Poverty and Chastity In January I spent a couple of days at a Benedictine monastery in California. It was a gorgeous place, with a courtyard garden full of fragrant orange trees and a retreat house full of antiques. When I first came through the door, one of the brothers glided up to me and said, ""I know what you're thinking: 'If this is poverty, I can't wait to see chastity!"" Like a good chef, always cite your sauces: http://www.religion-online.org/showarticle.asp?title=574