The Feast of St Maximilian Kolbe, Priest and Martyr.

"This is my commandment: love one another as I love you. No one has greater love than this, to lay down one’s life for one’s friends." (John 15: 12 - 13).

Friday 14th August 2020, 19th Week in Ordinary Time is the feast of St Maximilian Kolbe.  (1894 - 1941).Polish Franciscan Priest, Martyr at Auschwitz. Maximilian is known for his profound love for the Blessed Virgin Mary. He founded the "City of the Immaculate." An avid evangelizer, he used the press and the written word to propagate the Gospel. He was a missionary in Japan.

St Maximilian Kolbe lived literally our Gospel for today taken from the Communion Antiphon:
"No one has greater love than this, to lay down one’s life for one’s friends."

This is how Maximilian lived literally John 15: 12 - 13: Sentenced to hard labor at Auschwitz, Maximilian offered his life in place of a young innocent man who was the father of young children. The Gestapo agreed to the deal and sent St Maximilian Kolbe to the starvation chamber where he died.

"Come, you blessed of my of  Father, says the Lord. Amen, I say to you: Whatever you did for one of the least of my brethren, you did it for me." (Matthew 25: 34, 40)

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