So what does make us great in the eyes of God? Are the rich more pleasing to Him, because of their power and wealth? Or are the poor more wonderful, simply because they are not rich? Read the beautiful answer and lesson given by Louis XV to two of his sons.

One day, Louis XV, father of the future king Louis XVI of France, called for the Baptismal parochial register in which the two boys’ names were listed. On opening it, he pointed out to his sons the name which immediately came before theirs - it was the son of a very poor man.

"You see, children," remarked the father, "in the eyes of God, all ranks and conditions of life are equal; He allows no distinction except that made by religion and virtue. One day you will be distinguished and powerful in the eyes of the world, and this boy will not even be known; but if he is more virtuous than you, he will be greater and more illustrious in the eyes of God."