Amer les bonnes genz et les poures
A Heart Open to All
The chapter calls for a universal love that embraces both the faithful in the world and those who have chosen voluntary poverty for Christ.
Dear daughter, love all good people, both those in religious life and those in the world—those you learn of through whom God is honored and served. Love the poor and help them, especially those who have embraced poverty for the love of Our Lord.1
Read the original Latin
Chiere fille, amez toutes bonnes genz et de religion et de siècle, ceus que vous entendrez par qui Diex soit ennorez et serviz. Amez les poures et les secourez, et especiaument ceus qui pour lamor de Nostre-Seigneur se sont mis a poureté.
Notes
- 1 ↩Old French «se sont mis a poureté» marks voluntary poverty (choosing poverty for God), not merely being born or left poor; the rendering keeps that deliberate commitment.
Teachings to His Daughter Isabelle companion
Rule yourself daily, not just on retreat
Chosen Portion turns the mirror into a daily practice — a short reading and examining question each morning before you lead anyone.
Chosen Portion makes the mirror daily: the ruler-formation questions this collection preserves become a two-minute morning examination in the app.
- A daily formation reading drawn from centuries of counsel to those in authority
- One pointed examination question a day — two minutes, before the meetings start
- Track your practice over weeks and watch the examined life become a habit