No care he took as to how he should be sheltered by night or wherewith he should be clothed by day; and for meat and drink he looked to the hand of God, for these were to be the daily gift of His giving.  So that when he heard the words of the sacred Gospel read in the little church of St. Mary of the Angels--"Provide neither gold nor silver nor brass in your purses, nor scrip for your journey, neither two coats, neither shoes, nor yet staves"--he went out and girt his coarse brown dress with a piece of cord, and cast away his shoes and went barefoot thenceforth.