August 14 is the Feast Day of Saint Maximilian Kolbe.
Saint Maximilian, Patron Saint of addicts and prisoners, we confidently implore you -
lead us out of unhappy vices, and deliver us from evil places.
Through thy victorious love -
- of the Father, God of our hearts,
help us who have become too hard of heart.
- of the Son, God in our hearts,
hear us who have become too afraid to pray.
- of the Spirit, God through our hearts,
heal us who have become too weary of life.
- of the Father, Son, and Spirit,
make haste to help us.
- of the Blessed Virgin Mary, pray for us.
- of our suffering humanity, pray for us.
- of God and Country, pray for us.
Saint Maximilian Kolbe, help of addicts and release of prisoners,
I love you and I trust in you.
Amen.
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Auschwitz was not a Polish concentration camp. It was a Nazi concentration camp on Polish soil; a wound in the spirit of our common humanity.
Saint Maximilian preceded my Anne in Auschwitz - but in my heart, in the hidden places in every human soul where time as we know it does not apply - they led me to each other.
And believed in me long before I believed in myself.
Saint Maximilian, Patron Saint of addicts and prisoners, we confidently implore you -
lead us out of unhappy vices, and deliver us from evil places.
Through thy victorious love -
- of the Father, God of our hearts,
help us who have become too hard of heart.
- of the Son, God in our hearts,
hear us who have become too afraid to pray.
- of the Spirit, God through our hearts,
heal us who have become too weary of life.
- of the Father, Son, and Spirit,
make haste to help us.
- of the Blessed Virgin Mary, pray for us.
- of our suffering humanity, pray for us.
- of God and Country, pray for us.
Saint Maximilian Kolbe, help of addicts and release of prisoners,
I love you and I trust in you.
Amen.
---<--@
Auschwitz was not a Polish concentration camp. It was a Nazi concentration camp on Polish soil; a wound in the spirit of our common humanity.
Saint Maximilian preceded my Anne in Auschwitz - but in my heart, in the hidden places in every human soul where time as we know it does not apply - they led me to each other.
And believed in me long before I believed in myself.