St. Vincent de Paul

Excited to get a new book, Grace quickly found the saint assigned to the day closest to her birthday in First Book of Saints by Rev. Lawrence G. Lovasik, S.V.D. and read it. September 27 is the feast day for St. Vincent de Paul. After she announced she had finished, I asked her why the store, St. Vincent de Paul thrift store, might have been named after him. She responded that he gave to the needy and the thrift store provides cheap clothes for the poor. I then added that extremely poor folks can actually get free clothes, food and some health care at the St. Vincent de Paul thrift stores. Grace wondered just how poor you have to be and Lee quickly piped in, (pointing to his holey socks) "So poor that they have holes in their socks, (pointing to his patched knees) patches on their pants and (pointing to his underarm) tears in their clothing?" He's witty, yes, but is he trying to tell me something?