The Lady Poverty

'It is only through the poor we can offer anything to God, who also has ned of the poor in order to ask anything of us.' -St. Francis of Assisi

St. Francis of Assisi referred to poverty as "Lady Poverty." The son of a prosperous merchant, Francis had traded his wealth for a life of poverty so that he could better serve the Lord. In describing his ministry to be one with the poor, he used the imagery of a suitor's pursuit of the woman with whom he wished to spend the rest of his life in marri...