The Reason We Shine

Our Martyrs will be known not just for our uncommon wisdom, but more importantly we will shine with virtue!

Herein is the fulfillment of one end-time prophecy. . . there are others we will fulfill as well!

*“When the lion lays down with the lamb. . . and a little child shall lead them” – Isaiah 11:6

Meaning: When one has the humility of a lamb, coupled with the courage of a lion. . . it has the effect of stretching ones temple so it can hold an excess of holy-light, which consumes the darkness within - that is why not a child but a little child will lead them, because only a little child is still innocent! This is a Divine formula on how to become pure before God. (Another fast-tract to purity is to become an ascetic like John-the-Baptist. An ascetic is a person, who among other things, eats almost nothing. To be pure before the Almighty is to be in a position to be mightily used by Him!)

We Living Martyrs work hard at developing virtues. . .  especially these two; humility and courage. As I have already revealed through the Modern day John-the-Baptist document (doc. 3), for someone to strive to fully develop these two virtues its a sacred undertaking. There are a great many humble people, and many brave people, but there aren’t that many people who shine in both of these virtues! That is the type of balanced street minister that the Lord desires us to create,. . and that’s the subject matter of this essay!

Hiding behind the virtue of humility can be lurking the ungodly heart of a coward, and behind an admirable courageous front is too often someone who is puffed-up (pride). Therefore we work hard at developing both virtues. Therefore by imbibing both humility and courage we also destroy our own inner demons; demons of either cowardess and/or pride. This humility coupled with courage is the balance that the Lord desires for all our Living Martyrs. Having this inner balance will ensure our long term success. Since, its a every real concern for people who regularly walk the hard road to become puffed-up, we have a unique way to stop this problem from occurring. It is the practice of humiliation!

One of the most successful of all Christian groups, the early Franciscan-Christians (13th century Saints), would do things like making themselves appear despicable in public, just to get mocked (self-humiliation)!

The humiliations that these Christians voluntarily performed was a big part of the reason that many of these men became spiritual giants (like the original Apostles). Therefore, our Living Martyr candidates will be required to submit to performing public humiliations just like them! (A proud man or a demon will never willingly allow himself to be publicly humiliated!).

Note:  We do our street work in different towns than we use to publicly humiliate ourselves (for obvious reasons).

If one lives a life of humble service for many years, this lifestyle gradually makes the soul humble, pure, and innocent. The good that takes many years of performing humble selfless service to accomplish for the soul, through humiliation this can be accomplished in but a handful of months! In other words, humiliation is the fast-tract to attain humility. . .  with all its priceless spiritual benefits! Why is this so??  Because humiliation is far lower than humility! For example, if one athlete works out with heavier weights that athlete will get stronger faster than another who works out with lighter weights. For this same reason practicing humiliations is a far more powerful sanctification tool than is practicing humility. Aren’t I making sense?

Lest we forget the cross of Christ was not only suffering, but humiliations as well. People such as St. Paul suffered greatly for the gospels.  The early Franciscans-Christians suffered for the cross in a less well-known fashion.  They were masters in the art of self-humiliation! For that and other reasons, some of the first friars attained the sanctity of the original Apostles {One of them was taken up into the 3rd heaven like St Paul, that was Brother Giles. Another-tall Brother Philip-was touched on the lips by an angel with a burning coal, like Isaiah the Prophet. Another Brother Sylvester, a very pure virginal soul – spoke with God as one friend with another, as Moses did. Another, by the keenness of his mind, soared up to the light of Divine Wisdom, like John the Evangelist – and this was the very humble Brother Bernard.  St Francis was the first mortal whom God imprinted with the Holy Stigmata (the five sacred wounds}.

Also, the form of Christianity the early Franciscan-Christians followed was very different from the form most Christians follow today. Since Christ Himself told Francis, He preferred “Action above teaching” - the early Franciscans followed a non-intellectual, action-oriented form. For God’s sake they lived in extreme poverty and instead of laboring for intellectual knowledge (as most Christians do nowadays), through hard work they labored to develop within themselves every Godly virtue (humility, compassion, courage, patience, etc.). They knew that the real purpose of Christianity was to become a noble being who shines in virtue like Jesus did, and also to become a person who is fruitful in good works.

Consequently, these men where responsible for the greatest revival of the Middle Ages!

Why not obtain and read this spiritual classic, and check it out for yourself? (“Little Flowers of St. Francis” by Raphael Brown).

Anyone with common sense knows - ‘Actions speak far louder than words alone’. In practice that means one who lives  like a Christian is far more meritorious  in the sight of the Lord than those who spend too  much  time in the classroom and as a result have too little time remaining to take their faith to the streets! Therefore, we spend little time in the traditional classroom. . . the street is our classroom! When, for God’s sake, one walks the hard road, that person is flooded with wisdom without the necessity of having to study the scriptures over and over and over again. That is because the Lord is well-pleased with such a person, and therefore teaches him directly, just like a Father teaches His cherished son.

In the eyes of the Lord walking the hard road is a preferable way for us to receive His wisdom than to study such wisdom by way of the printed word alone. (Realize, when we read the books we are often learning from men who have gleaned their wisdom from walking the hard road themselves!)

A 13th century Franciscan Saint named Brother Giles confirmed the truth of my proclamation by stating, “A man is only as wise as the truth he puts into practice and no more.”

Sincerely, Daniel Rosenblit

Email:  lovetruth2005@hotmail.com