All gifts of nature and of grace
have been given us on loan.
Their ownership is not ours, but God's.
God never gave personal property to anyone —
not even to his Mother
or to any other person
or to any creature in any way.
Treat all things as if they were loaned to you
without any ownership —
whether body or soul,
sense or strength,
external goods or honors,
friends or relations,
house or hall,
everything.
For if I want to possess the property I have
instead of receive it on loan,
then I want to be a master.