he were a slave … it is most difficult, indeed it is humanly impossible, for the wealthy to enter the kingdom of heaven. It takes little imagination to see that one who freely chooses to be poor is far more prepared to understand the previous paragraph than one who is surrounded with luxury, comfort, pleasures of sense, who basks in prestige and position, who lives only for the good opinion of other human beings. The difference is like that of a paper towel and wax paper in their receptivity and