistered life of silence, simplicity, and prayer, Clare cultivated a mystical intimacy with Christ that was deep, embodied, and unshakable.

She referred to Christ as her Spouse, gazed upon the crucified God with tear-streaked devotion, and taught her sisters to "mirror" Christ’s life with their own.

To Clare, contemplation wasn’t passive—it was the most potent act of love.

Why She Still Speaks

We live in a world of noise, hustle, and pressure to be more—do more, own more, post more.

Clare whispers a different way.

She calls us into the holy hush, the sacred pause, the fierce discipline of doing less so we can love more. Not from emptiness, but from fullness. Not out of fear, but out of freedom.

At Loto Wellness Collective, this is our ethos too: rest as resistance. Sacred simplicity. Rooting deep in God so we can flourish fully. Clare reminds us that the contemplative path is not about retreating from life—it’s about anchoring your life in what matters most.

Clare & The Loto Woman

The Loto woman knows the cost of overextension.

She’s been burned out by trying to prove her worth. She’s longed for peace but found herself spinning. Like Clare, she is learning to live with open hands—to surrender the unnecessary so she can embrace what is essential.

She doesn’t need to impress.
She doesn’t need to hustle for holiness.
She just wants to be with God—and to become more herself in the process.

She lights candles. Chooses silence. Walks barefoot on the earth.
She lives slowly, gently, richly—like Clare.

A Sacred Invitation

Clare of Assisi invites you to strip away what is no longer serving your soul.

Where are you clinging to what God is asking you to release?
How might your life become lighter if you embraced radical simplicity?
Are you willing to believe that stillness is powerful—and that hiddenness can be holy?

You don’t have to chase anything to be loved.
You don’t have to earn rest.
You are already invited into divine presence—right here, right now.

Clare chose the quiet way.
And in doing so, she shook the world.

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