Around 1906, an event took place that marks a fundamental milestone in the life of the young boy. His mother herself related the event a few months after her sons martyrdom. I knew ahead of time, based on an extraordinary event that took place in his infancy, that Maximilian would die a martyr. I just dont recall if it took place before or after his first confession. Once I did not like one of his pranks and I reproached him for it: My son, what ever will become of you?! Later, I did not think of it again, but I noticed that the boy had changed so radically, he was hardly recognizable. We had a small altar hidden between two dressers before which he used to often retire without being noticed and he would pray there crying. In general, he had a conduct superior to his age, always recollected and serious and when he prayed he would burst into tears. I was worried, thinking he had some sort of illness so I asked him: Is there anything wrong? You should share everything with your mommy! Trembling with emotion and with his eyes flooded in tears, he shared: Mama, when you reproached me, I pleaded with the Blessed Mother to tell me what would become of me. At Church I did the same; I prayed the same thing again. So then the Blessed Mother appeared to me holding in her hands two crowns: one white the other red. She looked at me with tenderness and asked me if I wanted these two crowns. The white one signified that I would preserve my purity and the red that I would be a martyr. I answered that I accepted them...(both of them). Then the Virgin Mary looked at me with sweetness and disappeared. The extraordinary change in the boys behavior testified to me the truth of what he related. He was fully conscious and as he spoke to me, with his face radiating; it showed me his desire to die a martyr.
Posted on: Thu, 14 Aug 2014 14:19:48 +0000
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