Real Charity

One day, St Catherine of Siena saw a poor man and gave him her overcoat, that was a part of her Dominican habit. A few people saw her and told her ‘It’s not right that a nun should be without her habit’. She answered them by saying ‘I prefer that you find me without my coat, even completely naked, rather than without charity.’ That same evening, Jesus appeared to her wearing her overcoat she had given to the poor man, covered with jewels and diamonds.