The Apostate’s Guide to Spirituality: Brother Lawrence and the Vatican’s Modernist Mysticism
Catholic News Agency’s December 3, 2025 article details how the Vatican usurper Leo XIV promotes The Practice of the Presence of God by Brother Lawrence as central to his spirituality. The report quotes the antipope claiming this 17th-century text exemplifies his approach of “simply giving his life to the Lord” amid challenges, including his alleged resignation during the pseudo-conclave. The article presents Brother Lawrence as a model of contemplative spirituality through mundane tasks like cooking, with quotes about finding God equally in kitchen work and Eucharistic adoration.
Naturalism Disguised as Spirituality
The cited text elevates a dangerous equivalence between natural activities and supernatural worship:
“the time of business…does not with me differ from the time of prayer…in the noise and clutter of my kitchen…I possess GOD in as great tranquillity as if I were upon my knees at the Blessed Sacrament.”
This obliterates the essential distinction between opus Dei (Divine Office) and opus humanum (human work), condemned by Pius X as the “abolition of the sacred” (Lamentabili Sane, 1907). The Carmelite’s teaching reduces prayer to psychological state rather than the soul’s elevation to God through actus religionis (acts of religion).
Omission of Sacramental Life
Notably absent is any reference to the sacraments – the true means of sanctification. The article’s portrayal of spirituality lacks:
- Mention of the Holy Sacrifice of the Mass
- Necessity of sacramental confession
- Mediation through Our Lady and the saints
This aligns with Modernist tendencies to replace ex opere operato grace with subjective experience, condemned by Pius X: “They deny the objective reality of sacramental grace” (Pascendi Dominici Gregis, 17). Brother Lawrence’s alleged visions receive uncritical acceptance despite lacking ecclesiastical approval – another hallmark of post-conciliar anti-religion.
Contradiction of Traditional Asceticism
The article’s claim that Brother Lawrence maintained spiritual tranquility amid kitchen chaos directly opposes Catholic ascetic principles. St. John of the Cross warns in Dark Night of the Soul (II.3.1) that “multiplicity of worldly cares dissipates the spirit,” while St. Teresa of Avila insists monasteries maintain strict enclosure precisely to preserve contemplative silence. The Carmelite Order’s own constitutions prior to Vatican II mandated clausura (enclosure) to protect prayer – making Brother Lawrence’s alleged mystical experiences during active work suspect at best.
Modernist Roots of “Constant Awareness” Spirituality
Leo XIV’s endorsement reveals the apostate Vatican’s complete adoption of Protestant and Eastern mystical influences. The notion of “constant awareness of God” derives from:
- Quietism (condemned by Innocent XI in Coelestis Pastor, 1687)
- Methodist “heart religion” (condemned by Pius VI in Super Solidate, 1786)
- Buddhist mindfulness practices
Pius XII explicitly condemned such syncretism: “They would have the Christian people…adore a God who is no longer the guardian and vindicator of Christian morality” (Mediator Dei, 1947). Yet the article praises this mishmash as “beloved by Catholics and Protestants alike” – exposing its indifferentist foundation.
Silence on Christ the King
Most damning is the omission of Christ’s social reign. While Leo XIV speaks of “trusting God” amid Peru’s “years of terrorism,” he ignores Pius XI’s mandate that “rulers of states…publicly venerate and obey the reigning Christ” (Quas Primas, 1925). Not a word condemns the atheistic ideologies behind terrorist violence – a silence enabling the modern world’s rebellion against Divine Law. The antipope’s “resignation” during the pseudo-conclave exemplifies the defeatism of those who’ve abandoned the Church’s militant nature.
A Spirituality for Apostates
This Brother Lawrence devotion provides perfect camouflage for apostate clergy. By equating kitchen work with Eucharistic adoration:
- It justifies abandoning liturgical rubrics and sacred spaces
- It eliminates need for doctrinal precision (“very simple book by someone without a last name”)
- It fosters subjectivism: “my spirituality” replaces sentire cum Ecclesia (thinking with the Church)
As Pius X warned, Modernists reduce religion to “a kind of intuition of the heart” (Pascendi, 6) – exactly the heresy promoted here. The article’s concluding tags – “Spirituality, Catholic News” – constitute blasphemy when attached to this anti-Catholic manifesto.
Source:
The kitchen friar’s book that inspires Pope Leo’s spirituality (catholicnewsagency.com)
Date: 03.12.2025