tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4404498638452030181.post2666517894882243895..comments2024-03-29T07:38:07.393-07:00Comments on The Eponymous Flower: Franciscans of the Immaculata --- Founder’s Health Situation “Serious” AVMTancredhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16015531337154301560noreply@blogger.comBlogger11125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4404498638452030181.post-26247480804306200932013-12-11T11:01:15.876-08:002013-12-11T11:01:15.876-08:00Same things happened to St. Theresa of Avila &...Same things happened to St. Theresa of Avila & St. John of the Cross. A very heavy cross, but look where they are now, and look at the impact of their struggles. Let's pray that this will glorify God.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4404498638452030181.post-88833145310093443072013-12-10T13:24:45.909-08:002013-12-10T13:24:45.909-08:00Really! How beautiful. It seems that the more a ...Really! How beautiful. It seems that the more a Franciscan becomes conformed to Christ, the more bullied he becomes. Truly St Francis must have been so beloved by Jesus. It must have made the soul soar to heaven to be in St Francis' presence.<br /><br />Fr Manelli is the type of founding father that the Church needs so desperately today.Damask Rosehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12903564104733536123noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4404498638452030181.post-33302500268367562742013-12-10T13:03:14.882-08:002013-12-10T13:03:14.882-08:00Please, do not use this opportunity to denigrate t...Please, do not use this opportunity to denigrate the pope. And the FI can NOT turn from their obedience to him or any successor of St. Peter. They cannot go into schism; they must accept the dismantling and persecution first. What took years to build is being torn down before our eyes and only for its faithfulness. So much for the 'new evangelization' while many prelates praise the likes of a Mandela but faithful Catholics are persecuted in this white martyrdom and also in red martyrdoms all over the world. When an order with a Marian Vow is destroyed, it is not a good sign of the direction of the Church. But then, we knew that. Who can we trust? Who can we depend upon? Only Our Lord. From all other things we must have a detachment. The holy things are torn apart; that is nothing new. It continues. And the heretical, the renegade, and the unfaithful continue on with impunity. Our Lord never was one for numbers. Only a few dared to stand at the foot of the Cross. The holy Fr. Stefano is there now.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4404498638452030181.post-78602186216340438352013-12-10T08:29:27.329-08:002013-12-10T08:29:27.329-08:00I would suggest that placing points of view on Bis...I would suggest that placing points of view on Bishop Fellay and the SSPX they don't have is the mark of an agent provocateur, whatever your interest in Sedevacantism, and firm belief in your integrity, may be.Tancredhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16015531337154301560noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4404498638452030181.post-43670275899972706472013-12-10T08:26:48.580-08:002013-12-10T08:26:48.580-08:00It might be a good idea to ask for the prayers and...It might be a good idea to ask for the prayers and intercession of St. Padre Pio for Fr. Manelli and the FFI. Fr.Manelli was a close friend of St. Padre Pio, and it was this good saint that Fr. Manelli turned to for guidance in establishing the FFI. <br />Here's a book that Fr. Manelli wrote about St. Padre Pio:<br />http://www.catholicfreeshipping.com/piopiet.html<br />Enochhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08369786606235804817noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4404498638452030181.post-18666100800982746742013-12-10T06:53:55.341-08:002013-12-10T06:53:55.341-08:00This is so very sad... especially in the light of ...This is so very sad... especially in the light of this in an earlier thread...<br /><br />"after Founder Father Stefano Manelli was deposed as Superior General and exiled and even though he has met all instructions and guaranteed absolute obedience, even his closest relatives are forbidden to visit him, and it is forbidden to make phone or receive phone calls and any contact with the outside world is denied to him ..."<br /><br />How absolutely dreadful to treat Fr Manelli like this. Fr Manelli isn't the founding father of the Legionaries of Christ is he?Damask Rosehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12903564104733536123noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4404498638452030181.post-34174097471817652762013-12-10T04:44:15.594-08:002013-12-10T04:44:15.594-08:00I'm no agent, just a faithful Catholic who kno...I'm no agent, just a faithful Catholic who knows what this "pope" stands for, and the liberal agenda he will push through the Church. He will try to transform and destroy the Catholic Church as we know it, and as Popes have presented themselves for at least the last 150 years.<br />If he appoints a woman to head a curial office in the Vatican, or if he appoints a woman or layman as a Cardinal in the next consistory as has been rumored, I hope you will sing a different tune. Any traditional and faithful Catholic who would accept that is not truelya Roman Catholic, but rather a true Vatican II Catholic........and there is a big difference between the two.<br />I indeed pray for Pope Francis....that he doesn't destroy what is left of the Catholic Church and the Papacy before he dies.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4404498638452030181.post-79540075633596313842013-12-10T04:20:30.451-08:002013-12-10T04:20:30.451-08:00Anonymous, His Excellency Bishop Fellay would take...Anonymous, His Excellency Bishop Fellay would take exception to your comment about "true leaders of the Catholic Church" and your use of quotes around the word "pope". And much of the rest of what you said. The SSPX asks the Faithful for prayers for Pope Francis, not to reject him as pope or turn our backs to him. Who are you to say who is worthless?! Shame on you!<br /><br />Your comments are so outrageous and so in opposition of anything ever stated by the SSPX that I have to wonder if you are not perhaps an Agent Provocateur? Tomasnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4404498638452030181.post-17851942381985724622013-12-09T17:41:46.047-08:002013-12-09T17:41:46.047-08:00God Bless Fr. Manelli and the Franciscan Friars of...God Bless Fr. Manelli and the Franciscan Friars of the Immaculate. Dear Brothers and Fathers of the Franciscans, Sisters and cloistered nuns of the Order, and the new branch of cloistered monks....my advice to you.....DO NOT TRUST ECCLESIAE DEI. DO NOT TRUST THIS "pope" FRANCIS. <br />Go to the true leaders of the Catholic Church.,....seek out Bishop Fellay of the SSPX, ally yourselves, 200+ friars, and the 300+ sisters etc. with the SSPX. They will welcome you with open arms. They will pray with and for you. They will love and encourage and appreciate you.<br />Turn your back and your obedience away from this "pope" Francis and his clique of liberals. They are worthless in the eyes of all good faithful Catholics.<br />Follow the true remnant of the Catholic Faith.....follow the SSPX.<br />Pray for "pope" Francis, that the Lord may soon release him from the office he refuses to uphold and the tradition of the Papacy he apparently hates so much.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4404498638452030181.post-90652059976058690072013-12-09T17:20:57.909-08:002013-12-09T17:20:57.909-08:00This is interesting. Father Manelli was a very pi...This is interesting. Father Manelli was a very pious man - a real "Francis" - who inspired souls. Perhaps this sheds some light on the true motivations of "Pope" Francis - maybe he wishes he had the faith and is deathly envious of anyone who does. Maybe Father Manelli has something in common with this altar boy:<br /><br />http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2QgP0YaOLT4<br /><br />Was this vain man who made sure that there were plenty of cameras around to record his pious prayers (cf. Matthew 6 : 3) afraid that the pious young altar boy would attract the eyes of the faithful away from him and spoil his "photo op"? Maybe Father Manelli inspired this same type of reaction in the Pope? Maybe he thought Father Manelli's charism would interfere with his own "charism"?<br /><br />I will say a rosary for Father Manelli tonight. He had the blessing to share somewhat in our Lord's suffering: "Forgive them for they know not what they do".<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4404498638452030181.post-11295387612599820132013-12-09T16:49:46.673-08:002013-12-09T16:49:46.673-08:00They are now going to suppress all FI Monasteries....They are now going to suppress all FI Monasteries. The next battle is with the Sisters will they be offered up to? <br /><br />May the sufferings of Fr. Manelli be like roses to Our Lady and to usher forth the 5th Marian Dogma Our Lady as Co-Redemptrix he ardently strifed for. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com