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Curious about the intersection of faith and filmmaking? Join Erik Cabral as he sits down with Anthony D'Ambrosio, the visionary filmmaker behind "Triumph of the Heart." This episode explores Anthony's journey from agency work to creating impactful Christian content, highlighting the challenges and triumphs along the way.Discover how Anthony D'Ambrosio navigated the transition to filmmaking, the inspiration behind his latest project, and the innovative strategies he employed to bring "Triumph of the Heart" to life. Don't miss out on learning how faith-based content is carving its own path in the media landscape.0:00 Intro: Anthony D'Ambrosio on business challenges11:19 How Kolbe's story impacted Anthony personally15:26 Overview of Saint Maximilian Kolbe's life23:09 Boxing as therapy during business transition28:46 Physical combat's impact on mental health33:08 The revival of Christian content in media37:04 Challenges for faith-based filmmakers in industry41:09 Need for entrepreneurial thinking in filmmaking47:02 How to support Triumph of the Heart

Hurry, Hurry.. Fr. Elias is organizing this pilgrimage to Akita, Japan, site of Sister Agnes' apparitions in which Our Lady warned of the times we are in,  The famous  Maximilian Kolbe friary - impervious to  he WW 2 nuclear bomb Oura Cathedral where the underground Christians were discovered   And many other incredible Catholic sites in Japan which is less than 1 percent Catholic, and yet the heavens have spoken and shown favor there. .Listen to this episode and if you feel prompted to become part of the many miracles and messages that have taken place in this unchartered  land.  Fr. Elias Mary Mills, F.I. Travel with a Fransiscan of the Immaculate who follows the spirituality of St. Maximilian Kolbe to trace the footsteps of Christianity in Japan – it's birth with St. Francis Xavier, the persecutions and martyrdoms, St Maximilian Kolbe and his Immaculatae to the approved Marian apparition of Our Lady of Akita.  He is well versed on the messages and locations of Akita and needs a few more people to sign up on the pilgrimage in March.     Visit:  Caterburypilgrimages.com/tour/8887/ for more information. Or call me at 847.331.6994 and we'll put you in touch 

Discover the fascinating backstory to little-known events in the life of Saint Maximilian Kolbe.Subscribe to Your Next Mission From God on your favorite podcast platform.Find this show on the free Hail Mary Media App, along with a radio live-stream, prayers, news, and more.Look through past episodes or support this podcast.Your Next Mission From God is a production of Mater Dei Radio in Portland, Oregon.

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Gospel Matthew 18:15-20 Jesus said to his disciples: "If your brother sins against you, go and tell him his fault between you and him alone. If he listens to you, you have won over your brother. If he does not listen, take one or two others along with you, so that every fact may be established on the testimony of two or three witnesses. If he refuses to listen to them, tell the Church. If he refuses to listen even to the Church, then treat him as you would a Gentile or a tax collector. Amen, I say to you, whatever you bind on earth shall be bound in heaven, and whatever you loose on earth shall be loosed in heaven. Again, amen, I say to you, if two of you agree on earth about anything for which they are to pray, it shall be granted to them by my heavenly Father. For where two or three are gathered together in my name, there am I in the midst of them.” Reflection The beautiful thing about the ministry of Jesus is he cares for the church, the institution in a sense, where we're all going, but it also cares for the individuals involved. He cares about our relationships because they are so crucial. And if someone is in a relationship with you and they're doing something negative, you need to point it out. If they won't listen you ask others to join you. If they don't listen, you use the authority of others. But the key is you don't stay in the relationship. You leave it because the heart of the message is the truth that God has placed in our hearts. And that truth is, that what God is creating is people that think alike, that work together, that aren't at odds with each other. And when they gather in Jesus' name and want the truth, there is Jesus in their midst accomplishing and bringing the truth and light and life. Closing Prayer Father, nothing is more important in your kingdom than the flow of life between us. As individuals seeking you, loving you. Wanting to be more what you call us to be. Bless us in our relationships. Help them to be healthy, and life giving, and everything you intend them to be. And we ask this in Jesus' name, Amen. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Full Text of ReadingsMemorial of Saint Maximilian Kolbe, Priest and Martyr Lectionary: 415The Saint of the day is Saint Maximilian Mary KolbeSaint Maximilian Mary Kolbe's Story “I don't know what's going to become of you!” How many parents have said that? Maximilian Mary Kolbe's reaction was, “I prayed very hard to Our Lady to tell me what would happen to me. She appeared, holding in her hands two crowns, one white, one red. She asked if I would like to have them—one was for purity, the other for martyrdom. I said, ‘I choose both.' She smiled and disappeared.” After that he was not the same. He entered the minor seminary of the Conventual Franciscans in Lvív–then Poland, now Ukraine– near his birthplace, and at 16 became a novice. Though Maximilian later achieved doctorates in philosophy and theology, he was deeply interested in science, even drawing plans for rocket ships. Ordained at 24, Maximilian saw religious indifference as the deadliest poison of the day. His mission was to combat it. He had already founded the Militia of the Immaculata, whose aim was to fight evil with the witness of the good life, prayer, work, and suffering. He dreamed of and then founded Knight of the Immaculata, a religious magazine under Mary's protection to preach the Good News to all nations. For the work of publication he established a “City of the Immaculata”—Niepokalanow—which housed 700 of his Franciscan brothers. He later founded another one in Nagasaki, Japan. Both the Militia and the magazine ultimately reached the one-million mark in members and subscribers. His love of God was daily filtered through devotion to Mary. In 1939, the Nazi panzers overran Poland with deadly speed. Niepokalanow was severely bombed. Kolbe and his friars were arrested, then released in less than three months, on the feast of the Immaculate Conception. In 1941, Fr. Kolbe was arrested again. The Nazis' purpose was to liquidate the select ones, the leaders. The end came quickly, three months later in Auschwitz, after terrible beatings and humiliations. A prisoner had escaped. The commandant announced that 10 men would die. He relished walking along the ranks. “This one. That one.” As they were being marched away to the starvation bunkers, Number 16670 dared to step from the line. “I would like to take that man's place. He has a wife and children.”“Who are you?”“A priest.” No name, no mention of fame. Silence. The commandant, dumbfounded, perhaps with a fleeting thought of history, kicked Sergeant Francis Gajowniczek out of line and ordered Fr. Kolbe to go with the nine. In the “block of death” they were ordered to strip naked, and their slow starvation began in darkness. But there was no screaming—the prisoners sang. By the eve of the Assumption, four were left alive. The jailer came to finish Kolbe off as he sat in a corner praying. He lifted his fleshless arm to receive the bite of the hypodermic needle. It was filled with carbolic acid. They burned his body with all the others. Fr. Kolbe was beatified in 1971 and canonized in 1982. Reflection Father Kolbe's death was not a sudden, last-minute act of heroism. His whole life had been a preparation. His holiness was a limitless, passionate desire to convert the whole world to God. And his beloved Immaculata was his inspiration. Saint Maximilian Mary Kolbe is a Patron Saint of: AddictsRecovery from drug addiction Learn more about Saint Maximilian Kolbe! Saint of the Day, Copyright Franciscan Media

Friends of the Rosary, Today is the Memorial of Saint Maximilian Kolbe (1894-1941), a martyr and priest. Born in Zdunska Wola, Poland, as Raymond Kolbe, he consecrated himself to the Lord in the Franciscan Order. Filled with love for the Virgin, he founded the Militia of the Immaculata movement of Marian consecration. To better "win the world for the Immaculata," with his preaching and writing, undertook an intense apostolic mission in Europe and Asia. Imprisoned in Auschwitz during the Second World War, he offered himself in exchange for the father of a large family who was to be executed. He was given a lethal injection on August 14, 1941. Pope John Paul II canonized Maximilian as a "martyr of charity" in 1982, proclaiming him the "Patron Saint of Our Difficult Century. Maximilian, patron of the pro-life movement, was a ground-breaking theologian. He developed the Church's understanding of Mary as a "Mediatrix" of all the graces of the Trinity and as an "Advocate" for God's people. "For Jesus Christ, I am prepared to suffer more still," he said. Also, today, on the evening of August 14, the Vigil Mass for the Assumption is celebrated. Ave Maria!Jesus, I Trust In You!St. Maximiliam Kolbe, Pray for Us! Come, Holy Spirit, come! To Jesus through Mary! + Mikel Amigot | RosaryNetwork.com, New York

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Today is the feast of Saint Maximilian Kolbe, a priest who was arrested by the Nazi and placed in the concentration camps. Father Kubicki shares the story of Saint Maximilian's martyrdom for a fellow human being.

ROSARY - GLORIOUS MYSTERIES today.  DIVINE MERCY CHAPLET for Wednesday.

A living Sacrifice The legacy of St. Maimillian Kolbe

Holy Gospel according to Saint Matthew 18: 15 – 20Jesus said to his disciples:"If your brother sins (against you), go and tell him his fault between you and him alone. If he listens to you, you have won over your brother. If he does not listen, take one or two others along with you, so that 'every fact may be established on the testimony of two or three witnesses.' If he refuses to listen to them, tell the church. If he refuses to listen even to the church, then treat him as you would a Gentile or a tax collector.Amen, I say to you, whatever you bind on earth shall be bound in heaven, and whatever you loose on earth shall be loosed in heaven.Again, (amen,) I say to you, if two of you agree on earth about anything for which they are to pray, it shall be granted to them by my heavenly Father. For where two or three are gathered together in my name, there am I in the midst of them." The Gospel of the Lord

For 14 August 2024, The Memorial of Saint Maximilian Kolbe, Priest, Martyr, based on Matthew 18:15-20

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Mt 18:15-20 Jesus said to his disciples:"If your brother sins against you,go and tell him his fault between you and him alone.If he listens to you, you have won over your brother.If he does not listen,take one or two others along with you,so that  every fact may be establishedon the testimony of two or three witnesses.If he refuses to listen to them, tell the Church.If he refuses to listen even to the Church,then treat him as you would a Gentile or a tax collector.Amen, I say to you,whatever you bind on earth shall be bound in heaven,and whatever you loose on earth shall be loosed in heaven.Again, amen, I say to you, if two of you agree on earthabout anything for which they are to pray,it shall be granted to them by my heavenly Father.For where two or three are gathered together in my name,there am I in the midst of them."

Father Stehlin sets the groundwork for his very important text about the Blessed Mother and Saint Maximilian Kolbe.

In this mediation we look at some of the great saints we encounter in the liturgy in August, including the Cure of Ars, Saint Maximilian Kolbe, Saint Monica, Saint Augustine, Saint John the Baptist. We celebrate the Assumption of Mary, the mother of Jesus and the greatest of saints. Taking advantage of the example, lives, and words of these great saints, let us strive to grow in holiness and become saints ourselves.

Hosts: Fr. Steve & Rich Budd In today's episode, we talk about spiritual warfare. We hear a reflection on the life of Saint Maximilian Kolbe. And we listen to a poem by Brian Fink, “Hermitage.”

“Without sacrifice there is no love.” - Saint Maximilian KolbeCome listen in to the beautiful conclusion of Father Maximilian Kolbe's life! Many know him for his heroic martyrdom, but his life was just as extraordinary! From starting a monastery in Japan, to taking in Jewish refugees during the war and starting a newspaper! His story is defined by not just a death of sacraficial love, but a life filled with it! Parental Guidance Note: Saint Maximilian died a martyr and was killed by lethal injection at the Aushuwitz concentration camp. Although the vast majority of our episode takes place before he was captured, we wanted to stay true to the story of his martyrdom and tried to emphasize his bravery and peace amidst the evil within Auschwitz. Please review at your discretion for little ears that might be listening, and to skip over the concentration camp and his martyrdom you can stop the episode at timecode: 22:48 (through end of the episode)Episode sponsor: Kolbe AcademySupport the showPlease rate, review and share with friends and family! Please consider helping us keep this podcast going by supporting Saints Alive on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/user?fan_landing=true&u=63731511 Find resources on the saints, discussion questions and more about our team by visiting our website: https://www.saintsalivepodcast.com/

Learn how Saint Maximilian Kolbe got Heavenly help from three special saints. Subscribe to Your Next Mission From God on your favorite podcast platform.Find this show on the free Hail Mary Media App, along with a radio live-stream, prayers, news, and more.Look through past episodes or support this podcast.Your Next Mission From God is a production of Mater Dei Radio in Portland, Oregon.

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Today's Topics: 1, 2, 3, 4) Gospel - Mt 17:22-27 - As Jesus and his disciples were gathering in Galilee, Jesus said to them, "The Son of Man is to be handed over to men, and they will kill Him, and He will be raised on the third day." And they were overwhelmed with grief. When they came to Capernaum, the collectors of the temple tax approached Peter and said, "Does not your Teacher pay the temple tax?" "Yes," he said. When he came into the house, before he had time to speak, Jesus asked him, "What is your opinion, Simon? From whom do the kings of the earth take tolls or census tax? From their subjects or from foreigners?" When he said, "From foreigners," Jesus said to him, "Then the subjects are exempt. But that we may not offend them, go to the sea, drop in a hook, and take the first fish that comes up. Open its mouth and you will find a coin worth twice the temple tax. Give that to them for Me and for you." Memorial of Saint Maximilian Kolbe, Priest and Martyr Saint Maximilian, pray for us! Bishop Sheen quote of the day Terry discusses Saint Maximilian Kolbe and meeting the man whose life was saved in exchange for Saint Maximilian's own life.  Terry also speaks on the VMPR sponsored rally in Texas Next month on behalf of Bishop Joseph Strickland  

“For Jesus Christ I am prepared to suffer still more.” - Saint Maximilian KolbeToday we will hear the incredible true story of Saint Maximilian Kolbe. He was born with the name Raymond and from a young age, trusted that Our Lady would guide him. And that She did. From entering the Franciscans, to beginning a newspaper and founding a monastery in Japan, Maximilian was nothing short of courageous throughout his entire life. You don't want to miss this moving episode that reminds us all of the truth that Saint Maximilian lived out: Love sets us free. Parental Guidance Note: Saint Maximilian died a martyr and was killed by lethal injection at the Aushuwitz concentration camp. Although the vast majority of our episode takes place before he was captured, we wanted to stay true to the story of his martyrdom and tried to emphasize his bravery and peace amidst the evil within Auschwitz. Please review at your discretion for little ears that might be listening. Parents may consider to preview the following timecode:3:00 - 7:00 Episode Sponsor:Kolbe AcademySupport the showPlease rate, review and share with friends and family! Please consider helping us keep this podcast going by supporting Saints Alive on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/user?fan_landing=true&u=63731511 Find resources on the saints, discussion questions and more about our team by visiting our website: https://www.saintsalivepodcast.com/

Full Text of ReadingsMemorial of Saint Maximilian Kolbe, Priest and Martyr Lectionary: 413The Saint of the day is Saint Maximilian Mary KolbeSaint Maximilian Mary Kolbe's Story “I don't know what's going to become of you!” How many parents have said that? Maximilian Mary Kolbe's reaction was, “I prayed very hard to Our Lady to tell me what would happen to me. She appeared, holding in her hands two crowns, one white, one red. She asked if I would like to have them—one was for purity, the other for martyrdom. I said, ‘I choose both.' She smiled and disappeared.” After that he was not the same. He entered the minor seminary of the Conventual Franciscans in Lvív–then Poland, now Ukraine– near his birthplace, and at 16 became a novice. Though Maximilian later achieved doctorates in philosophy and theology, he was deeply interested in science, even drawing plans for rocket ships. Ordained at 24, Maximilian saw religious indifference as the deadliest poison of the day. His mission was to combat it. He had already founded the Militia of the Immaculata, whose aim was to fight evil with the witness of the good life, prayer, work, and suffering. He dreamed of and then founded Knight of the Immaculata, a religious magazine under Mary's protection to preach the Good News to all nations. For the work of publication he established a “City of the Immaculata”—Niepokalanow—which housed 700 of his Franciscan brothers. He later founded another one in Nagasaki, Japan. Both the Militia and the magazine ultimately reached the one-million mark in members and subscribers. His love of God was daily filtered through devotion to Mary. In 1939, the Nazi panzers overran Poland with deadly speed. Niepokalanow was severely bombed. Kolbe and his friars were arrested, then released in less than three months, on the feast of the Immaculate Conception. In 1941, Fr. Kolbe was arrested again. The Nazis' purpose was to liquidate the select ones, the leaders. The end came quickly, three months later in Auschwitz, after terrible beatings and humiliations. A prisoner had escaped. The commandant announced that 10 men would die. He relished walking along the ranks. “This one. That one.” As they were being marched away to the starvation bunkers, Number 16670 dared to step from the line. “I would like to take that man's place. He has a wife and children.”“Who are you?”“A priest.” No name, no mention of fame. Silence. The commandant, dumbfounded, perhaps with a fleeting thought of history, kicked Sergeant Francis Gajowniczek out of line and ordered Fr. Kolbe to go with the nine. In the “block of death” they were ordered to strip naked, and their slow starvation began in darkness. But there was no screaming—the prisoners sang. By the eve of the Assumption, four were left alive. The jailer came to finish Kolbe off as he sat in a corner praying. He lifted his fleshless arm to receive the bite of the hypodermic needle. It was filled with carbolic acid. They burned his body with all the others. Fr. Kolbe was beatified in 1971 and canonized in 1982. Reflection Father Kolbe's death was not a sudden, last-minute act of heroism. His whole life had been a preparation. His holiness was a limitless, passionate desire to convert the whole world to God. And his beloved Immaculata was his inspiration. Saint Maximilian Mary Kolbe is a Patron Saint of: AddictsRecovery from drug addiction Learn more about Saint Maximilian Kolbe! Saint of the Day, Copyright Franciscan Media

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Today is the feast of Saint Maximilian Kolbe, a Franciscan who promoted devotion to Mary through the media. When arrested by the Germans during WWII he sacrificed his life to save that of a prisoner of Auschwitz.

ROSARY - JOYFUL MYSTERIES today.  DIVINE MERCY CHAPLET for Monday.

A daily news briefing from Catholic News Agency, powered by artificial intelligence. Ask your smart speaker to play “Catholic News,” or listen every morning wherever you get podcasts. www.catholicnewsagency.com - The devastating Maui fires appear to have spared Maria Lanakila Catholic Church in Lahaina, providing a symbol of hope amid catastrophic destruction. At least 93 deaths had been reported as of Sunday, August 13, making the disaster the deadliest wildfire event in the US since 1918. Authorities expect the death toll to rise. Multiple fast-moving fires, fanned by strong winds and fueled by dry vegetation, swept across the Hawaiian island. The western town of Lahaina, with fewer than 13,000 residents, was particularly devastated. Maria Lanakila Catholic Church, named for Our Lady of Victory, appears to have escaped destruction. Maria Lanakila Catholic Church serves 700 to 800 families and celebrates six Sunday Masses every weekend. It hosts many weddings from visitors from around the world. https://www.catholicnewsagency.com/news/255084/for-us-it-s-like-a-miracle-catholic-church-appears-to-survive-devastating-maui-fire After Ecuadorian presidential candidate Fernando Villavicencio was gunned down at a campaign rally this week, Pope Francis appealed for a unified effort for peace in the country plagued by drug-related violence. The pope sent a condolence telegram to Archbishop Alfredo Espinoza Mateus of Quito on August 12 in which he condemned the assassination “with all his strength” and expressed his deepest sympathy to the family of the deceased and “all of the beloved Ecuadorian people.” Villavicencio, 59, was assassinated on Wednesday night at a campaign event only ten days before the first round of voting in Ecuador's presidential election. The politician had been an outspoken critic of the violence caused by drug trafficking. Immediately following the assassination, the Ecuadorian bishops' conference condemned the act of violence, while pledging to support initiatives to restore public safety and to “pray and work for peace based on freedom, justice, and truth.” https://www.catholicnewsagency.com/news/255081/pope-francis-condemns-assassination-of-ecuadorian-presidential-candidate A community of Norbertine priests from California is putting down roots in the Midwest by opening a new priory and educational institute in Springfield, Illinois, this summer. The Norbertine, or Premonstratensian, order was founded in 1121 in France by Saint Norbert. The new priory had its official opening July 1. The Norbertines plan to offer daily Mass and thrice-weekly confessions in the new space, located at 4867 Laverna Road, as well as host diocesan events and retreats for groups and individuals. The buildings and grounds of Corpus Christi Priory are the former site of the Chiara Center, operated by the Hospital Sisters of St. Francis, who will continue to live in a convent on the property. The Norbertine fathers will serve as chaplains for the sisters. Visitors are welcome at the new priory. https://www.catholicnewsagency.com/news/255079/california-community-of-norbertine-priests-establish-new-priory-educational-institute-in-illinois Today, the Church celebrates Saint Maximilian Kolbe, the Polish Franciscan priest, missionary and martyr. The saint died in the concentration camp at Auschwitz, during World War II, and is remembered as a “martyr of charity” for dying in place of another prisoner who had a wife and children. Saint Maximilian is also celebrated for his missionary work, his evangelistic use of modern means of communication, and for his lifelong devotion to the Virgin Mary under her title of the Immaculate Conception. He was canonized by Pope John Paul II on October 10, 1982. https://www.catholicnewsagency.com/saint/st-maximillian-kolbe-560

Dina Marie is back with David for today's show on the Feast of Saint Maximilian Kolbe! Subscribe to the Morning Blend on your favorite podcast platform.Find this show on the free Hail Mary Media App, along with a radio live-stream, prayers, news, and more.Look through past episodes or support this podcast.The Morning Blend is a production of Mater Dei Radio in Portland, Oregon.

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+ Holy Gospel according to Saint Matthew 17: 22 – 27 As they were gathering in Galilee, Jesus said to the disciples, “The Son of Man is to be handed over to men, and they will kill him, and He will be raised on the third day.” And they were overwhelmed with grief. When they came to Capernaum, the collectors of the temple tax approached Peter and said, “Doesn't your teacher pay the temple tax?” “Yes,” he said. When he came into the house, before he had time to speak, Jesus asked him, “What is your opinion, Simon? From whom do the kings of the earth take tolls or census tax? From their subjects or from foreigners?” When he said, “From foreigners,” Jesus said to him, “Then the subjects are exempt. But that we may not offend them, go to the sea, drop in a hook, and take the first fish that comes up. Open its mouth and you will find a coin worth twice the temple tax. Give that to them for me and for you.” The Gospel of the Lord.

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Deuteronomy 10:12-22 ·(The Lord your God is God of gods and Lord of lords) Wisdom 3:1-9 ·(The souls of the virtuous are in the hands of God)

Delivered by Father Peter Tukan, SDB from Salesian Don Bosco Gerak Boleng in Labuan Bajo, Diocese of Ruteng, Indonesia. Deuteronomy 10: 12-22; Rs psalm 147: 12-15.19-20; Matthew 17: 22-27 THE OBLIGATION TO GIVE EXAMPLE ON PAYING TAXES   The theme for our meditation today is: The Obligation to Give Example on Paying Taxes. One important thing for us to know from today's Gospel reading is about Jesus and His apostles paying taxes. This time, Jesus teaches us about our obligations as members of society and citizens. Jesus of Nazareth apart from being a spiritual teacher, he was also a public figure and a citizen of His time.   In an interview about the importance of paying taxes honestly and responsibly, the current Minister of Finance of the Republic of Indonesia said that citizens who love their homeland and nation are certainly aware of their obligation to pay taxes. Their right to live, work and enjoy life that is protected by the state must be in line and balanced with the obligation to pay taxes. The use of the tax is to sustain education, health, physical and mental development of the nation, salary for state officials and all other state financing.   Such situations occur in any country in the world. Useful taxes, for example to pay for education and health, especially for the lower middle class, are more or less the same as the vision and mission proclaimed by Moses to the Israelites. He emphasized that they had received all the goodness and mercy of God from time to time. So they were obliged to provide a sense of justice and help the poor and abandoned segments of society, namely the widows, orphans and strangers.   There are at least two things to be learned from Jesus through the preaching of the Gospel today. First, the obligation to pay taxes has a background in the work done in society, which generates profits, and which is related to the involvement of other community members. Jesus and His apostles realized this was very real with regard to His public ministry, so it was their work that became the real object of tax in society. Jesus told Peter to take the money and then pay taxes for both of them.   Second, because public service made Jesus and His apostles special and then they were considered popular, teachers and public figures, they had to be models of obedience to pay taxes. Jesus did this so as not to become a scandal for many people: people with important position or role must give an example in doing good, namely to pay taxes. So it's not the words, appeals or advice of many to pay taxes, but the actual act of paying it itself becomes a model for many people. Hopefully we will grow in awareness of the obligation to pay our taxes to the state.   Let's pray. In the name of the Father... In Your hands O Father, we want to put our destiny in life especially today, may our personal life and together with others today always provide an atmosphere of peace and harmonious relations. Glory to the Father... In the name of the Father... --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/media-la-porta/message

In this mediation we look at some of the great saints we encounter in the liturgy in August, including the Cure of Ars, Saint Maximilian Kolbe, Saint Monica, Saint Augustine, Saint John the Baptist. We celebrate the Assumption of Mary, the mother of Jesus and the greatest of saints. Taking advantage of the example, lives, and words of these great saints, let us strive to grow in holiness and become saints ourselves.

Today's Topics:  1) Gospel - LK 11:5-13 - And I tell you, ask and you will receive; seek and you will find; knock and the door will be opened to you. For everyone who asks, receives; and the one who seeks, finds; and to the one who knocks, the door will be opened. Memorial of Saint Bruno, Priest Memorial of Blessed Marie-Rose Durocher, Virgin Saint Bruno and Blessed Marie-Rose,  pray for us! Bishop Sheen quote of the day 2, 3) Catholicism and freemasonry 3, 4) A Saint who fought the Freemasons has the battle plan against today's dictatorship. The young Brother Maximilian saw, with his own eyes, and recorded the events in his notebooks: blasphemous processions of masons to the Vatican, singing of songs in honor of Satan https://www.lifesitenews.com/blogs/a-saint-who-fought-the-freemasons-has-the-battle-plan-against-todays-dictatorship/?utm_source=news&utm_campaign=usa

Velankanni Mother Mary Novena in Hindi | DAY 02 का विषय - धन्य कुँवारी मरियम : बचाए जा रहे लोगों की माँ मरियम पवित्र बाइबिल में दो प्रकार की सृष्टियों का वर्णन है जैसे पवित्र बाइबिल को ही दो भागों में बाँटा गया है। दोनों की तुलना भी हम कर सकते हैं और करना भी चाहिए। हम आदम के बारे में विचार नहीं कर रहे हैं, पर हेवा के बारे में। 'हेवा' शब्द का अर्थ ही "सभी मानव प्राणियों की माता"। (उत्पत्ति ग्रन्थ 3:20) आदम ही अपनी पत्नी को यह नाम दिए। लेकिन कब दिए इसको जानना भी अतिआवश्यक है। मनुष्य के पतन के बाद, ईश्वर उन्हें अदन-वाटिका से बाहर कर दिए। उसके बाद ही आदम अपनी पत्नी को हेवा नाम दिए। नई सृष्टि भी एक वाटिका के बाहर ही हुई थी। गेथसेमनी बारी या वाटिका कलवारी पहाड़ के पास ही था। दोनों की शुरुवात एक पेड़ के सम्बन्ध से ही हुई, पर जहाँ एक का पतन हुआ तो दूसरे का उद्धार। दूसरी सृष्टि में भी आदम ही नई हेवा को एक नाम दिए। इसमें दिलचस्प बात यह है - दोनों को "माँ" कहा जाता है। जहाँ एक ओर 'हेवा' शब्द का अर्थ ही "सभी मानव प्राणियों की माता" है दूसरी और नया आदम अपनी माँ को मुक्ति प्राप्त लोगों की माँ घोषित करते हैं। प्रभु येसु क्रूस पर मरने ही वाले थे; उसी समय यह घटना घटती है - 26) ईसा ने अपनी माता को और उनके पास अपने उस शिष्य को, जिसे वह प्यार करते थे देखा। उन्होंने अपनी माता से कहा, "भद्रे! यह आपका पुत्र है"। 27) इसके बाद उन्होंने उस शिष्य से कहा, "यह तुम्हारी माता है"। उस समय से उस शिष्य ने उसे अपने यहाँ आश्रय दिया। (सन्त योहन का सुसमाचार 19:26-27) जिस व्यक्ति को प्रभु अपनी माँ को देकर उन दोनों के बीच एक नया सम्बन्ध जोड़ रहे थे उसका कोई नाम नहीं दिया गया है। उसकी पहचान यह है "उस शिष्य को, जिसे वह (प्रभु येसु) प्यार करते थे"। प्रभु जिनको अपनी मृत्यु से मुक्त कर रहे थे उनमें से प्रथम फल पाने वाले वहीं खड़े थे। प्रभु एक नई सृष्टि का निर्माण कर रहे थे। उस में प्रवेश पाने वालों की माँ 'हेवा' नहीं बल्कि "दूसरी हेवा" हैं अर्तार्थ "धन्य कुँवारी मरियम ईश्वर की माँ" । प्रभु येसु का वह प्रिय शिष्य सभी मुक्ति-प्राप्त लोगों के प्रतिनिधि के रूप में खड़े थे। और ईश्वर जिस मुक्ति की बात करते हैं, वह केवल पापों से छुटकारा नहीं है। यह तो एक सम्बन्ध है जिसके तहत सभी मुक्ति-प्राप्त लोग प्रभु येसु के समान बनाये जायेंगे। क्यों? "क्योंकि ईश्वर ने निश्चित किया कि जिन्हें उसने पहले से अपना समझा, वे उसके पुत्र के प्रतिरूप बनाये जायेंगे, जिससे उसका पुत्र इस प्रकार बहुत-से भाइयों का पहलौठा हो।" (रोमियों के नाम सन्त पौलुस का पत्र 8:29) यदि सभी मुक्ति-प्राप्त लोग प्रभु येसु के भाई-बहन हैं, तो क्या धन्य कुँवारी मरियम उनकी माँ नहीं हैं? "यदि कोई निष्कलंक मरियम को अपनी माँ के रूप में नहीं चाहता है, वह येसु मसीह को अपने भाई के रूप में नहीं पा सकेगा।" "If anyone does not wish to have Mary Immaculate for his Mother, he will not have Christ for his Brother." Saint Maximilian Kolbe इस विषय को अच्छे से समझने पूरे वीडियो को देखिये। वेलांकन्नी में माता मरियम के दर्शनों का इतिहास :- वेलांकन्नी में माता मरियम 16 वीं और 17 वीं सदियों में तीन बार दर्शन दीं। माता मरियम समय समय पर लोगों को दर्शन देकर ईश्वर की इच्छा प्रकट करतीं या लोगों की मदद करतीं। भारत देश के तमिलनाडु में नागपट्टिनम जिले के वेलांकन्नी नामक जगह पर तीन बार दर्शन दीं। प्रभु जिस माँ को क्रूस पर मरते समय हमारी माँ के रूप में दिए, वह माँ हमारा देख-रेख करती हैं। 08 सितम्बर माँ मरियम का जन्मोत्सव है। भारत के विश्वासी - ख्रीस्तीय और गैर-ख्रीस्तीय सभी - 30 अगस्त से लेकर 08 सितम्बर तक वेलांकन्नी माता के महोत्सव के रूप में मानते हैं। 08 सितम्बर की तैयारी में "स्वास्थ्य की माता वेलांकनी की नौरोजी प्रार्थना" के रूप में मनाते हैं। इस तैयारी को और सफल बनाने हम उसका वीडियो बनाये हैं। हर दिन माँ मरियम के जुड़े एक विशेष विषय पर मनन-चिंतन और उसके बाद "स्वास्थ्य की माता वेलांकनी की नौरोजी प्रार्थना" होगा। Novena In Hindi (Playlist) - https://bit.ly/3TtEzY8 Mary in Hindi (Playlist) - https://bit.ly/3C1PYId Download the Novena in Pdf - https://greatergloryofgod.in/velankanni-mother-mary-novena-in-hindi-day-02/ --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/greatergloryofgod/message

Full Text of ReadingsTwentieth Sunday in Ordinary Time Lectionary: 120All podcast readings are produced by the USCCB and are from the Catholic Lectionary, based on the New American Bible and approved for use in the United States _______________________________________The Saint of the day is Saint Maximilian Mary Kolbe“I don't know what's going to become of you!” How many parents have said that? Maximilian Mary Kolbe's reaction was, “I prayed very hard to Our Lady to tell me what would happen to me. She appeared, holding in her hands two crowns, one white, one red. She asked if I would like to have them—one was for purity, the other for martyrdom. I said, ‘I choose both.' She smiled and disappeared.” After that he was not the same. He entered the minor seminary of the Conventual Franciscans in Lvív--then Poland, now Ukraine-- near his birthplace, and at 16 became a novice. Though Maximilian later achieved doctorates in philosophy and theology, he was deeply interested in science, even drawing plans for rocket ships. Ordained at 24, Maximilian saw religious indifference as the deadliest poison of the day. His mission was to combat it. He had already founded the Militia of the Immaculata, whose aim was to fight evil with the witness of the good life, prayer, work, and suffering. He dreamed of and then founded Knight of the Immaculata, a religious magazine under Mary's protection to preach the Good News to all nations. For the work of publication he established a “City of the Immaculata”—Niepokalanow—which housed 700 of his Franciscan brothers. He later founded another one in Nagasaki, Japan. Both the Militia and the magazine ultimately reached the one-million mark in members and subscribers. His love of God was daily filtered through devotion to Mary. In 1939, the Nazi panzers overran Poland with deadly speed. Niepokalanow was severely bombed. Kolbe and his friars were arrested, then released in less than three months, on the feast of the Immaculate Conception. In 1941, Fr. Kolbe was arrested again. The Nazis' purpose was to liquidate the select ones, the leaders. The end came quickly, three months later in Auschwitz, after terrible beatings and humiliations. A prisoner had escaped. The commandant announced that 10 men would die. He relished walking along the ranks. “This one. That one.” As they were being marched away to the starvation bunkers, Number 16670 dared to step from the line. “I would like to take that man's place. He has a wife and children.” “Who are you?” “A priest.” No name, no mention of fame. Silence. The commandant, dumbfounded, perhaps with a fleeting thought of history, kicked Sergeant Francis Gajowniczek out of line and ordered Fr. Kolbe to go with the nine. In the “block of death” they were ordered to strip naked, and their slow starvation began in darkness. But there was no screaming—the prisoners sang. By the eve of the Assumption, four were left alive. The jailer came to finish Kolbe off as he sat in a corner praying. He lifted his fleshless arm to receive the bite of the hypodermic needle. It was filled with carbolic acid. They burned his body with all the others. Fr. Kolbe was beatified in 1971 and canonized in 1982. Reflection Father Kolbe's death was not a sudden, last-minute act of heroism. His whole life had been a preparation. His holiness was a limitless, passionate desire to convert the whole world to God. And his beloved Immaculata was his inspiration. Saint Maximilian Mary Kolbe is a Patron Saint of: Addicts Recovery from drug addiction Learn more about Saint Maximilian Kolbe! Saint of the Day, Copyright Franciscan Media

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August 14: Saint Maximilian Mary Kolbe, Priest and Martyr1894–1941Memorial; Liturgical Color: RedPatron Saint of prisoners, drug addicts, journalists, and the pro-life movementPrisoner 16670 was tough, immersed in God, and ready when the moment cameSaints are made, not born. Even more so martyrs. Maximilian Kolbe was so impressive a man that he may have been canonized even if that oh-so-brief, oh-so-intense, my-life-for-his exchange in the grim prison yard of Auschwitz had not led to his martyrdom. Baptized as Raimund, from a young age Kolbe felt the call to self-sacrificing holiness. When he was a boy of twelve, the Virgin Mary came to him in a vision and held out two crowns for him to choose from: one white for a life of purity, and one red for martyrdom. The pre-teen Maximilian responded to his Lady: “I choose both.”Maximilian, along with his older brother, entered a local Franciscan seminary as a teen. When he was just eighteen, his superiors sent him to study in Rome, where he earned doctorates in philosophy and theology summa cum laude. He was ordained a priest in 1918 and the next year returned to the new, post-World War I country of Poland. For the next twenty plus years, Father Maximilian powered his way through life. He taught in a Franciscan seminary. He started an immense publishing house which printed devotional materials promoting the Army of the Immaculate. He founded a new Franciscan monastery, which rapidly grew into one of the largest in Poland. And in 1930 he became a missionary to the Far East. He went to China, had little success, and so went on to Japan, where he founded a monastery near Nagasaki. He also started a publishing house in India. In 1936 he returned to Poland due to ill health. But he didn't stop. He continued to manage various Marian publications, which were widely circulated, and even procured a radio license and began broadcasting from his own monastery radio station. As he immersed himself in the thousands of details of these varied apostolates, Father Kolbe maintained a disciplined life of prayer, mortification, and daily Mass.After the Germans invaded Poland in September 1939, Kolbe's apostolates were curtailed. He organized a hospital at the monastery and, along with the reduced community of brothers, gave shelter to refugees, including about 2,000 Jews. He was arrested by the Germans in 1939 and held for almost three months. He was pressured, but refused, to sign a document recognizing his German ancestry (Kolbe's father was an ethnic German) in exchange for more food rations and better treatment. In February 1941, German SS men came and shuttered his monastery. Kolbe and four other friars were arrested, though twenty other brothers offered themselves in their stead. In May 1941, Kolbe was transferred to the heavy labor division of Auschwitz for the last act of his life.He carried out his priestly ministry as best he could in the hell of Auschwitz and endured severe beatings for it. In July, just two months after he arrived, a prisoner escaped from the camp. As both deterrent and reprisal, the head of the camp ordered ten men to be starved to death in the escapee's place. The victims were chosen at random from a prisoner roll call. One of the unfortunate chosen, a married man named Francis, begged for mercy: "My wife! My children!" What followed this desperate pleading was profound, left an indelible impression on all who witnessed it, and is packed with an almost liturgical character.Perhaps remembering his childhood vision of the Virgin, and perhaps inspired that the chosen man shared the name Francis with the founder of his religious order, Kolbe removes his cap and slowly emerges from the bedraggled group of prisoners. A filthy, striped rag of a uniform is draped over his skeletal frame. He is barefoot. But he has dignity. There are no frivolous men in Auschwitz. He speaks directly to the commanding officer in German: “I want to take his place.” Kolbe's bearing must command respect, because, according to an eye-witness, the officer responds to him using the formal “You.” “Warum wollen Sie für ihn sterben?”—“Why do you Sir want to die for him?” “Because he has a wife and children.” “What is your profession?” “I am a Catholic priest.” A few moments of silence and then “Gut.” “Good” or “Right.”After two weeks of no food or water in a bunker, a guard injected carbolic acid into the arm of the indestructible Kolbe on August 14. His body was cremated the next day. His ashes floated from the smokestack over the gray wasteland of Auschwitz on August 15, the Feast of the Assumption. He, a priest, became what he offered. Like Saint Polycarp of old, burned like bread at the stake, Kolbe's life ended in a liturgical doxology where his own body became the bread of sacrifice.First-class relics of Saint Maximilian exist only because his Franciscan barbers thought he was a saint. They saved hairs from his head and beard without his knowledge. The man whose life he saved, Francis Gajowniczek, lived for another fifty-three years, to the age of 93, dying in 1995. He was present in Rome when Pope Saint John Paul II, who lived just an hour from Auschwitz in 1941, canonized his fellow Pole Saint Maximilian Kolbe in 1982.Saint Maximilian Kolbe, you were prepared to be generous in your last moments by a long life of sacrifice, humility, and devotion. May we so prepare ourselves day in and day out, so that when a moment of heroic generosity presents itself, we will respond like you.

In this episode, Julie tells you about the life and heroic death of Saint Maximilian Kolbe. https://your-next-mission-from-god.captivate.fm/listen (Subscribe to Your Next Mission From God) on your favorite podcast platform. Find this show on the free https://materdeiradio.com/hail-mary-media-app/ (Hail Mary Media App), along with a radio live-stream, prayers, news, and more. Look through https://materdeiradio.com/category/your-next-mission-from-god/ (past episodes) or https://forms.ministryforms.net/viewForm.aspx?formId=f861df13-50f6-4182-8712-b794ec287dfb (support this podcast). Your Next Mission From God is a production of https://materdeiradio.com/ (Mater Dei Radio) in Portland, Oregon.

Friends of the Rosary: Our love and devotion to Our Lady of the Rosary is based on our faith. Also, as followers of Christ our devotion is based in the imitation of Our Lord. After all, who loved more Mary than her own son. Saint Maximilian Kolbe said, “Never be afraid of loving the Blessed Mother too much. You can never love her more than Jesus did.” So, non so much Marian Catholics and Protestant fellows: Never be afraid of recognizing the Holy Mary as your Mother. She truly keeps us all under her mantle. Pray her Rosary! [ Second Year Anniversary | In the Memory of María Blanca ] + Mikel A. | RosaryNetwork.com, New York • April 12, 2021, Today's Holy Rosary on YouTube — Daily broadcast at 7:30 pm ET • Audio Podcast of this Rosary Available Here Now! • In Memoriam of Maria Blanca: Testimonials

As promised, we are back with the second part of our review and discussion of the globally popular series "Squid Game". In this episode, we will continue talking about our favorite episodes and characters. We will also describe the realism of each character and what they symbolize in our current situation. There will also be a bonus segment where we will share the importance of being financially prepared and how you can do it to prevent you from thinking about joining the “Squid Game”. In this episode of Nerding With You: Why episode 6 is the “MAIN” episode of the series. The realism of humans and how we react through self-preservation.An "unwritten" message addressing the situation in South Korea by the writer. The sacrifice of Saint Maximilian Kolbe and why it means that humanity is still around us.The expat couple talks about the importance of being financially prepared.Affiliates Shopping links:Shopee - podlink.co/bhrLazada - podlink.co/88nTo listen to our Podcast: Buzzsprout - http://bit.ly/buzzsprout_nerdingwithyou​Spotify - http://bit.ly/spotify_nerdingwithyou​Apple Podcast - http://bit.ly/apple_nerdingwithyou​Google podcast - http://bit.ly/google_nerdingwithyou​Amazon music - http://bit.ly/amazon_nerdingwithyou​or Watch on Youtube  https://bit.ly/nerdingwithyou_youtubePlease like our Facebook Page: https://www.facebook.com/NerdingwithYou​Follow us on Twitter: https://twitter.com/NerdingwithYou​Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/nerdingwithyouTimestamp:0:00 - Intro1:30 - The Clueless Wife, Glendz, other favorite episodes from the series. 3:50 - The reason why episode 6 is the Geeky Husband, Topz's most favorite. 10:00 - The expat couple relates episode 6 to our real life and how we react through self-preservation.16:55 - The Geeky Husband, Topz, speaks about the sacrifice of Saint Maximilian Kolbe. 21:24 - A continuation of why episode 6 is The Geeky Husband, Topz's favorite. 24:00 - The expat couple talks about the “secret” message of the writer addressing the status of South Korea. 27:00 - The Clueless Wife, Glendz, shares why she was disappointed about the ending of the series. 30:50 - The expat couple speaks about the ending and the overall message of the series. 40:00 - The expat couple discusses Gi Hun's life choices and Hwang Jun-ho's role in the series. 45:00 - The Clueless Wife, Glendz, discusses the importance of being financially prepared.50:34 - The Geeky Husband, Topz, shares his takeaways especially on how we should be financially prepared.

Today's Topics: 1) Mark and Greg open with a prayer and a discussion of Hope and what the Catechism teaches us about the virtue 2) The guys continue with a quote from Saint Theresa of Avila and her view on Hope and how the Knights of Columbus exemplify the virtue through their actions 3) The third segment revolves around the stories of Saint Maximilian Kolbe and Father Emil Kapun and how their actions demonstrated great Hope 4) The final segment closes with a quote from Blessed Fulton Sheen and how his view of Hope act as a great modern guide to our actions with Hope  

Julie continues her reflection on the communion of Saints. She talks about how Saint Maximilian Kolbe relied on the intercession of the Saints, including the then Blessed Therese of Lisieux. She also talks about Saint Thomas Aquinas and his heavenly visitors. Connect with Julie at http://www.catholicfinishstrong.com/ (Catholic Finish Strong).

5th Joyful Mystery - The Finding of the Child Jesus in the TempleSCRIPTURE:  Sirach 3: 1- 8Feast of Saint Maximilian Kolbe -  a Polish Catholic priest and Conventual Franciscan Friar who volunteered to die in place of a stranger in the German death camp of Auschwitz, located in German-occupied Poland during World War II.Hail Mary, Full of Grace, The Lord is with thee. Blessed art thou among women, and blessed is the fruitof thy womb, Jesus. Holy Mary, Mother of God, pray for us sinners now, and at the hour of our death.Amen.MUSIC:  "Salve Regina" - instrumental"TO JESUS THROUGH MARY."

Memorial of Saint Maximilian Kolbe, Priest and Martyr

A special presentation of “Passion of Saint Maximilian Kolbe” by Dr. Kazimierz Braun on the occasion of the Feast Day of St. Maximilian Kolbe and the 80th anniversary of his death. This drama narrates the last period of the life of Saint Maximilian Kolbe. The story starts with Fr. Kolbe's arrest by Germans during World War II on February 17th, 1941, goes through his sufferings in a prison in Warsaw, and ends with his martyrdom and death in the German concentration camp Auschwitz, on August 14th, 1941. This presentation includes a special bonus feature at the end of the play with Dr. Kazimierz Braun. Dr. Braun is a writer, theatre director, and scholar. Based on his research in Kraków, Harmęże, Auschwitz, and Niepokalanów in Poland, as well as in Nagasaki, Japan, he has written three biographical plays on St. Maximilian Kolbe. He is considered one of the world's foremost experts on St. Maximilian.

+ Holy Gospel according to St. Matthew 19: 13 – 15+ Memorial of Saint Maximilian Kolbe, Priest and Martyr Then children were brought to Jesus that he might lay his hands on them and pray. The disciples rebuked them, but Jesus said, "Let the children come to me, and do not prevent them; for the kingdom of heaven belongs to such as these." After he placed his hands on them, he went away. The Gospel of the Lord

Full Text of ReadingsMemorial of Saint Maximilian Kolbe, Priest and Martyr Lectionary: 418All podcast readings are produced by the USCCB and are from the Catholic Lectionary, based on the New American Bible and approved for use in the United States _______________________________________The Saint of the day is Saint Maximilian Mary Kolbe“I don't know what's going to become of you!” How many parents have said that? Maximilian Mary Kolbe's reaction was, “I prayed very hard to Our Lady to tell me what would happen to me. She appeared, holding in her hands two crowns, one white, one red. She asked if I would like to have them—one was for purity, the other for martyrdom. I said, ‘I choose both.' She smiled and disappeared.” After that he was not the same. He entered the minor seminary of the Conventual Franciscans in Lvív--then Poland, now Ukraine-- near his birthplace, and at 16 became a novice. Though Maximilian later achieved doctorates in philosophy and theology, he was deeply interested in science, even drawing plans for rocket ships. Ordained at 24, Maximilian saw religious indifference as the deadliest poison of the day. His mission was to combat it. He had already founded the Militia of the Immaculata, whose aim was to fight evil with the witness of the good life, prayer, work, and suffering. He dreamed of and then founded Knight of the Immaculata, a religious magazine under Mary's protection to preach the Good News to all nations. For the work of publication he established a “City of the Immaculata”—Niepokalanow—which housed 700 of his Franciscan brothers. He later founded another one in Nagasaki, Japan. Both the Militia and the magazine ultimately reached the one-million mark in members and subscribers. His love of God was daily filtered through devotion to Mary. In 1939, the Nazi panzers overran Poland with deadly speed. Niepokalanow was severely bombed. Kolbe and his friars were arrested, then released in less than three months, on the feast of the Immaculate Conception. In 1941, Fr. Kolbe was arrested again. The Nazis' purpose was to liquidate the select ones, the leaders. The end came quickly, three months later in Auschwitz, after terrible beatings and humiliations. A prisoner had escaped. The commandant announced that 10 men would die. He relished walking along the ranks. “This one. That one.” As they were being marched away to the starvation bunkers, Number 16670 dared to step from the line. “I would like to take that man's place. He has a wife and children.” “Who are you?” “A priest.” No name, no mention of fame. Silence. The commandant, dumbfounded, perhaps with a fleeting thought of history, kicked Sergeant Francis Gajowniczek out of line and ordered Fr. Kolbe to go with the nine. In the “block of death” they were ordered to strip naked, and their slow starvation began in darkness. But there was no screaming—the prisoners sang. By the eve of the Assumption, four were left alive. The jailer came to finish Kolbe off as he sat in a corner praying. He lifted his fleshless arm to receive the bite of the hypodermic needle. It was filled with carbolic acid. They burned his body with all the others. Fr. Kolbe was beatified in 1971 and canonized in 1982. Reflection Father Kolbe's death was not a sudden, last-minute act of heroism. His whole life had been a preparation. His holiness was a limitless, passionate desire to convert the whole world to God. And his beloved Immaculata was his inspiration. Saint Maximilian Mary Kolbe is a Patron Saint of: Addicts Recovery from drug addiction Click here for more on Saint Maximilian Kolbe! Saint of the Day Copyright Franciscan Media

JOYFUL MYSTERIES today.  Blessed are you, Father, Lord of heaven and earth; you have revealed to little ones the mysteries of the Kingdom. (MT 11:25)

Joshua 24:14-29 (“The Lord is a holy God, a jealous God”) Wisdom 3:1-9 (The souls of the virtuous are in the hands of God)

Matthew 19:13-15 Children were brought to Jesus that he might lay his hands on them and pray. The disciples rebuked them, but Jesus said, “Let the children come to me, and do not prevent them; for the Kingdom of heaven belongs to such as these.” After he placed his hands on them, he went away.

Matthew 19:13-15

(May 9, 2021) Father Samuel Dubois relates the life story of Saint Maximilian Kolbe, a Catholic priest who  freely chose to suffer death in place of a fellow prisoner in  a concentration camp during World War II.  "If we are to be like Christ," Father Dubois said,  "we have to be willing to carry the cross: the cross of indifference, the cross of apathy, the cross of the cruelty of others, so that we may be made worthy of the Resurrection, so that we may be raised to glory -- but, most of all -- so that our joy may be in Jesus, and in Him it may be complete."

Exultemus January 9, 2021 January is a time of fresh starts, but sometimes we bite off more than we can chew! Check out the story that Kari Hoeft shares with us about Saint Maximilian Kolbe.

Born in Dana Point, CA and now working in Sao Paulo Brazil, Fr Ryan is dedicated to being the embodiment of love in action. The mission provides entrepreneurial development in one of the poorest regions of the world. In partnership with an NGO, they work to bring sustainable farming and native plant growth to create economic growth within their community. With love and little money, they provide social services and support for young women and all those affected by extreme violence and poverty. His stories convey how important it is to strengthen human connection & relationships. Feel joy even in tough times. Inspired by Saint Maximilian Kolbe & the Militia of the Immaculata http://www.kolbemission.org, Fr Ryan's life is dedicated to building up the Civilization of Love, seeking to love and to serve each person who comes into his life. Creating positive impact. He is also my cousin! We share a deep conversation about technology & humanity operating from love in this complex world.

Saint Clement of Alexandria,  Saint Augustine, Saint Maximilian Kolbe, Our Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ... They all had beards. Coincidence? I think not!

August 14th is his feast day: Here is a meditation by Fr. Eric Nicolai on the account of of how Maximilian received the red crown of martyrdom and the white crown of holy purity.

Memorial of Saint Maximilian Kolbe, Priest and MartyrMatthew 9:3-12“Have you not read that from the beginningthe Creator made them male and female and said,For this reason a man shall leave his father and mother and be joined to his wife, and the two shall become one flesh?”

Reading by Sr. Yolenta, SND (Yogyakarta, Indonesia) and meditation by Hadi Witanto (Jakarta, Indonesia) FAITHFUL FROM BEGINNING TO END Our meditation today has the theme: Faithful from Beginning to End. Faith directs us to bind ourselves from beginning to end, our first and last commitment with God. We have a covenant with God that is once and for all times. God is eternal and His will can not change, so what He already established is true from beginning to end. One of the examples of the establishment from God which our Gospel today proclaims is the marriage promise of a man and a woman. The basis for this promise is the creation of each according to the image and likeness of God, the creator. Each of them was gifted with the ability to choose, to like and to ensure who the right person to be loved. We all believe that God plays also the role to make possible this special realtionship. That's why we also recognize that one's soul mate is really sent by God to be a very precious gift for a man or a woman. God, through the Church, consecrates this unity of love through the ministry of the sacrament of matrimony. Its solemn celebration in the Church is to give sign that God is the One who officially inaugurates this marriage and it becomes holy. The relationship that has been initiated and nurtured from the beginning is now bound lawfully before the Church and the world. The couple takes its reponsibility to maintain this until the end of their lives. God is eternal, and so His establishment must be also eternal. What if there is failure, namely a marriage life does not last long? That was the problem in the time of Moses when the Israelites insisted on Him to legalize marriage divorce. They seemed to believe that marriage divorce is a need. This problem had come down to the time of Jesus, and continues until today. In essence, any actions that destroy and invalidate the marriage covenant, Jesus says in His teaching, are sins of fornication. This is a grave sin. This sin clearly eliminates the divine establishment on the matrimony. Then how do we care for and maintain that bond of marriage? There must be many instructions and ways for answering this question. In the light of the Word of God and today's celebration, there is one way we can propose the strengthen the bond of marriage and family life. It is a way to follow the model. The common methods such as teaching, guidance, counseling, and spiritual activities in group dynamics are still considered useful, but imitation the model is surely the most concrete and lasting method. Our primary model is the Lord Jesus Christ. Long before the birth of Jesus into the world, the prophet Ezekiel had told his listeners that God remains faithful even though humans often fall in unfaithfulness. Because He remains faithful, he will always draw unfaithful men and women back to be the faithful ones. Saint Maximilian Kolbe and all the other saints are also our models for being faithful to the end of our lives. Let's pray. In the name of the Father ... O Lord Jesus, make us faithful like You who are faithful to do the will of the Father to the end. Hail Mary ... In the name of the Father ... --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/media-la-porta/message

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Saint Louis de Montfort consecration prayer and Saint Maximilian Kolbe consecration prayer to Mary

Born in Dana Point, CA and now working in Sao Paulo Brazil, Fr Ryan is dedicated to being the embodiment of love in action. The mission provides entrepreneurial development in one of the poorest regions of the world. In partnership with an NGO, they work to bring sustainable farming and native plant growth to create economic growth within their community. With love and little money, they provide social services and support for young women and all those affected by extreme violence and poverty. His stories convey how important it is to strengthen human connection & relationships. Feel joy even in tough times. Inspired by Saint Maximilian Kolbe & the Militia of the Immaculata http://www.kolbemission.org, Fr Ryan's life is dedicated to building up the Civilization of Love, seeking to love and to serve each person who comes into his life. Creating positive impact. He is also my cousin! We share a deep conversation about technology & humanity operating from love in this complex world.