martyr of charity
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August 14th – Saint of the Day: Saint Maximilian Kolbe, Franciscan Priest, Journalist, Founder of the Militia Immaculatae and Martyr
He walked out of a lineup at Auschwitz and said 5 words that stunned the SS. 🕊️ “I am a Catholic priest.” Then he traded his life for a total stranger, a husband and father he’d never met. 💔✝️ But… Continue reading
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August 14, 2026 – When Love Refuses to Let Go in Today’s Mass Readings
He was safe. His name wasn’t called. He stepped forward anyway. 🕊️ At Auschwitz in 1941, a priest named Maximilian Kolbe traded his life for a stranger, because that man had a wife and kids. Today the Church remembers him,… Continue reading
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