By Quanah Jeffries, Crisis Magazine - Concerning this, St. Francis de Sales said of the wealthy: Deprive yourself frequently of some part of your property by bestowing it with a willing heart upon the poor… If you love the poor, be often in their company, be glad to see them in your house, and to visit them in theirs. Converse willingly with them, be pleased to have them near you in the church, in the streets, and elsewhere. Be poor in conversing with them, speaking to them as their companions; but be rich in assisting, by sharing some of your more abundant goods with them….