Dear Jesvin,

Poverty is essential to being a Christian. Christ speaks of the poor in spirit, and among other things that means detachment, of which he gave us the greatest example: Though he was God he did not hold onto that privilege, but became a man for our sakes so as to suffer and die to save us (that is the gist of what St Paul says in the second chapter of his letter to the Philippians). Now he did this because he loved us. Then, before he died he gave us his new commandment, which was to love one another as he loved us, and if you are centered on yourself you cannot love. So you have to be detached of yourself, poor, in order to love.

When we are baptized, we are baptized into Christ, we are made like him, God fills us with grace and puts into our souls the ability to believe, love and hope. Our task in life is to develop those gifts to the full. Confirmation is a huge aid in this, and when we find our vocation we discover the concrete way in which Christ wants us to develop our life of grace, faith, hope and love.  

Following Christ also means placing more value on the things of God than on material things here on earth: Preferring grace to possessions, or lust, or anger, for example. All of this implies a certain dying to ourselves, a certain poverty.

Now, there are many vocations, and this poverty can be expressed in many different ways. Some vocations imply absolute, external poverty (like St Francis, for example), but one can be poor in spirit using the things of the world (for example, the Pope has so many things at his disposition to do his work, or any family needs to have a house, car, savings). But if your heart gets attached to them, if they become everything for you, you are beginning to slip away from Christ.

I hope these thoughts help you.  

God bless.