Proverbs 28:6 entreats with these words, “Better is a poor man who walks in his integrity than a rich man who is crooked in his ways (ESV).” A Song to Lady Poverty is an ode that speaks to the virtues of those who have chosen to live a life devoid of “worldly” pleasures as written by St. Francis of Assisi. I will talk briefly in this paper about it. As I consider today’s church (non-Catholic), and the vow that was taken by saints such as Francis of Assisi, I think they would be extremely appalled and upset at the wealth that is wheeled by them. From this reading, I gathered that St. Francis was fully absorbed with poverty as a spiritual discipline. Care for the indigent and those who were not able to care for themselves does fall back
