SAINT MALIMILIAN KOLBE=
A Franciscan PRIEST AND MARTYR
ANOTHER SAINT=That I always WANTED=to know about=Was Saint Maximilian Kolbe=He
Was born in 1894-and died in 1941=He died by LETHAL
INJECTION=after days of
STARVATION=and it was on THE EVE=of the ASUMPTION OF MARY!
He was a Polish conventional Franciscan=and GAVE HIS LIFE=by
voluntarily REPLACING=
A younger man=-----The FATHER of a FAMILY=in the starvation
bunker=In Auschwitz, Germany=
Realizing the MARTYRDOM =He chose at the age of ten=When the
VIRGIN MARY=appeared to
Him in a VISION=She asked him =To choose PURITY=or a gold
crown of martyrdom=Obviously
He chose BOTH
At 16 years of age=He became a friar=IN POLAND=He had some
INTENSE CHALLENGES=and
Even CONTRACTED tuberculosis=During his PRIESTLY studies in
Rome=and there=as a means
Of COUNTERACTING anti-Catholic influences=and to KEEP up the
ideals=of the youthful
Friars=He established
the Militia of THE IMMACULATE=Who were apostles=That would
CONVERT=and sanctify souls=Through the MEDIATION OF MARY=To
cover himself=He kept
The picture of a lesser known Saint=OVER the PICTURE OF MARY=A
saint whom Mary appeared
To
Saint Maximilian Kolbe was SICKLY=but he was INDEFEATABLE=and
one of HIS FAVORITE SAYINGS WAS=”GOOD is more contagious than evil”=By the year
1939=His monthly review=”KNIGHT OF
THE IMMACULATE”=had a circulation of 1 million=and had its
headquarter=Near Warsaw, Poland=
With 700 FRANCISCANS=It was the LARGEST religious house=IN
the Catholic world=He also
ESTABLISHED MARIAN CENTERS-in Japan and India
He told his friars=”SANCTITY is not a luxury==But a SIMPLE
DUTY=It is one of Christ’s first
Principles=’Be PERFECT=as YOUR HEAVENLY FATHER is perfect’”
Saint Maximilian Kolbe=We PRAY to you=that you PRAY FOR
US=that we can Have the HEART=
With a devotion to Mary That you did=and UNITE OUR HEART
with Mary=to her SON=and be
DEVOTED to the HOLY FAMILY=and to THE HOLY FATHER GOD!=The
ever LIVING=ever loving
Holy Father God!
Robert P. Wallman
8-18-2026
