...adolescens verbum, abiit tristis: erat enim habens multas possessiones. 21. Jesus saith to him: If thou wilt be perfect, go, sell what thou hast, and give to the poor ; and thou shalt have treasure in heaven : and come, follow me. 22. And when the young man had heard...

...u, 12). With regard to the way of perfection through voluntary poverty, He said, — "If thou wilt be perfect, go, sell what thou hast, and give to the poor, and thou shalt have treasure in heaven; and come, follow Me " (ver. 21). St. Paul also, vindicating...

...Which are the Evangelical Counsels ? A. The Evangelical Poverty. Jesus saith to him : If thou wilt be perfect, go, sell what thou hast, and give to the poor, and thou shalt have treasure in Counsels are voluntary Poverty, perpetual Chastity, and entire Obedience....

...free disposal of property, is renounced. To this counsel of the gospel refer the words: "If thou wilt be perfect, go, sell what thou hast, and give to the poor, and thou shult have treasure in heaven; and come, follow Me" (Matt. xix. 21). The more we detach our...

...what it was that was wanting to make him a happy man ? Jesus knew what he lacked, and said to him, " Go sell what thou hast and give to the poor, and come and follow me, and thou shalt have life." Now, what was this lack? Evidently what Jesus was telling...

...whatever. LONGFEIXOW. August 12. St. Clare, Co-founder with St, Francis of Assisi, 1193-1253. If thou wilt be perfect, go, sell what thou hast, and give to the poor. MATTHEW xu. I knelt and wept : my Christ no more I seek, His throne is with the outcast and the weak....

...he whom Thou hast chosen, and taken to Thee : he shall dwell in Thy Courts. Sft 19, 21 If thou wilt be perfect, go sell what thou hast, and give to the poor, and thou shalt have treasure in Heaven ; and come, follow Me. W. 19, 27 Behold we have left all things,...

...surrounded by all the glory and magnificence of office he hearkened to the voice of Christ: " If thou wilt be perfect, go, sell what thou hast, and give to the poor." The island of Sicily and the Ccelian hill evidence their fruit, and his retirement from the world soon...

...' ' who have heard addressed to them the call of Jesus Christ, who became poor for our sakes — " Go sell what thou hast and give to the poor, and come follow Me ' ' ; and again: "Every one that hath left house, or brethren, or sisters, or father, or mother, or...

...so He gave this innocent keeper of the commandments the invitation to go up higher. " If thou wilt be perfect, go, sell what thou hast, and give to the poor, and come and follow Me." The way of perfection, then, consists in the following of Christ, especially by the...