Help find this quote about Christian poverty?

December 20, 2010 12:16 PM

Help me find this exact quote about Christian poverty. Probably a saint, ca. fall of Rome.

I cannot for the life of me remember where I read or heard this quote, but it very much inspired me and I'd like to try and get the author and exact wording.

I'm pretty sure it was a woman, possibly a saint, who lived around the time Rome fell to the Barbarians. She said about the invasion something like, "I'm glad the Barbarians found me poor, rather than made me so."

Googling has turned up nothing. Any ideas?

posted by hishtafel to Religion & Philosophy (2 answers total)

Best answer: Saint Marcella of Rome: "By heaven's grace, captivity has found me a poor woman, not made me one. Now, I shall go in want of daily bread, but I shall not feel hunger since I am full of Christ."
posted by Gator at 12:32 PM on December 20, 2010 [3 favorites]

Response by poster: That's it exactly! I love metafilter.
posted by hishtafel at 12:40 PM on December 20, 2010