“Without (poverty) the religious is a Pharisee – a gentleman in the monastery dressed like a poor man, but without a true love for poverty. Here in Holland, more than anywhere else, we are too much attached to all kinds of things and used to comfort. We want everything put in order under the pretext of Dutch solidity, cleanliness, and neatness. We seek the rich and give more honor to them, even in our heart. The poor are of us, but we do not wish to be of them. We thereby make ourselves ridiculous before God who accepted our vows.”
Bl. Titus Brandsma
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