Saint Maximilian Maria Kolbe was a Conventual Franciscan friar who volunteered to die in place of a stranger in the Nazi German concentration camp of Auschwitz, located in German-occupied Poland during World War II.
No one in the world can change Truth. What we can do and and should do is to seek truth and to serve it when we have found it. The real conflict is the inner conflict. Beyond armies of occupation and the hetacombs of extermination camps, there are two irreconcilable enemies in the depth of every soul: good and evil, sin and love. And what use are the victories on the battlefield if we are ourselves are defeated in our innermost personal selves? ~Saint Maximilian Maria Kolbe
Never be afraid of loving the Blessed Virgin Mary too much. You can never love her more than Jesus did and If anyone does not wish to have Mary Immaculate for his mother, he will not have Christ for his brother. ~Saint Maximilian Maria Kolbe
Oh Mary, conceived without sin, pray for us who have recourse to thee. And for all those who do not have recourse to thee; especially the Masons and all those recommended to thee. ~Saint Maximilian Maria Kolbe
If angels could be jealous of men, they would be so for one reason: Holy Communion. ~Saint Maximilian Maria Kolbe
God dwells in our midst, in the Blessed Sacrament of the altar. ~Saint Maximilian Maria Kolbe
The culmination of the Mass is not the consecration, but Communion. ~Saint Maximilian Maria Kolbe
He remains among us until the end of the world. He dwells on so many altars, though so often offended and profaned. ~Saint Maximilian Maria Kolbe
You come to me and unite Yourself intimately to me under the form of nourishment. Your Blood now runs in mine, Your Soul, Incarnate God, compenetrates mine, giving courage and support. What miracles! Who would have ever imagined such! ~Saint Maximilian Maria Kolbe
The most deadly poison of our time is indifference. And this happens, although the praise of God should know no limits. Let us strive, therefore, to praise him to the greatest extent of our powers. ~Saint Maximilian Maria Kolbe