I takes a very rich person to want to be poor. In order to love material poverty we have to understand the value of spiritual wealth. Our Lord teaches us that the greatest in his Kingdom is the childlike, the most dependent on the Heavenly Father. Love of poverty is not so much a denial of self, but an investment in our eternal home rather than our temporary one. The Lord invites us today, like St. Clare, to turn and seek poverty in this world to the greatest extend we can while still accomplishing His holy Will for us.