Offering The Love Of God

Immediately upon hearing "the love of God," Francis would become excited, stirred, and inflamed, as though an inner chord of his heart had been plucked by the plectrum of the outward voice of the speaker. He said that to offer the love of God to get an alms was a noble prodigality, and those who valued receiving the love of God less than their money were most foolish men indeed.

Saint Francis of Assisi
Celano, Second Life
Chapter CXLVIII

T