Poverty of Spirit Observed in Midst of Riches

Keep yourself always near Jesus Christ crucified, both spiritually by meditation and truly through holy communion. For just as those who lie down upon the herb called Agnes Costas become chaste and modest, so you laying down your heart to rest upon our Lord will see that your soul and your heart will soon be cleansed from all the defilements of impurity. There is a difference between having poison and being poisoned. Apothecaries have nearly every poison imaginable for use on different occasions, but they are not poisoned, for the poison is in their shops, not their bodies. So too, you may possess riches without being poisoned by them, if you have them in your house or