Of what might we be envious?

 

Admonition 8.   Of Avoiding The Sin Of Envy.   The Apostle affirms that “no man can say the Lord Jesus but by the Holy Ghost,”1   And “there is none that doth good, no not one.”2   Whosoever, therefore, envies his brother on account of the good which the Lord says or does in him, commits a sin akin to blasphemy, because he envies the Most High Himself who says and does all that is good.

Once more let us reflect; of what might we be envious?   Francis and Paul are talking about people who work miracles, as Francis himself did.   They teach that it is only through the power of Christ working through them that they do miraculous things.   If anyone envies another because they can work miracles, then they envy the one who works through that one who is our Lord Jesus Christ.   This says Francis is blasphemy because when we envy God we would be gods ourselves.

1 I Cor. 12 : 3 2 Ps 52: 4