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Chapter II
HOW HE CLOTHED A POOR KNIGHT
AND HOW HE SAW A VISION OF HIS CALLING WHILE STILL IN THE WORLD
5 After a short time
freed from his chains,
he became more generous to the needy.
Already he resolved
never to turn his face away from any poor person
who asked anything “for the love of God.”
One day he met a poor, half-naked knight, and moved by piety, for love of Christ, he generously gave him the finely tailored clothes he was wearing. Did he do any less than the great Saint Martin?a They did the same thing, with the same purpose, though in different ways.
Francis first gave away his clothes,
then everything else;
Martin gave away everything elseb
and then gave away his clothes.
Both lived poor and humble in this world
and both entered heaven rich. c
Martin was poor, but a knight,
and clothed a poor man with part of his clothes.
Francis was rich, but not a knight,
and he clothed a poor knight with all of his clothes.
Both of them,
- Cf. Sulpicius Severus describes the generosity of Saint Martin of Tours (+397) in the following manner: "Accordingly, at a certain period, when he had nothing except his arms and his simple military dress, in the middle of winter, . . . he happened to meet at the gate of Amiens a poor man destitute of clothing. . . . He had nothing except the cloak in which he was clad, for he had already parted with the rest of his garments for similar purposes. Taking, his sword therefore he cut his cloak into two equal parts, and gave one part to the poor man, while he again clothed himself with the remainder." The Life of Martin 3. [This and other quotations from The Life of Martin and from the Letters have been taken from: "The Works of Sulpicius Severus," translated with Preface and Notes by Alexander Roberts, in A Select Library of Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers of the Christian Church, Second Series, Volume XI, (New York: The Christian Literature Company, 1894).]
- Sulpicius Severus, Life of Martin 3: "He had nothing except the cloak in which he was clad, for he had already parted with the rest of his garments for similar purposes."
- Sulpicius Severus, Letter III: "Martin, poor and insignificant on earth, has a rich entrance granted him into heaven." This famous phrase, pauper et humilis caelum dives ingreditur [poor and humble he entered heaven rich] appears twice in the Office of Saint Martin. See Responsory VIII at Matins and Antiphon V at Lauds. With a change of name, it is also used for the Alleluia verse in a Mass of Saint Francis. See Second Mass, Gradual versicle as found in the Liturgical Texts, cf. FA:ED I 349.
Vita Secunda Sancti Francisci, Fontes Franciscani, p. 447-448
Caput Il
De milite paupere quem vestivit
et de visionesuae vocationis quam in saeculo vidit.
5 1Liberatus a vinculis,
elapso tempore modico,
fit erga indigentes pietate benignior.
2Firmat iam,
ut non avertat faciem suam ab ullo paupere,
quicumque amorem Dei proponeret in petendo.
3Die quadam pauperem militem et pene nudum obvium habuit, cui vestes proprias curiose paratas, quibus indutus erat pietate admonitus, pro Christi amore liberaliter dedit. 4Quid minus hic a Martino illo sanctissimo gessit, nisi quod, licet unius propositi et operis forent, in modo tamen dissimiles?
5Hic primus vestes quam reliqua;
ille, primo datis omnibus,
vestimenta dedit extremus:
uterque pauper et modicus vixit in saeculo,
uterque dives ingressus est caelum.
6Ille, miles sed pauper,
pauperem veste truncata contexit;
iste, non miles sed dives,
pauperem militem perfecta veste vestivit.
7Uterque,