Franciscan Saint: Maximilian Kolbe
Today is the feast of St. Maximilian Maria Kolbe, a Polish Franciscan priest who was arrested in 1941 for speaking out against the Nazis and for hiding thousands of Jews in his friary. He was sent to Auschwitz where he took the place of a married man with children selected for a group to be executed. That man not only survived the war, he was able to attend St. Kolbe's canonization ceremony in 1982.
Lord, I pray that if ever faced by such evil I would be able to show such courage.
Lord, I pray that if ever faced by such evil I would be able to show such courage.
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St Maximilian Kolbe is my patron saint. He is a tremendous witness to courage and chastity in a morally ambiguous society.
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