Answer:
rely on God’s providence and be free to serve the Gospel. With Ignatius, the call to poverty begins with his conversion and continues to be a dynamic force throughout his life. That is why he often referred to himself as ‘the pilgrim’ - someone who is completely dependent upon the generosity of God and of others. We can see the same pattern in all the early companions after their own conversion through the Exercises. The heart of this poverty for the sake of the Kingdom is a dependence upon God and a belief that God will provide for our needs. In fact, central to the charism of all those who innovate or found a religious order or Christian community is this central intuition about poverty. It is summed up in the words of the Protestant theologian, Karl Barth: “...we do not really know Jesus (the Jesus of the New Testament) if we do not know Him as this poor man, as this (if we may risk the dangerous word) partisan of the poor and finally as this revolutionary.” (Karl Barth)