tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21494882.post115582671277737130..comments2023-10-05T04:14:18.377-05:00Comments on Portiuncula: the Little Portion: Why Do You Allow Poverty?Chris Dickson, F.L.A.http://www.blogger.com/profile/18038516376995377214noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21494882.post-1156006462865855532006-08-19T11:54:00.000-05:002006-08-19T11:54:00.000-05:00When St. Francis said, "Poverty is an extraordinar...When St. Francis said, "Poverty is an extraordinary way of salvation, since it nourishes humility, the root of perfection," he was speaking of self-imposed poverty, not the poverty of those less fortunate. Francis often went about the countryside half naked because he would always share his tunic with someone who asked for it. I'll bet he didn't own any "Gucci's!"Chris Dickson, F.L.A.https://www.blogger.com/profile/18038516376995377214noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21494882.post-1155934097260730512006-08-18T15:48:00.000-05:002006-08-18T15:48:00.000-05:00I know what you mean. Ever since I was a kid, it h...I know what you mean. Ever since I was a kid, it has taken my being hit over the head with a two-by-four to get my attention...God included...and now you know why the top of my head looks like the surface of the moon !!!!!Chris Dickson, F.L.A.https://www.blogger.com/profile/18038516376995377214noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21494882.post-1155933177051397392006-08-18T15:32:00.000-05:002006-08-18T15:32:00.000-05:00"We may suffer one humiliation after another, unti..."We may suffer one humiliation after another, until it begins to dawn on us that he is everything."<BR/><BR/>Amen...<BR/>Been there done that! Why is it so hard for a human to simply "BE" in God?Desert Dreamerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18016399826179327380noreply@blogger.com