church and gave to the townspeople the property he had from his forebears—three hundred arurae,14 very fertile and beautiful to see. He did not want it to encumber himself or his sister in any way whatever. He sold all the rest, the chattels they had, and gave the tidy sum he received to the poor, keeping back only a little for his sister. 3. But once again as he entered the church, he heard the Lord saying in the Gospel: Be not solicitous for the morrow.15 He could not bear to wait longer, but went