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The commandant, Karl Fristsch, announced the penalty to the entire camp: He and the other nine men were tossed naked into a concrete hole in Building Francixzek Gajowniczek is pictured below at the canonization of Maximilian Kolbe. The saint saved his life and he was privileged to be a part of the canonization. The camp prisoners waited to hear the howls of anguish coming from the bunker. Instead, they heard feeble voices raised in prayer and hymns of praise.
Maximilian was encouraging the men. A Pole assigned to serve at the bunker later told how at each inspection the priest was always in the middle of them, standing or kneeling in prayer. After two weeks, only Maximilian remained alive. Today, August 14th, is the day he died and the Church remembers him.
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View all 6 comments. May 12, Gale rated it liked it. Using simple syntax and headlines within chapters the author offers interested readers a clear timeline of the events and challenges experienced by this devout Franciscan in wartorn Poland. The Paulist Press chose artist Patrick Kelley to provide accurate illustrations, in muted gray and charcoal tones, based on actual photographs taken during the future saint's ecclesiastical career. The cover, in limited colors, depicts a serious man holding a lighted candle representing God's eternal truth and Jesus' promise of salvation standing behind rows of barbed wire.
Potential readers are immediately drawn to learn more about this model of piety and humility. In boyhood Raymond Kolbe dedicated his life to the special service of Mary, the Mother of Our Lord; he willingly accepted--in a miraculous Vision--the double crowns of purity and martyrdom which she offered him.
As Mary's lifelong ardent champion he created an order of Knights of the Immaculate, and eventually founded two monasteries: Facing every challenge with simple grace, he relied on divine intervention to prosper his self-assigned work in the name of the Blessed Mother. Canonized in after his heroic but humble self sacrifice at Auschwitz, Father Kolbe is credited with many miracles of healing.
His life exemplified quiet acceptance of his Nazi tormentors, and extreme compassion for his fellow sufferers--regardless of their religious beliefs. To the end he urged Christians to forgive their tormentors and to rejoice in the holiness of perfomring their duty to God. Jun 28, Angie25 rated it it was amazing. Aug 19, Carlos Miguel rated it liked it. Mixed feelings about this book, because on one side I believe his story is incredible, and in a personal level I could learn a great deal from him; however, the writing is very bland, and with a very fast pace.
I don't know if this kind of books are all like that, but I would like to know the Maximilian Kolbe on a much deeper way. I want to know his troubles, his mistakes, and his moments of doubt, because when I read books like this Saints are treated in an almost non-human way; they portrait t Mixed feelings about this book, because on one side I believe his story is incredible, and in a personal level I could learn a great deal from him; however, the writing is very bland, and with a very fast pace.
I want to know his troubles, his mistakes, and his moments of doubt, because when I read books like this Saints are treated in an almost non-human way; they portrait them as perfect all the time which makes them hard to be relatable. I am glad I came across this book because his story matters, and it came in a special moment in my life for it. But more than a good book, I felt that I wanted to know more about him when I finished it, because it was short in the book.
I will do more research about him in the near future. Beautiful Excellent work on St. I learned much from this biography! To become a Saint for the life you lived, especially at Auschwitz, is truly miraculous. Inspiring I defy anyone to not be stirred by this man's unshakable faith amidst circumstances most of us will thankfully never have to face.
Mar 20, Sandy rated it really liked it. I have heard such wonderful accounts of this man that I needed to read this book to fully understand his life and I was deeply touched when reading about the journey his life took. This book begins at the age of eight and tells about the spiritual journey he took until his death and then narrates how he became a Saint. To have such strength and faith is truly a testiment to his calling.
Be ready, as a reader you will deal with many emotions as you read this novel and you might want to keep your I have heard such wonderful accounts of this man that I needed to read this book to fully understand his life and I was deeply touched when reading about the journey his life took. Be ready, as a reader you will deal with many emotions as you read this novel and you might want to keep your tissues handy.
The white one meant that I should persevere in purity, and the red that I should become a martyr. I said that I would accept them both. Thus early did the child believe and accept that he was destined for martyrdom.
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His belief in his dream coloured all his future actions. In he became a Franciscan, taking the name Maximilian. He studied at Rome and was ordained in He returned to Poland and taught Church history in a seminary. He built a friary just west of Warsaw, which eventually housed Franciscans and printed eleven periodicals, one with a circulation of over a million, including a daily newspaper. In he went to Asia, where he founded friaries in Nagasaki and in India.
In he was recalled to supervise the original friary near Warsaw. When Germany invaded Poland in , he knew that the friary would be seized, and sent most of the friars home. He was imprisoned briefly and then released, and returned to the friary, where he and the other friars began to organize a shelter for 3, Polish refugees, among whom were 2, Jews. The friars shared everything they had with the refugees. They housed, fed and clothed them, and brought all their machinery into use in their service. The young Maximilian Kolbe.
Maximilian Kolbe: Saint of Auschwitz
Inevitably, the community came under suspicion and was watched closely. Then in May the friary was closed down and Maximilian and four companions were taken to the deathcamp Auschwitz, where they worked with the other prisoners. On June 15, , he managed to write a letter to his mother: Everything is well in my regard. Be tranquil about me and about my health, because the good God is everywhere and provides for everything with love. It would be well that you do not write to me until you will have received other news from me, because I do not know how long I will stay here.
Cordial greetings and kisses, affectionately.
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One day an SS officer found some of the heaviest planks he could lay hold of and personally loaded them on the Franciscan's back, ordering him to run. When he collapsed, the SS officer kicked him in the stomach and face and had his men give him fifty lashes. When the priest lost consciousness the Nazis threw him in the mud and left him for dead.
But his companions managed to smuggle him to the camp infirmary - and he recovered. The doctor, Rudolph Diem, later recalled: Prisoners at Auschwitz were slowly and systematically starved, and their pitiful rations were barely enough to sustain a child: When food was brought, everyone struggled to get his place and be sure of a portion. Father Maximilian Kolbe however, stood aside in spite of the ravages of starvation, and frequently there would be none left for him. At other times he shared his meager ration of soup or bread with others.
In the harshness of the slaughterhouse Father Kolbe maintained the gentleness of Christ. At night he seldom would lie down to rest.
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He moved from bunk to bunk, saying: Can I do anything for you? A prisoner later recalled how he and several others often crawled across the floor at night to be near the bed of Father Kolbe, to make their confessions and ask for consolation. Father Kolbe pleaded with his fellow prisoners to forgive their persecutors and to overcome evil with good. When he was beaten by the guards, he never cried out. Instead, he prayed for his tormentors. Maximilian Kolbe the Saint. A Protestant doctor who treated the patients in Block 12 later recalled how Father Kolbe waited until all the others had been treated before asking for help.
He constantly sacrificed himself for the others. In order to discourage escapes, Auschwitz had a rule that if a man escaped, ten men would be killed in retaliation. In July a man from Kolbe's bunker escaped. The dreadful irony of the story is that the escaped prisoner was later found drowned in a camp latrine, so the terrible reprisals had been exercised without cause.