There are many godly acts that make a person pious. Being humble, helping others, sacrificing, those are all aspects of living a faith filled life. In the ancient world although personal sacrifices were impressive and viewed as pious, the most important action necessary for being viewed as pious, was caring for the poor. Being generous was viewed as the most important, even in the eyes of God, as shown through his miracles. St. Clare did a remarkable job at caring for the poor and she can be used as a strong example and role model. “she distributed and converted all her goods, as she counted out of reverence to Christ whatever else she had as one thing with herself, into alms and subsidies for the poor”(Brufani, 2332). As seen in this line
