Maxims
Doing things to be glorified by others is pointless. No matter what you do in life, once you become successful or accomplish good works, envious people will often despise you, downplay your achievements, and sometimes even former friends can turn into enemies.
Those who make much of Fr. Feeneyâs âexcommunicationâ fail to understand how persecution works when there is a true Pope. Trying to have someone or a position unjustly condemned as heretical by the Church has been the modus operandi of many liars and conspirators for centuries.
Many people analyze today’s politics and geopolitics as if they were living in the 16th century. But things are far more hidden and misleading now. The closer we move toward the end of the world, the more subtle and deceptive the enemy becomes. I believe a major mistake many people make today is thinking that we live in a multipolar world, when in reality geopolitical crises are scripted, end-times deceptions designed to advance agendas. Just look at how almost all Gov. went along with the fake COVID-19 pandemic and its absurd measures. In a multipolar world, you would never see such a coordinated move.
Being a Catholic is, in some sense, like being an athlete. You need discipline, and you must be willing to endure hardship in order to attain your goal, which is salvation.
The fact that almost all gov. went along with the fake COVID-19 pandemic shows that we are not living in a multipolar world. Don’t get emotionally invested, global conflicts are PsyOps and scripted events.
I believe Catholics should keep in mind that the NWO agenda, or whatever you want to call it, is also about imposing a universal false religion upon people.
Throughout Church history, every real Catholic reform brings out waves of envy and hostility, and one can only wish that the energy spent attacking fellow Catholic had been used to reform their own lives.
Franciscan poverty, which renounces common ownership, has been regarded by the Church as evangelical since the foundation of the Order of St. Francis.
Jesus Christ taught through His words and by His example to love our enemies, not just in theory, but in practice.
If someone offends you, rejoice, for you hold the barometer of your charity.
Envy is a dark impulse that drives us to scrutinize every detail of our neighborâs life until we can excuse our hostility.
I believe that if we fail to give God credit for all good work, we risk two errors: thinking too highly of ourselves and growing envious of those who accomplish the good we were not given the grace to do.
Leo was a close companion and the confessor of Saint Francis of Assisi. I donât believe it is a coincidence that Antipope Leo XIV went with that name after Antipope Francis.
A little-known yet important part of the history of the Order of St. Francis is the constant war waged against the friars who refused to give up the strict vow of poverty they had promised. Mainstream sources are full of misleading information in that regard.
A Catholic may receive special graces in one area without being given the same gifts in others.
People are called to different paths in life. Those who donât share yours may try to push you toward theirs. If you let them decide for you, you could end up on the wrong path and miss your vocation.
I believe envy is a major expression of the prophesied end-times lack of charity, rooted in failing to attribute all good to God. 1 Cor. 13:4: “… Love is not envious…”
A reminder to judge others cautiously, especially when believing the worst conveniently supports our resentment.
A bent rod must be bent the other way to become straight. To be humble, make yourself small. To be charitable, love those who speak against you. To be patient, do hard tasks without complaining.
St. Francis of Assisi died in 1226. The year 2026 marks the 800th anniversary of his death.
When the Council of Trent granted religious orders the right to own property collectively, a Capuchin friar stood up to renounce the privilege on behalf of his order. Inspired by his example, a friar of the Observants did the same.
St. Francis of Assisi said that if the servant of God strives to have and to preserve this inner and outer spiritual joy, which flows from purity of heart and is acquired through devotion to prayer, the demons cannot harm him.
St. Francis of Assisi did not promise obedience to Antipopes.
St. Francis reprimanded the brothers for having prepared a table with too much abundance on Christmas Day
The true test of the spiritual life is not the accumulation of books or intellectual mastery, but the practice of virtue.
May all true Catholics walk the path God has set for them.
Blessed Jacopone da Todiâs Stabat Mater, a poignant meditation on the Virgin Maryâs suffering at the foot of the Cross.
According to the Rule of the Third Order of St. Francis, a plenary indulgence is associated with the day of entry into the Order and the day of first profession.
I believe that true service to others begins with the pursuit of virtue. When people focus on serving others while neglecting their own growth, they fail to receive graces that would both aid their own salvation and enhance the good they can do.
Charity is so essential that Our Lord has made it the second most important Commandment. It is a virtue that St. Francis was particularly eager to see in his Brothers, and he dealt severely with any transgression of it.
Pope Pius IX, who proclaimed the Dogma of the Immaculate Conception, was a member of the Third Order of St. Francis. He was a Franciscan Tertiary.
St. Francis of Assisi communicated to his Order the love for the Immaculate Conception together with that of holy poverty
The Friars Minor Were Defenders of the Immaculate Conception as Early as the Middle Ages