Lord, make us to walk in your way

'Where there is love and wisdom,
there is neither fear nor ignorance;
where there is patience and humility,
there is neither anger nor annoyance;
where there is poverty and joy,
there is neither greed nor avarice;
where there is peace and contemplation,
there is neither care nor restlessness;
where there is the fear of God to guard the dwelling,
there no enemy can enter;
where there is mercy and prudence,
there is neither excess nor harshness';
this we know through your Son,
Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.

Francis of Assisi

St. Francis embraces poverty, by John Dashwood TSSF