"36. Do you wish to pray? Renounce all things. You then will become heir to all."

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“119. Happy is the spirit that becomes free of all matter and is stripped of all at the time of prayer.”

“97. One of the brethren owned only a book of the Gospels. He sold this and gave the money for the support of the poor. He made a statement that deserves remembrance: "I have sold the very word that speaks to me saying: 'Sell your possessions and give to the poor.'”

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