{"id":2541,"date":"2026-01-19T21:42:43","date_gmt":"2026-01-19T21:42:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cathopult.com\/manifesto-of-the-warriors\/"},"modified":"2026-04-12T21:32:12","modified_gmt":"2026-04-12T21:32:12","slug":"manifesto-of-the-warriors","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/cathopult.com\/en\/manifesto-of-the-warriors\/","title":{"rendered":"MANIFESTO OF THE WARRIORS"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t
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THE MANIFESTO OF THE WARRIORS OF MARY<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t
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I. We admire the great works of St. Maximilian Kolbe, yet we do not follow in his footsteps. <\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t
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We have no visions for the here and now, no willingness to open ourselves through magnanimous acts to that purification in the fire of God’s love that would sanctify and send us.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

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II. We content ourselves with complaints about the crisis in the Church and the decay of society. <\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t
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We wait for a purification so that we ourselves need not dare to fight. We entrust everything to “God”\u2014and in doing so forget our responsibility. <\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

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III. We hide in comfort zones to avoid making mistakes. <\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t
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Yet it is precisely these mistakes that would sharpen our vision, expose our weaknesses, and draw down the grace of God. We shy away from the labors that God has reserved for the magnanimous. <\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

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IV. We have become armchair experts and living room strategists. <\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t
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We criticize works, yet dare nothing ourselves. Out of fear of the same mistakes we denounce in others, we remain inactive. <\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

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V. What has become of our fighting spirit? <\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t
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We, who were called to fight for Christ and Mary with heads held high and hearts aflame, have withdrawn into the shadows. Instead of leading a deep spiritual life, instead of asking Mary to make us ready for battle, we seek advice that costs us nothing. <\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

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\nVI. We call it \"mental health\" when we defend our self-righteousness. <\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t
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We contain disruptive factors instead of understanding them as opportunities for healing, holiness, and mission. To walk this rocky path with Mary\u2014that would be our mission. Yet we avoid it. <\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

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VII. We pay more attention to the packaging of criticism than to its content. <\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t
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If it is not formulated delicately enough, we reject it\u2014and with it the brother who wanted to help us. We do not walk long paths with those who challenge us. We rid ourselves of them to protect our self-satisfaction. <\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

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VIII. We no longer want to reach into the dirt. <\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t
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Yet it is precisely there\u2014in the dust, in the risk, in the failure\u2014that God grants His grace. There true warriors are born. There Mary transforms disgrace into dignity, defeat into victory. From the dirt we fear, works arise that shape generations. <\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

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IX. Yet this must not be our final word. <\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t
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We are not created for comfort, not called to retreat, not destined for a Christianity of spectators. We are created for greatness, called to battle, destined for the triumph of Mary. And whoever is inwardly shaken upon hearing the Prayer of Fire of Grignion de Montfort, whoever senses in his words the call for burning apostles, perceives: Heaven is beginning to gather. <\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

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X. The time for excuses is over. <\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t
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The world is burning\u2014and we extinguish it with drops. Darkness is growing\u2014and we discuss lamps. The Church struggles\u2014and we wait for better times. Yet God waits for us. Mary calls us. Heaven seeks men, women, and even children who will act. For the fire that Montfort implored is not a poetic image\u2014it is the spark that ignites those who are destined for an army. <\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

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XI. It is time to take up the weapons of light. <\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t
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Time to leave comfort zones. Time to risk mistakes that sanctify us. Time to bear labors that form us. Time to enter those fields of action where God forges His heroes. Whoever is struck by the Prayer of Fire senses: He is not created to stand alone, but for formation. <\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

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XII. We do not need lone fighters who stumble in their own shadow. <\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t
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We need an ordered army that marches like a single resolute line. An army that not only holds the front, but advances, breaks through, liberates. An army led by Mary\u2014that apocalyptic Woman who crushes the serpent’s head. And this army is formed from those who not only feel the fire, but follow it\u2014shoulder to shoulder, heart to heart, under one banner. <\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

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XIII. Therefore we rise. <\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t
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Not as spectators, not as waverers, not as commentators on decline. But as warriors<\/strong> who know that the battle is inevitable. <\/p>

As women and men who no longer hide. As sisters and brothers who stand shoulder to shoulder. <\/p>

As warriors who are ready to serve with total dedication to Mary and to<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

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Join an ordered battle army<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t
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because they know where history is being led:<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

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TO THE TRIUMPH OF THE IMMACULATE HEART OF MARY,<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t
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which is prophetically assured
and whose light already breaks through the horizon.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

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\u2192 begin the journey now<\/a><\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t
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THE MANIFESTO OF THE WARRIORS OF MARY I. We admire the great works of St. Maximilian Kolbe, yet we do not follow in his footsteps. We have no visions for the here and now, no willingness to open ourselves through magnanimous acts to that purification in the fire of God’s love that would sanctify and […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-2541","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/cathopult.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2541","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/cathopult.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/cathopult.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cathopult.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cathopult.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2541"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/cathopult.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2541\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2542,"href":"https:\/\/cathopult.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2541\/revisions\/2542"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/cathopult.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2541"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}