"Blessed are the poor in spirit, for theirs is the Kingdom of Heaven."
Each beatitude has many degrees. Happy they who are poor without murmuring, without impatience, without jealousy, even if bread should be lacking, and who work while placing their trust in God.
Blessed are they who, though more fortunate, have not the spirit of riches, pomp and pride, but are detached from the goods of earth.
More fortunate still are they who will leave all to follow Christ, who will make themselves voluntarily poor, and who will truly live according to the spirit of this vocation. These poor are they who, under the inspiration of the gift of fear, follow the road which though narrow at first, becomes the royal road to heaven, on which the soul dilates more and more, whereas the broad road of the world leads to hell and perdition.
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