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XXII

HOW THE LADY POVERTY GAVE HER CONSENT

Collect from the Litany of the Saints. At these Words my Lady Poverty was deeply moved, and as her Property is to have Mercy and spare, she could restrain herself no longer, but having speedily embraced them, and given to each the Kiss of Peace, she said: Behold, my Brothers and my Sons, I will come with you, because I know that through you I shall win many more.