In this site [Brzezinka Concentration Camp] of the terrible slaughter that brought death to four million people of different nations, Father Maximilian voluntarily offered himself for death in the starvation bunker for a brother, and so won a spiritual victory like that of Christ himself. This brother still lives today in the land of Poland. But was Father Maximilian Kolbe the only one? Certainly he won a victory that was immediately felt by his companions in captivity and is still felt today by the Church and the world. However, there is no doubt that many other similar victories were won. I am thinking, for example, of the death in the gas chamber of a concentration camp of the Carmelite Sister Benedicta of the Cross, whose name in the world was Edith Stein. Where the dignity of man was so horribly trampled on, victory was won through faith and love. ----- Blessed John Paul II, 1979
Posted on: Wed, 14 Aug 2013 10:56:12 +0000
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