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Clare and the media

This picture shows an early symbol for radio waves - circles of light with a lightning flash, all radiating from a central point. This point is now placed between Clare’s open hands, reaching out from the heart. This is because, like prayer, TV is a communication of the heart. It can project, beyond the capacity of other art forms, emotion, sympathy and the ability to enter into the experience of others. Underneath are the words, Broadcast and Truth, united by the same T, the tau sign which was St Francis’ symbol for his way of life, a type of the Cross, and the mark of redemption.

Clare was called by God, through Francis of Assisi, to lead a life of love and prayer in community, radiating God’s love invisibly, to the world. One Christmas, Clare was too ill to be brought down to the church at St Damian’s to join in celebration of Matins and midnight Mass. So, according to a legend in the Fioretti, the Lord enabled her to see and hear from her bed, the celebration in the church of St Francis - as on a webcam!. This miracle influenced Pope Pius XII to name Clare, the patron of radio and TV.

St Clare’s life was spent in praise and adoration of God. She gave thanks for everything, in the same spirit which led Francis to bless God for the gifts of sun and moon, wind and water, fire and earth. If we want to join our prayer with Clare’s, we might make three resolutions:-

1 To thank God daily, for his gift to us of the media, and to praise and adore him when we use it.

2 To pray daily for all who work in broadcasting - for directors and producers, writers and actors, cameramen, and those whose hidden services are needed to put the show on the air. We should ask God to make his Word incarnate in them and in their work.

3 Whenever we encounter media that broadcasts truth in whatever form, we should write and thank those concerned. This will have far more effect on what is shown than any amount of criticism.

Prayer

Be praised, my Lord,
in all that you have made:
be praised through television,
that can make near what is distant,
that can bring understanding
where there is fear,
that can bring light
where there is error.
Be praised, my Lord, for all
who work to broadcast truth.
Let all your creatures praise you.

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