Real poverty hurts

I read the message of Pope Francis for this season of Lent today.  It speaks of his reminder about poverty and sharing.  It recalls us to the fact that Christ enriched us not in his riches or heavenly state but in His utter poverty.  Most of the message draws on the Scriptures but what really caught my attention was his 'plain' talk towards the end.  Somewhere just before concluding he states

Let us not forget that real poverty hurts: no self-denial is real without this dimension of penance. I distrust a charity that costs nothing and does not hurt. 

Very strong and true words.
Earlier in the message he subtly differentiates a charity born of abundance and even a sense of altruism and piety from the kind of charity that stems from being one in all aspects of life and living - from a sense of 'real poverty'.