COLLOQUY XXXVII.
Those who Cherish the Friars Minor are Pleasing to God, and how the Order was Foretold in the Gospel
Many times when the holy Patriarch was exhorting his Brethren to beg for alms, he would use these words : ‘ Go,’ he would say, ‘for the Friars Minor have been given to the world in these last times, that the faithful may fulfil towards them the command of Christ, and that they may be commended by the Judge with these sweet words : ” Inasmuch as ye did it to one of My least brethren, ye did it unto Me.” But the impious and the cruel shall be rejected, and shall hear these terrible words : ” Inasmuch as ye did it not to these My least brethren, ye did it not to Me.” It is therefore a great privilege to beg under the title of a Friar Minor, since the Lord of truth has promised with His own mouth so signal a reward to the just for assisting them.’