Their life in brief
Born in Poland in 1894, Maximilian became a Franciscan priest, missionary, and innovative publisher devoted to leading people to Christ through Mary.
Imprisoned at Auschwitz, he volunteered to take the place of a condemned husband and father, sustaining fellow prisoners in prayer until his death.
“No one has greater love than this, to lay down one’s life for one’s friends.”
John 15:13
What Maximilian Kolbe teaches us
Consecration is proven in concrete charity: the willingness to give oneself so that another person may live.
Pause and reflect
01Where is God inviting me to practice sacrificial love today?
02Who may need the grace of this saint’s witness through my actions?
Let us pray
Saint Maximilian Kolbe, pray for me. Help me follow Jesus with sacrificial love and respond faithfully to the people and duties God has entrusted to me. May your witness draw me into deeper prayer, generous service, and confident hope in Christ. Amen.
Make one costly sacrifice today for the good of another person.