Happy Feast of the martyr, St Maximilian Kolbe and the Martyrs of Otranto! On today’s show, Matt and Anna welcome Dr Marcellino D’Ambrosio to talk about St Max, and Dr Matthew Bunson to discuss Otranto. Fr Sebastian Walshe will offer insights from Jesus’ encounter with the Woman at the Well, and Msgr Charles Pope talks about how the ‘saints of old’ became holy.
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St. Maximillian Kolbe Prayer
St. Maximilian, amidst the hate and lonely misery of Auschwitz, you brought love into the lives of fellow captives, and sowed the seeds of hope amidst despair. You bore witness to the world, by word and deed, that only “Love alone creates.”
Help me to become more like yourself. With you and Mary and the Church, may I proclaim that only “Love alone creates.” To the hungry and oppressed, the naked and homeless, the scorned and hated, the lonely and despairing, may I proclaim the power of Christ’s love, which endures forever and ever. Amen.
