Praying the Psalms with Augustine and Friends

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Praying the Psalms with Augustine and Friends

the poor. You find another, a proud beggar, or not proud only because he has nothing, yet still seeking how to exalt himself. God judges him according to his wish for earthly blessings, not according to the means which it is not his luck to have. When they have laid hold of eternal life, then will they be rich, but since they do not have it yet, they should know that they are poor. Thus it is that God counts among his poor all who are humble in heart.