Franciscan – Franciscan chastity is, above all, chastity in the spirit, which gives the individual the possession of himself.
Franciscan chastity works when the individual achieves mastery of his instincts.
FRANCISCAN poverty is, above all, a teaching of renouncing wealth.
This virtue means the total detachment from material goods, even if they have them.
FRANCISCAN Obedience in the widest sense is humility; it is the virtue that suppresses the exaggerated consciousness and expansion of the self.
Franciscan obedience curbs individualism, personalism, the arrogance of the individual.
The three FRANCISCAN virtues represent the cycle of redemption, that is, the complete destruction of the old man and the rebuilding of the superman.
Each of the FRANCISCAN virtues individually signify spiritual progress.
The FRANCISCAN ideals help the human soul to come out of its chrysalis of animality.
The three Franciscan vows: poverty, chastity and obedience, can represent on Earth a synthesis of Christian virtues.
