They then began to long miserably for the fleshpots of Egypt, which they had left behind; and what they had once despised with a generous heart they now shamefully wanted...They began at last to fawn upon the men of the world; and they began to be wedded to them, as it were, that they might empty their purses, extend their own buildings, and multiply the very things they had completely renounced. They sold their words of advice to the rich and their visits to noble ladies; and they frequented the courts of kings and princes with great eagerness, so that they might join house to house and field to field.
Saint Francis of Assisi
Sacrum Commercium
CHAPTER II
Sunday, January 11, 2009
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