When blessed Francis had gone to preach at a house of the friars near Rocca Brizzi it happened that on the day he was due to preach, a poor, sick man came to him. Full of compassion for him, he began to speak about the man's poverty and sickness to his companion. And his companion said to him, "Brother, it is true that this man seems poor enough, but it may be that no one in the whole Provice has a greater desire for riches." He was at once severely rebuked by blessed Francis, saying, "Do you want to know how you sinned against him, and against Christ Himself? Whenever you see a poor man, remember Christ in Whose Name he comes, and how He took upon Himself, and how He took upon Himself our poverty and weakness. For this man's poverty serves us as a mirror...
Saint Francis of Assisi
Mirror of Perfection - 37
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