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Saint Dominic and his brothers imitated the apostles who, without gold, silver or money, proclaimed the kingdom of God. Conscious of the demands of the apostolate of their time, they decided not to have any possessions, neither income nor money, but to beg their daily bread while preaching the
gospel. This was the apostolic poverty at the beginning of the Order, the spirit of which should animate us, in forms adapted to different times and places.