LIFE OF SAINT MAXIMILIAN KOLBE: MARTYR OF CHARITY.

Life of St Maximillian kby from St maximilan Maria kby his life apostolate and spirituality the early years of the saint his childhood Raymond Colby was born into a humble family in the small polish town of stuna Wala not far from Lads on the 7th of January

1894 he was the second of five Sons although two of the younger ones died soon after they were born such was the poverty and hardship of his family circumstances Francis was the firstborn then Raymond then Joseph weny and Anthony were the two who died nonetheless his parents Julius kby and

Mary de browa who had grown up in that town and were imbued with the strength of Faith typical of its inhabitants accepted God’s Will and strove to do the best they could for their remaining Sons Mary set a great example to her children as did Julius both being members of The

Franciscan third order and it was from this environment that young Raymond absorbed his early concepts of the part religion was to play in his life even so this did not prevent him from displaying his individualism with occasional flashes of obstinacy and audacity for which he expected to be disciplined As

Time passed and the family required more space than their single room Department could permit it became necessary to relocate to paban where Julius was eventually able to open a shop and rent some land for a small holding and where Mary obtained work as a midwife as well as helping Julius and discharging her

Duties as mother and housewife the time came for their three sons to begin their schooling and Julius and Mary entrusted them to Fri Vladimir’s jakowski so that they might receive a sound religious formation and instruction Raymond’s individualism showed itself in that when he had done anything for which he knew

He deserved to be punished he would not only admit it but would fetch the sticks so that his mother or father could administer his his punishment and then with no complaints indeed with thanks for his punishment he would take it back again this was by no means commonplace

In a young lad around this time in 1904 when he was 10 years old young Raymond had an experience which was to transform his life it occurred after an innocuous Act of Mischief which displeased his mother and she said to him my little Raymond who knows what

Will become of you she thought nothing more of her question but it brought about a sea change in his life and so far as he suddenly became very serious one could almost say he became older than his years and he was often in tears during his prayers fearing for his health his mother

Pressed him for an explanation saying you ought to tell your mother everything his mother received his explanation but told no one except Julius until after Raymond’s death when she revealed it to the Friars in a letter dated the 12th of October 1941 this is is what her letter said

About how he related his experience trembling with emotion and with tears in his eyes he said mother when you scolded me I prayed very much to Our Lady to tell me what would become of me later when I was in church I prayed to her again then the Madonna appeared to me

Holding two crowns in her hands one was White and the other was red she looked at me with affection and asked me which of the two crowns I wanted the white one meant that I would remain pure and the red one meant that I would be a martyr I

Answered that I would accept both of them then the Madonna looked kindly at me and disappeared his mother knew from the change that had come over him that he was telling the truth and she said that his acceptance of both crowns prepared her for what was to happen

Later Raymond became a great helpmate around the home undertaking all manner of Duties to assist whilst his parents were away from the house earning a living scrubbing and sweeping preparing and cooking the food doing the laundry making making the beds and all with the greatest of diligence and obedience and

In a spirit of being of service sometimes he was able to help his mother in the shop time passed school days came to an end and the thoughts of Julius and Mary turned to the Future careers of their three sons despite knowing about the visitation that Raymond had received from the

Blessed Virgin Mary it did not occur to them that God had his own thoughts about this matter his parents proposed that Francis their firstborn should continue his education with a view to entering the priesthood Raymond who had been such a willing helper was to follow in his Father’s Footsteps as there were

Insufficient funds to support further formal education for him and the same May well have applied to the third son nonetheless deep down Julius and Mary knew that it was not Raymond’s Destiny to enter Commerce this is where God let them see that their uncertainty was well-founded it happened when Raymond

Was sent to the pharmacy to buy some herbal Phenom griim Dr kovski was intrigued that a young peasant lad was able to pronounce the name of the herbal and from rayon’s explanation he learned a little of his circumstances this prompted him to volunteer his Services as a tutor saying

Listen lad you come to me every day and I will give you your schooling free of charge I will prepare you and you will pass the examinations with your brother at the end of the school year Raymond was overjoyed at this chance to return to the aspirations of Purity and offered

At his Apparition and devoted himself wholeheartedly to his studies with the good doctor the result was that he was promoted with his elder brother Francis in the state examinations the beginning of the Saints Priestly life a mission was being held in the town of panita and father paradin

Haxa a conventual Franciscan frier was preaching the two brothers Francis and Raymond were present and were clinging to every word they heard the friar say that a seminary had opened in in the town of leopol Woe for boys who want to consecrate themselves to Jesus in the

Order of St Francis directly after the sermon the two boys went to meet the missionary priest in the sacy they spoke with him and told him of their desire to consecrate themselves to God as St Francis had and asked him to be so good as to accept them into the new Seminary

At Lipali although it was some 300 miles 500 km from their home their parents were not too willing given the distance but they eventually consented and in October 1907 the two boys entered the Seminary at L rayon made good progress in his early days at the Seminary up to

The point where he was to apply to take the habit and begin his no viate and then came an intervention from Satan anxious to disrupt Raymond’s progress into Raymond’s head he implanted the unsettling thought of earning his martydom through a military death saying if you want to win the two crowns

Promised by the Madonna then then rather than continue in the Seminary you should leave at once and take up a military career so that you can go into combat Duty and die for the Heavenly Queen and in that way earn the privilege of being crowned by her so convinced was raymon

By this deceptive thought that he decided not to apply to begin his no viate and also persuaded his elder brother Francis to do the same again the Blessed Virgin Mary was watching over her Protege and she caused his mother to acceed to the urge to visit that distant

Seminary AR without delay Mary kby did just that arriving on the porch of the Seminary just as the boys were about to go to the office of the father provincial to announce their decision at the sound of the Bell the two boys were instructed to come and welcome their

Mother thus delaying their planned announcement explaining their intentions to their mother led her to open their eyes to the deceits of Satan with only the holy words that a devoted mother could know and they quickly changed their minds making them now eager to request reception of the the habit of St

Francis and admission to their noviciate see how the bond between Raymond and his heavenly mother was strengthened even further with his recognition that an infinitely merciful Providence by means of the Immaculate one sent our mother at that crucial moment 3 years later on the 4th of September 1910 at the foot of the

Altar of the Immaculate virgin Raymond kby at the age of 16 became a brother from that moment on his name was brother maximilan Mary he had chosen to receive the names maximilan a name belonging to brave soldiers and renowned rulers and Mary after his own mother and his

Heavenly mother his Superior sensed that there was something exceptional about him and brother maximillian’s sentiments were those of someone strongly determined to live up to his Franciscan vocation seen in all its strength and beauty remember that he had told no one other than his Earthly mother about The

Apparition he had had from the Blessed Virgin Mary as a 10-year-old boy little did his superiors know of the real driving force behind that determination during the 12 months of his noviciate brother maximilan prayed studied worked and exercised the virtues of a religious together with getting to know the

Franciscan common life of shared prayer poverty and Penance a discipline which was to stand him in good stead in the years to come he was greatly helped to overcome a period of Scruples by a providential meeting with a truly holy priest father w andat kinc and by employing docility and obedience towards

His superiors at the end of the year of noviciate on the 5th of September 1911 brother maximilan Mary consecrated himself to God with vows of obedience poverty and Chastity promising to observe Faithfully the rule of his sfic father St Francis of aisi one year later brother maximilan had completed his

Junior College studies at kraal his father provincial offered him the option of continuing his studies there or of going to the Gregorian College in Rome to study for a doctorate in philosophy and theology in 192 brother maximilan opted to remain at krackow despite the efforts of his

Father provincial to lead him to accept the chance to study in Rome and his name was removed from Brothers destined for the International sfic College what led brother maximilan to decide as he did in the presence of his father provincial he claimed that his poor health was

Deterring him from going to Rome but secretly he had other reasons he had heard talk of lenti justness corruption and public immorality in Rome albeit possibly exaggerated but disturbing nonetheless he was mindful of his Boyhood promise from our lady of the white crown of Purity and he was

Determined not to have his virginal Purity put to the test for these reasons he preferred the safer environment of crack out where Christian modesty prevailed however during the night he did did not feel at ease with his decision so the next day he visited his father provincial to apologize for

Putting his personal preference ahead of The Obedience he owed at which his name was reinstated on the list this is another example of the great importance which brother maximilan attached to obedience an academic phase in the Saints life brother maximilan began to earn a reputation for himself shortly

After arriving at the Gregorian College through his outstanding goodness and his noticeably high level of intelligence the director of the college father Steven igni described him as a holy young man and entered this description in the college register it was whilst at the college that more of brother maximillian’s attributes

Manifested themselves his fellow students noted how meticulous he was at observing the rule and yet he made no great show of it maintaining an impressive humility throughout at the sound of the monastery Bell he would stop everything even in mid Pace or mid-sentence in order to give all his attention to

Whatever was expected of him at that instant in his piety his love for our Lord knew no limits as demonstrated by his enrollment in the Perpetual adoration meaning that every hour he would make a visit to the Blessed Sacrament his devotion for and affection towards the Madonna was sincere and

Childlike he was a true son of Mary most holy and gave her the sweet name of my mother mamua and when out walking with fellow students he would invite them to join him in reciting the rosary and other prayers this mode of conducting himself caused him to stand out as a

Source of spiritually uplifting Enlightenment for those fortunate enough to be in his company another part of Brother maximillian’s character and one which was to reveal its steps Slater was his unremitting generosity to those less fortunate than himself at the college this showed itself partly in his communication skills through which he

Would absorb the content of lectures delivered by the lecturers Mak copies of them and passed them round to his fellow students especially when examinations were Drawing Near who could have known at this stage the heights he would scale when he turned to publishing bulletins by the 100,000 not many years hence

Eventually on the 22nd of October 1915 brother Maximillian received his Doctorate in philosophy at the Gregorian University after which he undertook further studies in the School of Theology at the International sfic College it was here that brother maximilan experienced another intervention by his Mima who for sure was lovingly watching his progress

Towards the objective she had in mind for him he got a badly infected right thumb which The Physician said was in urgent need of amputation this shocked him as if he were to fulfill his hopes of becoming a priest the absence of a right thumb could be a serious obstacle to offering

Massachusetts his Rector visited him that evening and related how Lord water had healed an absess of on his own foot during childhood where amputation had been proposed as the only solution putting a bottle of Lord water on brother maximillian’s table he took his leave saying I shall not tell you

Anymore when the physician arrived the following morning brother maximilan asked him to apply some of the Lord water to the wound to which the physician being a good Christian man agreed and postponed the amputation he had arrived to perform he was astonished on returning the following morning to

See that the finger was healed and no amputation was required through the Rector and the Lord water applied by The Physician both instruments in the hands of the Immaculate virgin she had intervened demonstrably to meet the needs of her favored son the conception of the militia Immaculate brother

Maxmillion made good use of his time in the Eternal City Not only was there his studying and his prayers but also he set eyes upon the Holy Father Pope Benedict I 15th the basilicas the the catacombs and many of the features which still attract tourists today sadly in 1917 he

Also saw the celebrations for the 200th anniversary of the launch of Freemasonry everywhere he looked he could see flags and posters depicting St Michael the Archangel being conquered and trampled underfoot by Lucifer long processions wound their way through the Eternal City towards St Peter Square the Marchers sang Blasphemous songs and carried

Banners with slogans such as Satan will reign in the the Vatican and the pope will be his servant this distressing spectacle caused Great anguish to brother maximilan and here is what he recorded in his notebook is it possible that our enemies must carry on their work to the point of taking over and

That we remain idle or at the most just pray without taking any action do we not have weapons more powerful than theirs the protection of heaven and of the Immaculate virgin the immaculate and undefeated Queen who fights off every heresy will not give the field over to

The enemy that is raising his head again if she finds servants who are faithful and docel to her orders she will win new victories greater than we would imagine subsequently his Rector gave a meditation on the conversion of the Jew alfons risan which was brought about by his wearing a Miraculous Medal together

With the vision rattis ban had had of the Blessed Virgin in the Church of St Andrea Del frat brother maximilan with fervent Joy confided afterwards to a fellow frier now we simply have to pray to the Madonna to drive away the devil and all heresies especially the Freemasons the ideas were beginning to

Gel into a strategy the inspiration for the militia immacula although already comprehensively motivated by the promise of the two crowns and by the hope of being ordained as a priest brother maximilan now felt that there had to be yet another purpose in his life the recruitment of an army of militants for

Doing battle with the enemies of the church an army under the command of the the Queen of the Universe the immaculate virgin and conqueror of all heresies for ammunition its bullets were to be the miraculous medals proposed by the Blessed Virgin Mary to St Katherine Labour on the 27th of November

1830 this Army which he resolved to call the militia Immaculate was to be the instrument by which the Blessed Virgin Mary would save souls for her son Jesus Christ it would be an evergrowing army of souls who would consecrate themselves to the immaculate as her property her

Slaves and who would be her docile instruments in doing battle for the sanctification of their own souls and for the conversion of the enemies of the church the Masons in particular who are infernal foes of Christ and of his Divine bride the church and for all the non-committed souls who are so embroiled

With the world and its attractions Having learned by now a considerable amount about human nature and the various levels of commitment shown towards Redemption he visualized that there would be three degrees for categorizing the adult men and women adolescents and children who would be enrolled into the militia all would

Consecrate themselves to the immaculate but the first degree of membership would be for those who pledged themselves to love her and to Endeavor by way of their own apostolate to attract others to consecrate themselves to her and have themselves enrolled into the militia by doing this they would be recognized as

True Knights of the militia Immaculate he knew that there would be many who although enrolled would never actively participate but this was something to leave in the hands of the Immaculate the second degree of membership would be attained by those who strove to offer the immaculate a greater commitment to

Her cause rather than working as individuals handing out flyers giving away miraculous medals talking about the learning resources that are available for any who want to know more these second deegree Knights would take on a more corporate role they may join together to form a group perhaps for

Catechesis they may take on an administrative role such as that of local coordinator become keeper of an MI Corner an organizer of events aimed at raising the profile of the apostolate in their Parish anything which may encourage first-degree Knights to become more committed and play a greater part

In making the militia better able to achieve its objectives the third degree of membership would be reserved for those consecrated Souls who would give themselves to the immaculate virgin unconditionally placing themselves at her disposal with all their energies and resources holding back nothing of their time effort or faculties making of

Themselves a complete offering to God through the immaculate brother maximilan envisaged that all who wholeheartedly supported the militia would develop the loftiest heights of love for the immaculate this was the structure he had in mind and he was soon to draw up the statutes for the guidance of this

Militia that he intended to build for the immaculate oh how the enthusiasm welled up in his breast the birth of the militia Immaculate on the evening of the 16th of October 1917 at first Vespers of the Feast of St Margaret Mary alako St maximilan and six other Friars formed the first company of

The new Marian Army three were priests and three were students of theology they were the Romanian Father Joseph pal fathers Caro pennalur and Antonio glinsky and student Friars Antonio Mony Henry Granada and Jerome B nassie they all signed brother maximillian’s notes about the aims objectives and the proposed statutes of the militia

Immaculate brother maximillian’s enthusiasm for his new objective knew no bounds he even wanted to visit the grandmas of the Italian Freemasons in Rome there and then to convert him to the cause but was persuaded by the Rector to pray for the Masons as the time for converting them was not yet

Ripe his love for the immaculate was growing more strongly with every passing day this is evident from his reaction on meeting a group of workmen in the street who were blaspheming the Madonna as they went about their work he approached them and asked the reason and remonstrated

With them so forcefully that they calmed down and apologized and said they had acted from habit as a way of letting off steam when provoked to extreme anger this intense love for the immaculate and his abhorrence at anything being said against her was to motivate him for the

Rest of his life this often called for great bravery on his part and he attributed it to the boundless powers given to the immaculate virgin let people put themselves in her hands and be her docile instruments that is sufficient and this unconquerable Exemplar will defeat the children of

This world Luke 16:8 and the works of darkness Romans 13:12 the chief thrust of the militia Immaculate was to be the dissemination of Marian literature and The Miraculous Medal and giving strength to its activity by prayer and good example such as uttering the the prayer oh Mary

Conceived without sin pray for us who have recourse to thee and for those who do not have recourse to thee especially the Freemasons and for all who have been commended to thy mercy and wearing the miraculous metal indeed so confident was he of the powers of the miraculous metal

That he always went about with a supply of them in his pockets referring to them as His bullets or little bombs they were the ammunition of the militia together with the rosary which he would openly sight on the streets of Rome he would leave medals where they would be found

And his enthusiasm knew no bounds the priesthood the culmination of the Saints Student Life the day came when brother maximilan Kobe attained his childhood dream of becoming a priest and he was ordained on the 28th of April 1918 the next day he celebrated his first mass in Rome and the Basilica of

St andread Del frat at the altar of the miracle the place where the Blessed Virgin Mary had appeared to the Jew risan who was instantly converted after having agreed to wear a miraculous metal to humor his friend priests who want to love Jesus in the Eucharist can be

Inspired by the devotion with which father maximilan celebrated holy Massachusetts priests can take him as their model in order to become Giants of Love of zeal of sacrifice of emulation provided they entrust themselves entirely to the hands and heart of the Immaculate one who is the mother of

Jesus the Supreme high priest priest the faithful who attended the masses he offered would inquire about that priest who inspired such devotion at the altar such was his devotion that when he was so physically exhausted that he could hardly stand he would ask two Friars to support him while he celebrated Holy

Mass having been awarded his Doctorate in theology by The pontifical Faculty of The Franciscan conventuals on the 22nd of July 1919 frier kby returned to Poland which was suffering poverty and at that time to take up a teaching post at kraal whilst he was professor of philosophy for the student friars and

Professor of church history in the major Seminary his mind was generating thoughts on how he could breathe life into his hopes for a militia Immaculate and he spent much time in prayer the beginning of the Saints Mission here at the very threshold of his ambition he was diagnosed with tuberculosis which

Was so severe that his Physicians declared that he had at the most 3 months more to live one lung had collapsed altogether and the other was damaged his condition deteriorated to the stage where his superiors took him off his teaching duties and restricted him to hearing confessions and preaching

A few sermons debilitating though his illness was he saw his heaviest burden as the apathy indeed the antagonism the indifference the mockery amongst his fellow Friars towards his efforts to promote his new apostolate despite this and in the prognosis of having only 3 months left to live father kby refused

To lose his trust in the immaculate help was at hand on the Feast of the Holy Rosary on the 7th of October 1919 his trust was rewarded when six Fri clerics together with their Master father Keller signed their names during Recreation that evening in the book that would serve for enrollments in the

Militia Immaculate from that point onwards the apostolate began to grow despite his condition father kby organized meetings and conferences and founded Maran circles which quickly spread in communities and family homes throughout kraal he used expressions like snatching the masses from Satan having no right to rest as long as a

Single soul remains under Satan’s dominion and victory being based on the salvation of souls it is no wonder that the militia grew when fueled by the unlimited love father kby had for the immaculate without regard for his health certainly there were setbacks misinterpretation of his intentions inertia disdain sometimes even from

Enroll nights these were factors which beset the early growth and unfortunately growth today as well but he remained steadfast in his determination to build a militia to offset the growing influence of the Freemasons determination alone was unable to overcome his illness he fell victim to a fever and delirium resulting

In admission to the hospital at kraal once he was transferred to the sanatorium at sacaan in June of 1920 where he spent 18 months taking in the Mountain Air this enforced absence from his work of growing the apostolate would have stopped most ordinary self-motivated priests in their tracks

But here again we see evidence that father kby was no ordinary priest and that he was motivated by his beloved immaculada there was so much to be done and here he was confined to the sanatorium no problem unable to go out into the town he put his efforts into

Talking individually to the other patients in the sanatorium and was soon organizing groups for meetings and religious conferences all the time handing out miraculous medals to all who would accept them the sanatorium had a reputation as a stronghold for atheists perhaps for obvious reasons but nevertheless the immaculate virgin

Rewarded his efforts with numerous conversions to the faith amongst these was that of a young Jewish student who had attended father K’s talks until his worsening illness rendered him unable to continue and he was confined to his bed what was to become of this young man’s Brave initiative father kby obtained

Permission normally refused in the circumstances to visit him took him a Miraculous Medal which he put around the young man’s neck and in preparation for his death administered the sacraments of baptism Holy Eucharist and extreme unction and yet the young man seemed troubled confiding to father kby that

His mother would curse him for converting from Judaism to Christianity father kby assured him that he would be in Paradise before his mother arrived this was the case and her words of disapproval on seeing the metal around his neck were too late at the end of 18

Months father kby was well enough to be able to return to krackow refreshed indefatigable and full of zeal he went back to work in Earnest the apostolic life night of the immaculada success with the growth of the apostolate brought its own problems Community groups in towns and parishes

Could be handled on a smallish scale but how was one to retain those Knights to keep them together and to feed them the knowledge they needed to satisfy their urge to serve the immaculada as the movement grew father kby realized the need for a means of communication more

Effective than the spoken word delivered from a street corner or the stage of a hall though lacking the worldwide web with its emails and its text messages and twitters and tweets of the early 21st century newspapers radio Motion Pictures and telegraphic Communications were firmly established and readily available cars trains and airplanes were

Also well established for covering Journeys that would have taken St Francis weeks on Horseback or by sailboat father kby determined to begin with the printed word that could be read and reread and passed on countless times thus expanding any initial print run and the obvious candidate was going to be

His bulletin night of the immaculada but how would he he financed even a modest first issue could the order help his father provincial could only offer him prayers and encouragement but no financial support his dreams lay in his own hands and those of the Immaculata although well used to starting

Conversations and addressing meetings filled with total strangers he had never had to beg in the streets before nonetheless he pitched himself at the world and rebounded in embarrassment and confusion at being so often rebuffed yet he persisted out of his unquenchable love for the immaculada and little by

Little he gathered the money he needed to cover the publication in January of 1922 of the first issue of KN of the immacula with 5,000 copies there was no lack of takers and the whole of the first number quickly sold out boed up with this initial success his thoughts

Turned to a second issue this time of 10,000 copies but this was clearly a bigger operation and he had not the funds to cover it again border was unable to offer financial help so he went to the altar of the Immaculate virgin in the church to pray for inspiration there he found

An envelope bearing the words for the immaculate one opening it he found it to contain exactly enough to cover the shortfall between his meager funds and the cost of the second print run it went ahead and attracted many regular subscribers meaning that he had an income with which to assure future

Issues and to expand the circulation copies went to anyone who asked for one and more subscriptions came in by that means clearly his heavenly mother was taking care of him for these early issues father kby wrote the whole of the text using simple and clear Expressions

Aimed at the level of those with only moderate schooling he succeeded in teaching them encouraging them and moving them towards a knowledge and love of the Immaculate virgin it is a small wonder that the bulletins were so well received later that year in October of 19 1922 his father Superior ordered him

To move from crackout to grodno before very long father kby had raised the circulation of Knight of the immaculada to 50,000 copies a month and he was weighing up the advantages to bringing the work in house I.E of buying his own printing machines and cutting out the

Middleman any doubts that father kby had about this step were dispersed when with the help of the Immaculate virgin the Knight of the immaculada acquired its own printing machinery brother Machinery as father Colby called it this was installed at gr naware assisted by the Friars assigned to him he continued to

Work unceasingly to the stage where 65,000 copies of the night were being printed each month whilst at gral father kby declared on the 12th of September 1924 to conquer the whole world all hearts and each person individually for the queen not only of heaven but also of

Earth to give true happiness to those poor unfortunates who seek it in the ephemeral pleasures of this world this is our aim the expansion of the Saints plans father kby drove himself very hard in the service of the immaculada he wrote text edited text submitted by other contributors oversaw the printing

All in addition to the time devoted to prayer Mass Divine Office the confessional and teaching catechism in a town about 2 miles from grodno no matter if he felt weary or feverish he was dedicated to the service of the Immaculate virgin and frequently insisted that he did not have time be

Sick given this determination and the rate of expansion of the operation it emerged that the site at grodal would soon be outgrown always looking towards the future and now thinking also of a city for the immaculada nepo caleno in Polish father kby set out to find a new

Home in the vicinity of Warsaw to usee the distribution of his bulletins and mail shots he found a suable site in the terason acreage which was owned by Prince tril lecki whom he arranged to visit the prince was impressed by father kby and agreed to his plans subject to

The condition of the Perpetual Celebration by The Franciscan order of two masses a year for his parents this was wonderful news to father kby and he agreed to request the necessary permission in the meantime he erected an impressive statue of the immaculada in Readiness for taking possession of a

Site that was to serve her interests sadly for reasons unknown to us but predictably accepted by father kby with obedience The Franciscan superiors declined the condition laid down by The Prince and father kby had to break the news to him the prince was not pleased

And asked what he was to do with the seemingly redundant statue of the immaculada on his land here we see another miraculous intervention by our lady in the furtherance of her intentions because she inspired father kby to reply let her stay there it was show that this time the Madonna could

Not find a home the prince was taken AB back at this response and then shaking hands warmly with Father kby announced that the condition was withdrawn and that he could use the land whereupon father kby returned to the fiery and knelt down with his fellow Friars to

Offer a prayer of thanks to the immaculada the first city of the immaculada with nothing more than basic hand tools of pickaxes and shovels father kby and his fellow Friars began clearing the land at the end end of August 1927 sleeping on straw in a farmhouse and surviving only on subsistence

Rations naturally the first building to be erected was a wooden Chapel where father kby celebrated mass and consecrated the site to the glory of God and the salvation of souls through the Immaculata this was followed by living accommodation with tar paper roofs for the Friars on the lines of military

Barracks and then by sheds where the various sections of the printing plant were to be installed on the Feast of the presentation the 21st of November 1927 father kby with 12 friars and four candidates took up full-time occupation of the buildings they had constructed on the terason land of Prince dril lacki

And named it nepo caleno the city of the immaculada the statue of the immaculada that had played its part in bringing about the change of heart of the prince was impossible to miss as it was placed at the entrance to welcome all comers father Colby fostered the habit of

Greeting the Friars as Mary and expected to be greeted similarly in return because he wanted the name of the immaculada to be heard everywhere he saw her as the patroness and protector of the Madonna’s house regardless of the cause of the commercial aspects of running a Printing House Father Colby

Nonetheless insisted that he and his Friars would perfectly observe the rule and constitutions of their sfic father St Francis with a loyalty to be obeyed to the point of heroism and with no compromises absolutely everyone had to demonstrate unmeasured generosity in which all had to offer up their whole

Lives and sacrifice and satisfy every call upon them he wanted nepo Calo to be a model of religious life for everyone it is this modus operandi which nourished the apostolate and upheld the remarkably zealous Apostolic activity of the city of the immaculada absolutely no time was wasted in frivolous talk or physical slackness

The Friars either worked or prayed or ate or slept these latter two but meagerly and by that means production and distribution of the night of the immacula were maximized the example that held sway here with its call for total commitment to making the immaculate the Queen of All Hearts served well to

Attract new hands and new Hearts to the cause Not only was frier kby achieving his wish to bring the immaculada to the attention of a great number of souls through his printing press but he was also attracting religious vocations from amongst those Souls the results of both activities brought him great happiness

And caused to rejoice and yet he knew there was still so much more to be done his print runs for the night of the immaculada were now topping 100,000 per issue and word of the ambience at The Establishment had spread with such good effect that men of all ages and levels

Were seeking to join the community of Friars in 1939 after only a small number of years there were 762 inhabitants 13 priests 18 novices 527 Brothers 122 boys in the junior Seminary and 82 candidates for the priesthood there was barely room to accommodate the growing number of vocations and it was clear that

Something had to be done the saint takes stock consider where father kby now finds himself from the irrepressible little lad in panita whose Scholastic progress came to depend upon the kindness of a local pharmacist Dr kovski Who taught him the Latin he needed to progress to higher grades through the

Seminary at l through the Gregorian University and the International sfic College through a period of recuperation from tuberculosis at the sanatorium at sacaan through having to beg for funds on the streets for his first print run right up to his present circumstances he had organized his resources to produce five main titles

Ranging from the night of the immaculada through a bulletin for adolescents and for small children to a Latin quarterly for clergy and seminarians all of which were produced in the thousands and even hundreds of thousands he was producing books on the lives of certain Saints who were inspirational to him he had by

1929 two polenesian one for Religious brothers and one for aspirants to the priesthood not only had he these achievements but he also created a brigade of firemen for the protection of his City and the neighborhood all of whom wore a rosary as well as The Franciscan habits so that

They would be recognized as not only franciscans but as Knights of the Immaculata as well there were now a thousand members at the friary a thousand Hearts consecrated to the glory of the Immaculata he had five departments embracing some 70 sections all under his Central editorship to manage this huge Enterprise what a

Talent he had for organization despite all of the this his modesty was such that he attributed every morsel to the immaculada in whose hands he considered himself no more than a paintbrush a mere instrument for her to use just as she wished things however could not stay as they were it was time

Once again to expand the missionary Soul the next phase of the Saints progress the direction for this came from an unexpected Source Pope pasus X 11th launched an appeal for a missionary initiative and The Franciscan superiors responded with a call to Friars with the necessary experience and zealed to take

Up assignments in other lands father kby recognized the opportunity to use his experience to date to establish a second nepo caleno or city of the immaculada and submitted his application to the minister general of the order who readily accepted it successful though his first city of the immaculada had

Become and puzzling though it may seem to part company with it father kby had a wish to encircle the world with cities of the immaculada and even prophesied that one day a statue of the immaculada would surmount the Kremlin where she would be queen of a converted Russia he

Also had in mind visits to India lvia Syria and turkey such was his infatuated zestful love for the immaculada after the acceptance of his application came a summons to Rome to meet the father General on whom his humility and extraordinary history made a good impression and who asked whether

He was fully prepared for the journey to his chosen destination of Japan father kby assured him that all that was necessary had been provided and that he was all prepared in fact he had only a ticket which had been bought for him and a suitcase containing a small number of

Personal items there were four Friars traveling with him the father General asked whether they needed anything additional to which father kby replied the immaculada will provide the father General wept at this demonstration of faith and could only repeat the response to himself afterwards the journey to Japan ended in Nagasaki the Friars had

No funds no knowledge of the Japanese language and no accommodation awaiting them but they set off to find the cathedral where they came across a statue of the Blessed Virgin Mary in the churchyard these were early days in May 1930 the month of our Lady and father

Colby was quick to exclaim that if we have found her all goes well what other sign did they need that the immacula was looking after them somehow they made contact with an archimandrite the superior of a large Monastery or group of monasteries in the Orthodox church

And were able to obtain shelter in an attic with broken windows no beds and only the meanest of stuffed quilts for protection father kby relates how on one Winter’s Night snow blew in through the broken windows and covered them as they lay on the bare Boards of the floor and

The water in their wash bows froze he was fearful for his compan companions but they all stoically and happily offered up their hardship in their love for the immaculada this heroism underpinned them whilst they established a foothold and called it mueni no Sono Japanese for garden of the Immaculate

The Friars had been in Nagasaki for less than a month and their resourceful father kby had already managed in exchange for teaching philosophy at Nagasaki University to obtain a license to print his bulletin he also obtained the use of a printing press on which he produced the first Japanese version of

The night of the immaculada which he called sibo No Kishi he then sent a telegraph wire to his colleagues in Poland to announce the fact on the 24th of April 1930 the pattern of development he had refined at his first city of the immaculada in Poland repeated itself in

Nagasaki with the constant support of the immaculada the circulation grew to more than 50,000 copies and as before many previously unbelieving people who read it were converted to the faith and then added to the number of knights of the militia Immaculate by 1936 the circulation had risen to

65,000 this was not due solely to the bulletin and its contents it was because father kby was like an inexhaustible Powerhouse he prayed to the immaculada he mortified himself he taught philosophy at the seminary in Nagasaki he wrote the text for the next issue of the night he supervised the formation of

Friars and still he made time to manage the operations of the printing press including the resources it needed and the shift schedule for his Friars it was not unusual for him to show signs of fever or of muscular aches and pains but he drove himself onwards relentlessly if

Any frier suggested that he EAS up he would reply that he would take his rest in paradise his diet was very meager and the hours of sleep he allowed himself were few the sum total of all this work work and deprivation served perfectly to illustrate the truth of the inspired

Response he had made to his father General in Rome before setting off for Nagasaki with his four fellow Friars the immaculada will provide as before some of the new Knights showed signs of potential vocational interest and father kby was able to begin a noviciate and a small Seminary at mugeni no Sono within

A few months The Graces of the immaculada continued to descend upon his efforts and in this way the family grew until it became a flourishing Marian Community a second city of the immaculada the Saints taking of stock leaves him still unsatisfied father kby now began to dwell on the possibilities for new

Cities of the immaculada and other countries and his thoughts turned to China India turkey the Arab world and the entire continent of Africa he had said how much he would like to see the World encircled by cities of the immaculada and true to form he set off to China and India researched suitable

Locations found contacts and even began negotiations his enthusiasm and his trust in the immaculada inspired him to keep detailed notes and he even drafted a handwritten letter to the immaculada on the Feast of the most holy name of Mary 12th of September 1932 describing the Perils of his

Travels and reminding her that they were all for her sake unlike his sfic father St Francis who traveled on foot or by Donkey or by sailboat if there was a river nearby father kby was able to travel by car by rail by boat and by air and he extracted the maximum utility

From each one of these modes of travel for that reason he insisted that his cities of the immacula would be located not only in areas with good road Rail and Air Links but in places where there would be a cinema radio transmitter teaching facilities at University level

And had he lived long enough a television transmitter too this immense level of activity was beginning to take its toll on his health at 38 years of age and father kby returned to Poland in 1936 leaving Japan for the last time midam the saint shares his philosophy

With his fellow Friars in 1936 St maximilan returned from Japan to Poland for a general chapter and was elected Superior of nepo Ceno in Poland father kby held a particular Maxim very close to his heart a man life has three stages namely his preparation for his work the

Work itself and suffering in so far as his circumstances are concerned there were no clear dividing lines between the three stages consequently he could be relied upon to explain very meaningfully the nature and interrelationship between these three stages in August of 1939 when it was inescapably obvious

That the Second Great War was very close father kby addressed the 837 or so Friars of the city of the immaculada on the edge of Warsaw specifically about the third stage suffering he reminded them that they could not know the hour nor the means of their death but urged

Them all to shed their blood in the service of the immaculada to seal a true love for her he quoted the words of our savior that there is no greater love than this that a man give his life for his friend for himself this was indeed to be a prophetic statement the

Persecution begins Poland suffered invasion in September 1939 with Dreadful force and frightful consequences for its people and its infrastructure 800 of the Friars at nepo caleno had to leave only about 37 remained father kby being amongst them he knew that his publication the little daily regularly published in runs of

200,000 each day ired the German police and that retribution was not far ahead sure enough on the 19th of September setember 1939 some of the Nazi Elite guard the shut staffle or SS for short came to nepo caleno gathered the 37 remaining friars and carried them off in

Two trucks father Colby trusting as ever in the protection of the immaculada observed to his companions that maybe it was her way of founding a new city in Germany through them love always knows how to turn something evil to good the two trucks brought the Friars firstly to

Linois and later to jebus both of them preventative camps as the shut staffle had no intention of underrating the Ingenuity of Father Colby as when father kby had earlier been obliged to undergo confinement at the sanatorium in zapan in June of 1920 and on that occasion for

Health reasons he now busied himself by instructing fellow prisoners organizing prayer groups and holding conferences in a similar manner in so far as he could get away with it under the watchful eyes of the camp guards his charitable generosity knew no bounds for example when an admirer managed to smuggle a

Portion of cheese from the camp kitchen and presented it to father kby he did no more than share it out amongst The Others near him the rations were barely enough to live on and yet he would share his portion with the others on another occasion a prisoner awoke in a fit of

Shivers from the cold to find that father kby was covering him with a blanket these little acts of Mercy may have had their origins in the privation that father kby had undergone earlier in his life and also being boyed up by his trust that the immacula would make up

Any shortfall for him one last gasp for the night of the immaculada bulletin after a few weeks they were moved to the camp at ASO on the 9th of November 1939 the Friars managed to gather a little clay from which they made a statue of our Lady to celebrate the

Feast of her Immaculate Conception on the 8th of December 1939 as if to thank them for for their devotion they received a surprise from the immaculada on that day they were released from prison without explanation and returned to nepo Calo what a sight greeted their eyes the once well-ordered

City lay in Ruins devastated by bombs and looting and it was no more than heaps of rubble the first building they had erected there the chapel had been leveled to the ground and many of the statues of the imaculada had been mutilated undeterred father kby gathered around him the people who were

Sheltering in the city wounded and discharged polish soldiers homeless civilians fugitives and assisted them as best he could then during the next few months assisted by his friars and other Friars who came back after hearing of his return He recovered his printing machinery and got it working again and

Applied for permission to print an issue of the night of the immaculada he was given permission but it was to be the final Edition he wrote Because on the 17th of February 1941 one officers of the Nazi Elite guard the SS again came to nepo caleno to question him at the

End of the prolonged session they arrested father kby and three other friars and took them away as he left father kby was submissive and calm and he assured those left behind that he was going to serve the immaculate in another field of work despite the arrest he was

Not distressed within himself he knew that he was assured of a place in Paradise although he would not reveal from whom the Assurance came nor the date when it was to be but it was enough for him for it is impossible to be distressed at anything when one has been

Assured of paradise 20 of the Friars stepped forward and offered to be arrested in the place of Father kby such was the esteem the veneration and the affection that the Friars had for him their offer was refused and he was taken to the Pak prison in Warsaw the saint is

Cast into prison early in March of 1,9 941 Franks Colby was put into cell 103 of division 2 and an inspection by the division Captain took place 5 days later this man seemed to have a hatred for clerics particularly those with a crucifix and a rosary on display and he

Tried unsuccessfully to tear the crucifix away from father kby bellowing and you believe in this calmly father kby replied indeed I do at which the captain became apoplectic and struck him in the face this happened three times and then the captain left the other prisoners in the

Cell were very angry but could do nothing for fear of further retribution against all of them they were rather surprised at the calm which father kby was emanating as he strolled up and down the cell praying quietly he urged them not to worry and confided that it was

Nothing serious and it was for his dear madana on the 28th of May 1941 along with many other prisoners he was trans transferred in a railway cargo truck to owitz as prisoner number 16670 despite the predicament father kby strove to raise their Spirits with prayers and got them to sing National

Ssongs and to join him in discourse to the point where they could almost forget what had befallen them the saint in awit the procedure on arrival at alitz was for prisoners to be subjected to cold showers and belittled by the barbs and obscene remarks of the guards after

Which they had to Dawn a prison uniform with blue and gray vertical stripes and carrying an identification number father col’s uniform had a red triangle over his heart to identify him as a priest priests and Jews were singled out for especially inhumane treatment and could be assured of an early death his

Division captain at alitz bore the name of crot and he had a reputation for being particularly fish and merciless giving the very worst of the tasks to those in his keeping examples of these tasks were to load and carry gravel cut and carry lumber on their backs clear

Away manure move away corpses all in silence and with no rest breaks any sign of slowing down earned the prisoner a lashing a kicking and a pitiless beating having lost one of his lungs to tuberculosis father kby struggled to keep going and was beaten kicked and

Insulted every time he fell over no one could help him much as they wanted to because anyone who tried was severely beaten he urged his sympathizers not to expose themselves to these beatings assuring them that the immacula was helping him and that he would manage alone he reminded them on other

Occasions that their sufferings were in the service of the Immaculata he treated his sufferings as if he were doing the Stations of the Cross just as our Lord did on his painful journey to Calvary father kby continued to display incredible calm and the most provocative of assaults in one instance a guard

Approached him with a police dog in his opin opinion father kby was not working hard enough so first he struck him and then set the dog on him there was no complaint from father kby much to the amazement of the prisoner with whom he was working in another instance it was

Captain cot’s turn to vent his spite on father kby he had father kby loaded with an enormous amount of logs and then ordered him to run with it after only a very few steps father kby collapsed as might be expected given his age and state of health Captain crot then went berserk and

Kicked father kby in the face and stomach and also beat him with a rod and shouted furiously so you don’t like to work I will let you see what work means shouting and blaspheming crop made him stretch out on a tree trunk before everybody and had one of the huskier

Guards give him 50 lashes with a whip this left father kby almost lifeless he appeared dead his body was thrown into a ditch and covered with Brushwood later some companions helped him regain Consciousness somehow he was smuggled into the infirmary where his case was diagnosed as pneumonia with General

Weakness poor father kby in Imitation of his Divine model chose to remain Meek and sweet as a lamb throughout it all what could be the saint secret this question must have been in the heads of so many of his fellow prisoners noting his reaction to being so mercilessly

Beaten insulted belittled and yet never complaining all of them were hungry and not far from death and yet father kby acted as though these were mere Trifles which did not concern him he simply did not discuss them it was as if he were in another world immersed in God and deep in prayer

In fact the first thing that many of them came to learn about him was his Spirit of prayer he never failed to use an opportunity to turn his fellow prisoners attention to the holy virgin when someone who was in desolate Spirits approached him father Colby knew how to

Turn him to the immaculate Virgin by saying she is the comfort of The Afflicted she is listening to us all and helping us all no one could deny this because all had seen how he had triumphed despite beatings and whippings insults deprivations he had been through

Them all love is a creative power he would declare to them rosary beads were forbidden at the camp so if arobe would say his rosary on his fingers and this was a common sight which remained in the memory of many of his fellow prisoners one day he discovered that a prisoner

Was an artist and asked him to make two pencil sketches of our Lord and of the Blessed Virgin Mary he carried these with him regardless of the fact that to be caught with them would have earned him another beating but he placed great store by them sadly he lost them but he

Quickly managed to have them replaced such was their importance in his prayer life this prayer life was indeed a major part of Father K’s ability to cope with his beating ings he could have Lin in his bed and recited his Rosary unbeknown to the guards but no that was not

Acceptable to him and he would kneel at the side of his bed instead a fellow prisoner warned him that he ran the risk of a beating if a guard saw him but he answered go to sleep son I’m already an old man and I shall pray for you another

Sign of his fearlessness was that he would bless himself with the sign of the cross before starting a meal with no thought that he might be struck by a for his action on two occasions but only two father kby was able to celebrate Holy Mass which was strictly forbidden there

At other times to symbolically and reverently commemorate Holy Communion he used to take his portion of bread blessed and give a little piece of it to each one St Francis of aisi had done the same with his fires a few days before his death the saint defies the circumstances it was exceedingly

Difficult for frier kby to live out his Vo ation in the circumstances prevailing at aitz with guards constantly looking out for any signs of religious practice and administering beatings for even small transgressions there have been many examples already to show that father kby was not deterred by this he managed to

Hear confessions to preach uplifting sermons to distribute miraculous medals when he was able to obtain any he continued to be true to his vocation in the Huts for prisoners and in the hospital crawling across the floor from bed to bed if necessary in order not to

Be seen by the guards as getting caught carried the risk of being shot one prisoner related an event where he and father kby were ordered to take corpses to the crematorium one particular corpse showed signs of having been brutally tortured and the Prisoner felt rooted to the spot the guard showed his impatience

And the Prisoner heard a familiar voice saying calmly let us take him brother he forced himself forward and lifted the corpse onto the barrel and then a second one he was wishing to himself that he was that corpse when he heard that same voice saying Holy Mary pray for us he

Shuddered as if having received an electric shock and he felt strength flowing through him after delivering the corpses to the crematorium and beginning to walk back he heard father kby whisper in Latin Eternal rest Grant unto them oh Lord this was followed by and the Word

Was made flesh so even in the greatest of danger had he been heard father kby managed to do the best he could for those poor souls he had just delivered to the crematorium the food was of poor quality and came in very small portions men fought over it in order to have enough

To stay alive but father kby set an example to All by giving away his own portion to those who really needed it and his friends had to insist that he kept some of it for himself he never missed an opportunity to try and restore peace when such quarrels broke out he

Was never heard to criticize their cruel captors in fact he prayed for them and for their conversion to the faith and urged others to do the same whenever he received a beating he would say may God forgive you and father forgive them just as our Lord prayed from the cross for his

Executioners his selflessness was well known he even exchanged his own sandals for a pair in worse condition from another prisoner and he washed another prisoner’s porridge bowl for him after that prisoner had been beaten for not doing the job well enough in the first place the saint moves a step closer to

Earning his two crowns late in July 1941 a prisoner escaped from the section where father kby was being held the commandant declared that if he did not return by the following day 10 men would be selected at random and condemned to death by thirst and starvation in a

Dungeon all the prisoners were made to stand and wait until the expiry of the deadline none knowing whether or not they would be amongst the selected ones the escaped prisoner did not come back as the sun was setting the camp commandant came and picked the 10 men

Who were to die in the dungeon father kby was not amongst them but he heard the anguished cries of those who were and he prayed to his heavenly mother the last sobbing Cry came from Francis francisc gonicc farewell oh my poor wife my poor children from now on you are

Fatherless father Kobe could stand no more more breaking rank he stepped out and stood before the commandant saying in German I asked to die in place of that father of a family this was absolutely unprecedented and the commandant was bewildered for some minutes why he eventually asked because

I am old and feeble and he has a wife and children replied father kby who are you the command asked I am a Catholic priest answered the Martyr this answer helped the Comm an to make his decision I accept said the command an and from that moment on Father K’s fate was

Sealed he and the other nine condemned men were taken to cell 21 which was empty and dark they were stripped naked and locked in by the guards who sneered at them saying you will wither up like tulips from that day on the unfortunate men had nothing more to eat the only

Contact the prisoners had with Outsiders was when guards arrived with other prisoners each morning to take away men who had had died during the night father kby LED his little group in reciting the rosary and in singing hymns to the Blessed Virgin Mary prisoners from other cells within earshot would join in if

The guards approached during the day all would fall silent as thir took its grasp they were reduced to croaking but always father kby was amongst them consoling them and watching out for the guards they knew that he had volunteered his life and that the others were innocent

Anyway and they were heard saying to each other that priest is certainly a good man we have not had anyone here like him up to now release at last for the saint after 3 weeks only father kby and three other men remained it was the vigil of the Assumption and the command

An sent the director of the infirmary to the cell to administer an injection of carbolic acid to each of them to end their lives father kby extended his arm to the Executioner obedient to the last and with a prayer on his lips a prisoner who served as interpreter in

The dungeon Bruno Borgo reports that he went to the cell after the guards had left and he saw three of the dead men whose bodies stretched out on the floor were soiled and whose faces showed suffering by contrast the dead body of father kby was very clean and luminously

Glowing his face gleamed with peace and was glowing with light in an unusual manner his eyes were wide open and concentrated on one point his whole appearance was of one and ecstasy he had won those two crowns offered to the bright-eyed 10-year-old boy in his childhood white for Purity

And red for martyrdom and now he was forever more with his Heavenly Queen his mimia his immaculada to whose service he had dedicated his whole life the next day the 15th of August 1941 on the Feast of the Assumption his body was vaporized in the ovens he had always said that he

Wanted to die on a day important to the immaculada and he got his wish his ashes were scattered over the camp and over the Waters of the Vista and all traces of his Earthly remains were lost his beatification process was successfully completed in April 1969 with the decree

Of the heroic of Virtues he was beatified in 1971 and declared a saint in 1984 he was St maximilan Maria kby at last part second the spirituality of St maximilan Maria kby St maxilon in The Miraculous Medal why did St maximilan choose the Miraculous Medal for the militia Immaculate the second condition

For belonging to the Mi is very clear to wear the Miraculous Medal what’s more the mi’s first required intention is if possible to pray the following ejaculatory prayer at least once a day oh Mary conceived without sin pray for us who have recourse to thee and for all

Those who do not have recourse to thee especially for the Freemasons and for those who are commended to thy care so we have the expanded prayer from the miraculous metal why the answer can be found in the story of the medal told many times by St maximilan the so-called

Miraculous Medal is universally known its origin dates back to the 27th of November 1830 and the fortunate Soul To Whom The Most Blessed Immaculate Virgin Mary showed it was Katherine labour at that time a novice of the Sisters of Mercy in rud duach Paris amazing miracles of conversion started to occur

Immediately and demand for the metal became so high that as many as 80 million of them were struck in the first 10 years is it not fitting therefore that as we consecrate ourselves to the immaculada without reservation we should Grace our breast with the Miraculous Medal this medal then is the external

Sign of consecration to the immaculada it is the second condition St maximilan kby therefore as he explains in his letter to brother Paulo morati dated the 26th of January 1926 was conscious that the inner Devotion to the immaculada is crucial if one wants to belong to the Mi and that

The miraculous metal is its important external expression strictly speaking the essence of the Mi is consecration even by an internal act to the immaculada a consecration that makes us her unconditional and total instruments in life death death and Eternity a consecration that makes us her property

Her metal is the external sign of one’s Consecration and the source of the many Graces that she promises it is therefore an integral yet not essential part so if there are no Metals we can do without them without immediately diminishing the Mi it is indeed the grace of rattis

Bound’s conversion that contributed to the Inception of the Mi risan an intelligent and wealthy young Jew from Strasburg had been raised away from religion I did not even believe in God he writes of himself I had never opened a book about religion with obvious reluctance he accepted the Miraculous Medal from Baron

Deuser shortly afterward on the 20th of January 1842 mure deuser came with him into the church of St Andrea Del frat to the sacy to deal with the matters of the service in the memory of the late Miss lafran who whose body had been already laid on the catapal here the immaculada

Appears to him and converts him in an instant on the 75th anniversary of rattis bound’s conversion on the 20th of January 1917 during his morning meditation St maximilan received an inspiration to establish the militia immacula St maximilan Kobe was convinced that the immaculada desired to make use of the

Miraculous metal the means are those that she herself desires during The Apparition of The Miraculous Medal she dictated an ejaculatory prayer that is our prayer in it we include all men she gave us the Miraculous Medal to be the bullet we need to strike Hearts the battle with Satan is very difficult

Therefore we need help from the immaculada and her medal we wear the miraculous metal because the immaculada told us to do so and she promised her protection to those who wear it we sorely need such protection experience shows that when the devil wants to lead someone astray the first

Thing he does is to make one find some pretext to lay aside one’s miraculous metal how powerful is the immaculatus protection St Maximillian kby encourages everybody to spread the metal widely and prudently distribute her metal wherever possible even to children so that they may always wear it round their necks to

The elderly and young people in particular that under her protection they may have sufficient strength to reject the countless Temptations and pitfalls that beset them in our times even to those who never come to church who are afraid to go to confession who make a mockery of religious practices

Who laugh at the truths of Faith who have immersed themselves in the mud of immorality or who live in heresy outside the church oh to these it is absolutely essential to offer the medal of the immaculada and make them want to wear it and at the same time pray fervently to

The immaculada for for their conversion some manage to give a medal even when someone does not want to accept it in any way they SE one right into the person’s clothing hiding it well than they pray and the immaculada sooner or later will show what she is capable of

Doing the miraculous metal then is the bullet of the militia Immaculate thus St maximilan kby had chosen Miraculous Medal for the effective realization of the main goal of the militia Immaculate to work for the conversion to God of all men be they Sinners Heretics schismatics Jews Muslims Etc in particular the

Freemasons and that all become Saints under the patronage and through the mediation of the Immaculate virgin in 1939 St Maximillian wrote in 1920 in the zachan hospital where for a time I lived as a patient and chaplain a woman was breathing her last she was already preparing to die yet she spoke with

Great sorrow of her husband whose conversion at this late stage she could no longer hope for then he came to the hospital I tried to suggest appropriate reading to him conversing with him on religious subjects but his only response to me was I need clearer evidence yet he

Took no pains at all to read more serious books when he came to salute me at the time of departure I made one last attempt I handed him the Miraculous Medal and he accepted it after that I asked him to go to confession I am unprepared no absolutely not was his

Answer yet he seemed compelled to kneel down and made his confession in tears Mary obtains and distributes all Graces the Catholic church honors our Blessed Mother with so many beautiful titles including that of mediatrix of all Graces that Mary obtains for us and distributes to us all Graces is a

Doctrine according to what Jesus said to St John about the mother of all men Behold thy mother John 19:27 as a beatified mother knows in heaven the spiritual needs of her children whom she left on Earth Mary knows the spiritual needs of all men since she is an excellent mother she

Prays for them and since she is all powerful over the heart of her son she obtains for them all The Graces that they receive and which are received by all those who do not persist in evil with what motherly affection is she always endeavoring to assist us

In the same manner as Jesus is our mediator of right with his eternal father because by the merits of his passion he obtains pardon for penitent Sinners so Mary is mediatrix by Divine favor with her son and is such a mediatrix that her son grants her every

Request the church turns to Mary to obtain Graces of all kinds both temporal and spiritual among these last from the sanctifying grace the gifts of the Holy Ghost to the grace of conversion up to that of final perseverance in brief everything which produces conserves increases or perfects the

Supernatural life of man all kinds of Graces are distributed by her even in a sense those of the sacraments for she merited them for us in Union with Christ on Calvary in addition she disposes Us by her prayer to approach the sacraments and to receive them well at times she

Even sends us a priest without whom this sacramental help would not be given to us not only every kind of Grace is distributed To Us by Mary but every Grace in particular we say in the words of the Hail Mary holy Mary Mother of God

Pray for us sinners now and at the hour of our death amen this now is said every moment in the church by thousands of Christians who thus ask for the grace of the present moment this grace is the most individual of Graces it varies with

Each of us and for each one of us at every moment if we are distracted while saying this word Mary who is not distracted knows our spiritual needs of every instant and prays for us and obtains for us all The Graces that we receive this teaching

Contained in the faith of the church and expressed by the common prayers Lex orandi Lex cendi is based on scripture and tradition during our lady’s Earthly life Mary appears in scripture as the distributor of Graces one through Mary Jesus Sanctified the precursor when she went to visit her cousin Elizabeth and sang The

Magnificat two through his mother Jesus confirmed the faith of the disciples at Kan by granting the miracle that she asked also she gives us her command do whatever he tells you three through her he strengthened the faith of John on Calvary saying to him Behold thy mother

Four by her the Holy Ghost came down upon the apostles for she was praying with them in the cicle on Pentecost day when the Holy Ghost descended in the form of tongues of fire after the Assumption and her entrance into Glory Mary is the distributor of all Graces St

Maximilan Maria kby said the Holy Ghost acts through Mary in recent times especially we are perceiving the immaculada the spouse of the Holy Ghost as our mediatrix the immaculada at Lord began to act in her capacity as our mediatrix the Immaculate Conception for St maximilan the words our lady spoke to

St bernardet Kera immaculada conceptu I am the Immaculate Conception contain an unfathomable mystery writing in 1933 he said who and what is the immaculada who can understand her perfectly we all understand what mother means but Mother of God is something that our reason and our limited intellect cannot really

Grasp so too only God really understands what Immaculate means conceive without sin we can fathom up to a point but immaculate conception is an expression that abounds in the most consoling of mysteries a few hours before his arrest on the 17th of February 1941 father maximilan kby writes about Mary

Immaculate this text has a great importance because it is the whole essence of his Marian teaching St maximilan wrote Immaculate Conception these words came out of the mouth of the Immaculate herself and so they must indicate most precisely most essentially who she is not only the fact that she

Was conceived without sin but also the manner in which this privilege belongs to her it is not something accidental it is something that belongs to her very nature for she is the Immaculate Conception in person Immaculate Conception is the name of her in whom he lives by the Fein love in the whole

Supernatural order in this same final sketch Kobe arrived at a profound insight an answer it seems at least in part to his persistent question who are you immaculada he calls Mary the created Immaculate Conception created sinless and from conception uniquely filled with an abundance of Grace in order to be

Made superabundantly fruitful when she would become the mother of God through the work of the Holy Ghost as St maximilan says the Holy Ghost makes her fruitful from the very first instant of her existence all during her life and for all eternity additionally he calls the Holy Ghost the uncreated Eternal

Immaculate Conception who is conceived from the love that flows eternally between the father and the son a love so perfect that it is personified St maximilan explains everything that exists outside of God himself since it is from God and depends upon him in every way Bears within itself some

Semblance to its creator because every created thing is an effect of the Primal cause it is is true that the words we use to speak of created realities Express the Divine Perfections only in a halting limited and analogical manner they are only a more or less distant

Echo as our created realities that they signify of the properties of God himself would not conception be an exception to this rule no there is never any exception and who is the Holy Ghost the flowering of the love of the father and the son if the fruit of created love is

A created conception then the fruit of divine love that prototype of all created love is necessarily A Divine conception the Holy Ghost is therefore the uncreated Eternal conception the Prototype of all the conceptions that multiply life throughout the whole universe Mary’s sinlessness from conception is the fruit of God’s love at

Mary’s conception the Holy Ghost conformed her to himself the Blessed Virgin by reason of the singular Grace of her Immaculate Conception is tot fully receptive to the love of God at the enunciation she receives God’s love and in cooperation with the holy spirit makes that love fruitful infinitely so

In conceiving the Incarnate Word Mary’s receptivity and fruitfulness did not end with the conception and birth of Christ now in heaven Mary Remains the living human conduit for The Graces that the Holy Ghost distributes to us as St maximilan says the Holy Ghost manifests his share in the word word of redemption

Through the immaculate virgin who although she is a person entirely distinct from him is so intimately associated with him that our minds cannot understand it so while their Union is not of the same order as the hypostatic union linking the human and divine Natures in Christ it remains true

To say that Mary’s action is the very action of the Holy Ghost what most attracted St Maximillion to Mary was her beauty the beauty of the deep and unfathomable mystery of her Immaculate Conception and the beauty of her spotless Purity throughout the entirety of her Earthly life which now radiates

Forth in heaven our lady of Lord St maximilan venerated our lady with the name she herself proclaimed in lur I am the Immaculate Conception the life and works of St maxmillion were inseparable from the immaculada and her name in The Grotto of massiel and Lord France our lady appeared to a 14-year-old girl

Bernardet our lady appeared 18 times from the 11th of February to the 16th of July 1858 the 11th of February which is the annual Memorial of the apparitions of the mother of God and Lord was celebrated by St maximilan with great devotion before this Feast the saint

Together with his brothers were in the habit of saying a novena the octave the seven days following the feast was also the time of bestowing wonderful Graces by the immaculada as well as a time of special commitment to the fight fight for the kingdom of God often on that

Feast the immacula would bestow special temporal for example important matters of the apostolate and spiritual Graces on St maximilan the whole of February the month that commemorates our lady’s apparitions and Lord was always regarded as a blessed month by St maximilan the Blessed month of February has come again I say blessed because

Every year on the 11th of February we celebrate the memory of The Apparition of the Immaculate virgin at L for nights of the immaculada the 11th of February is always a very special day St Maximillion encouraged all Knights of the militia Immaculate to celebrate this Feast worthily by receiving Holy

Communion and giving themselves more wholeheartedly to the immaculada mainly through the battle with evil Limitless trust in God and Mary as well as meditating on her and reciting the rosary on the 12th of January 1933 a month before the feast he he encouraged everyone to make proper preparations for

The celebration of the 75th commemoration of the apparitions of the immaculada in Lord it is almost a whole month to the Feast of The Apparition of the immaculada in Lord on February 11th it is necessary to prepare oneself to receive as many Graces as possible how

To prepare by becoming more and more her property firstly until the Feast of The Apparition of the immaculada andur and then throughout the whole year working on belonging to her more and more because she has prepared special Graces this sentence contains two very important elements in the first element

St maximilan calls for good preparations for the coming of the Jubilee this preparation should most of all consist of experiencing and putting into practice our total abandonment to the immaculada while striving for even greater perfection in our daily lives the second element is the clear anticipation of the special Graces or

One great grace that Mary can obtain for her Knights during this Jubilee year on the Jubilee Day namely the 11th of February 1933 St maximilan wrote two letters to nepo caleno the city of the immaculada in those letters he gave testimony to the saving of a young Japanese girl from

Suicide as well as a few conversions of Japanese people who received the sacrament of baptism he wholeheartedly appealed for the reception of the words of the immaculada from Lord the development of the militia immacula movement and taking the immaculada as the model of life for every night writing about the apparitions and Lord

The then father kby stressed the role and mission of St Bernadet Subaru St maximilan gave her as an example of somebody completely devoted to Mary and capable of suffering enormously for God and our heavenly mother St maximilan upheld St Bernadet as an Exemplar for the Knights of the immaculada in 1914 as

A clerical student St maximilan was miraculously cured by means of water from lur to have lost his right thumb could have prevented him from receiving Priestly orders his miraculous cure was a visible sign of Mary’s care of his Priestly vocation during his life St Maximillian kby visited lur only once it

Was on the 30th of January 1930 before undertaking his mission to the Far East in L St maximilan celebrated the holy SA sacrifice of the mass in the Basilica he prayed the Rosary in The Grotto he drank the miraculous water and he sank his finger in the water he kissed The Rock

In The Grotto and he commended his prayers to Mary summarizing his visit to lur he stressed the experience of a great love of his Mima Mami as he Finly called the immaculada the apparitions and Lord had a special place in the Maran treaty commenced by ST maximilan

Which he never completed the saint gave a description of the apparitions however most of all St maximilan discussed the meaning of the name Immaculate Conception Immaculate Conception these words came out of the mouth of the immaculada herself therefore they must indicate accurately and in the most essential manner who she

Is who are you oh Immaculate Conception not God for he has no beginning not an angel created directly out of nothing not Adam formed with the mud of the Earth not Eve taken from Adam and not even the Incarnate Word who existed from eternity and is conceived rather than a

Conception prior to conception the children of Eve did not exist so they may be better called conception yet you differ from them also for they are conceptions contaminated by original sin while you are the only Immaculate Conception also in lur the immaculada did not Define herself as conceived

Without sin but as St bernad dead herself recounts at that moment the lady was standing above the wild rose bush in the same way in which she is depicted on the miraculous metal upon my third question her face took on an expression of gravity and at the same time of

Profound humility joining the palms of her hands as if in prayer she lifted them up to her chest turned her gaze toward heaven then slowly opening her hands and bowing to me she said in a voice in which you could notice a slight Tremor k soera immaculada seu I am the

Immaculate Conception the whole meaning of the life sufferings and death of St maximilan was to underline the answer given by the most holy Virgin Mary to bernardet when she asked the lady to reveal her name St maximilan had a desire to live by that answer as well as

To feed others with it countless times and without rest St maximilan repeated the most holy mother asked by bernardet what was her name replied I am the Immaculate Conception this is a definition of the immaculada pray the Rosary every day the immaculada during her Apparition on the 13th of

October 1917 in Fatima said to the three children I am Our Lady of the Rosary continue to say the Rosary every day in every Apparition at Fatima our lady urge the daily recitation of the Rosary for the Salvation of the world the rosary is Mary’s gift there seems no doubt that

Today our lady wants to used the rosary to save us and inundate us with Graces let us realize that it was not just by chance that she chose to appear at Fatima under the title of Our Lady of the Rosary she appears to have linked the most important Affairs of our age to

The Holy Rosary in the Personal Diary of St maximilan kby we find this passage so many rosaries means so many Souls saved and in the magazine night of the immaculada of October 1925 St maximilan wrote it is true that the recitation of the Rosary is not compulsory under pain of

Sin but what kind of love is it that confines itself to Bear duties whose neglect may very well turn into serious transgressions such a course of action would seem more like slave bondage than the love of a child towards the great heavenly father and the most loving

Mother no that would be Unworthy of someone who loves of Mary a true lover seeks the opportunity to approach her as often as possible to remain at her feet longer within the limits allowed him by the duties of his State he entrusts all his troubles and his concerns to her

Also he himself as far as his energies allow meditates and asks to ensure that the works of Mary proceed in the best way that her kingdom may be expanded in The Souls of all those who live now and in the future acquaintances or strangers friends or enemies relatives fellow citizens countrymen or foreigners

Catholics or non Catholics these are his aspirations his desires this is the goal at which his efforts aim and where could one obtain the light one needs in order to know when and how to act if not at her feet could one possibly go elsewhere to draw strength for so Sublime a task

Our Father Hail Mary into grieved Hearts there drops a comforting bomb and desperate Souls a ray of Hope shines again the poor The Afflicted those who are bent under the burden of wor tribulations and Crosses now more and more clearly and explicitly start sensing that they are not orphans that

They have a mother who knows their sorrows has compassion for them Comforts them and comes to their aid they feel they have to suffer a little longer but then a reward a reward that is eternal and infinite will follow they even realize that it is worth suffering in

This short life in order to wipe out the sins committed and give a proof of their love to God they understand that suffering purifies the soul as does fire with gold because the soul is detached from those passing Illusions the world calls happiness and Rises higher and higher infinitely higher and higher to

The source of all happiness God they realize that the soul may only find rest in him while everything else is far too little to recite the Holy Rosary is like welcoming the Madonna Among Us letting her enter and tar within our poor souls we all ought to be as pure and zealous

As the virgin Apostle the one whom Jesus loved St John the Evangelist who took Mary into his home John 19:27 Lucia of Fatima assures us that in this greatly troubled world if everybody said the Rosary every day the Madonna would obtain miraculous favors when St maximilan kby was in the alitz

Concentration camp and had offered to die in the place of the father of a family he was detained in a starvation dungeon making it into a new Christian catacomb echoing with prayers to the Madonna that were heartbreakingly beautiful it no longer seemed like a starvation dungeon down there wrote one

Of the keepers it was like going down into the Crypt of a church with those unlucky men enclosed one heard them saying their prayers aloud every day one heard the Rosary in hyns and The Condemned men in neighboring cells joined in every time I went down there

Fervent prayers and hymns to the holy virgin echoed throughout the underground area it was father maximilan Kobi who would start them and all the others would respond the carlite scapular on the 16th of July is the feast of Our Lady of Mount Carmel doubts are often

Voiced as to the purpose of the scapular so it will not be out of place to a few words on the subject first where does the word scapula come from it is derived from the lantin word scapula that is shoulder and refers to a type of religious garment that the benedictines

Carmelites and Dominicans wear over their habits it covers just the shoulders and hangs more or less amply down the chest and back what is the origin of the scapular the ideals that inspired the various religious orders did not remain confined within Convent walls but often reached also the

Faithful who lived in the midst of the world these two as far as was possible wanted to realize such ideals accordingly there arose various congregations and confraternities whose members could not wear proper religious habits but were at least allowed to wear something distinctive that would remind

Them of a habit these robes were similar to the Garment we mentioned hanging from the shoulders and could be quite different especially in terms of color how is a scapular made it consists of two pieces of Woolen cloth joined by strings or ribbons does the scapular

Have to be made of wool yes it does it cannot be cotton linen silk or other material nor can it be knitted or embroidered otherwise indulgences will not be gained scapulars May however be adorned with images woven embroidered or sewn on a cloth these images may also be

Of some other material or of a different color but can never be too large because the scapular should remain the most relevant part what is needed to gain indulgences and to qualify for the Privileges of the scapular it is essential r one that each scapular be

Blessed by a priest entitled to do so and that a priest also properly entitled be in charge of laying it on two that he who has received the scapular we it so that a part hangs down his chest while the other join to the First with cords or straps passing over the shoulders

Hang between his shoulder blades what do you do when your scapular is lost or worn out you have to have another made right away no second imposition or even blessing by a priest is needed what is the origin of the carlite scapular on the 16th of July 1251 blessed Simon

Stock the sixth general of the carmelites was pleading to the Most Blessed Mother for protection of the order which at the time was facing difficulties in a vision he saw the Most Blessed Virgin Mary who gave him a scapular saying except my son this scapular for your order as a mark of my

Confraternity it will be a great privilege for you and all the children of Carmel and those who die wearing this scapular will never suffer Eternal fire it is a mark of Salvation a shield in danger and a token of the Eternal Covenant subsequently the Most Blessed Mother also appeared to Pope John xai

And promised she would release from purgatory on the first Saturday immediately following their death those Souls who during their lifetime had worn the scapula with devotion although such appearances are not an Article of Faith the number of conversions achieved through the scapular is telling proof of their authenticity about these

Apparitions Pope Paul V says Christians May devoutly believe in what is said about the aid experienced by The Souls of the members of the confraternity of the scapular that is to say that the Most Blessed Virgin would help The Souls of the religious and of the members of

The confraternity who died in the love of God and who during their lifetime wore this holy garment that she would came to their aid with continual intercession in their favor with Pious prayers with her merits and with her special protection after death especially on Saturdays dedicated by the

Church to the mother of God herself oddly enough those who have adopted the carlite scapular if they actually wear it to the day of their death die happy and Serene but if they do not intend to repent they die without their scapulars the motherly heart of the Immaculata among her children the

Immaculada during her Apparition on the 13th of June 197 in Fatima said I will never forsake you my Immaculate Heart will be your refuge and the way that will lead you to God she shows us her motherly Heart full of love full of care for our Salvation she shows us her heart

A heart overflowing with the most sensitive motherly affection 20 years after the apparitions of our lady in Fatima St maximilan wrote the immaculada descends on Earth as a good mother among her children to help them save their souls thus she desires the conversion and sanctification of All Souls without

Exception in order to carry out that work though she uses the tools taken from among men she urges the children who love her to cooperate with her in situations of normal everyday life these same Souls consecrated to her live by her often think of her love her wholeheartedly and Endeavor to discern

Her desires either voiced from her own lips or offered to them in silent inner inspirations they propagate thus her will attracting an Ever larger number of souls to ever more perfect knowledge and ever more Ardent love toward her and in her and through her to ever deeper love toward

The Divine Heart of Jesus at all times the immaculada inspires thousands of such Souls devoted to herself many of them also come together more or less closely with one another to serve their lady even better in concerted effort for this reason the associations that work exclusively for her are many and varied

However we can still regret with blessed asteris ggan demontfort until today Mary has not been known sufficiently and that is one of the reasons why Jesus Christ is not known as he should be on earth there still exist Souls who do not even know who Jesus and Mary are the Harvest

Indeed continues to be great but the laborers are still too few consequently the scope for every new effort is still very wide all those who have l love the immaculada have desired to belong to her and expressed it with various formulas being a servant of her being the son of

Her being her slave and so on are the ideals which enlightened their lives all therefore wish to belong to her in the most perfect way possible and no doubt would have liked to use all of the titles that any person had devised or that anyone’s love could possibly devise

In the future in a word to be hers hers Without Limits that is the Sun that brightens the lives of of many many hearts when the fire of Love is Ablaze it cannot be constrained within the heart but blazes forth and burns consumes and absorbs other Hearts it

Conquers more and more souls winning them over to its ideal to the Immaculata the milicia immaculate focuses on such love which goes so far as to win the hearts of all those who are living now and who will live in the future and that as soon as possible as soon as possible

As soon as possible the night of the immaculada knows that in the immaculada and through the immaculada he shall soon and more easily become the property of Jesus the property of God knowing that uch within him and through him will love Jesus in a way incomparably more perfect

Than he himself might strive to do with any other means he knows that just as any Grace from God the Father through Jesus and the immaculada descends into his soul so by no other way is any response to such Grace any exchange of love for love able to and allowed to

Rise up to the father except through her and Jesus if all the souls who have already walked their Earthly pilgrimage or who are currently living in this world could voice their views we would be able to publish a countless number of large volumes testifying to the activity

Of the immaculada tender mother of souls Redeemed by the most sacred blood of her Divine son even these volumes however would contain only what such may have recognized as special Graces of the immaculada while every Grace comes to the soul from the hands of the mediatrix

Of all Graces and there is no moment in whichever new Graces fail to flow into each Soul Graces of light to the intelligence of strengthening of the will of incitement to good ordinary and extraordinary Graces Grace is directly related to temporal life and to the sanctification of the Soul only at the

Time of God’s judgment in heaven shall we become aware of the solicitude that our tender heavenly mother has had for each of us ever since the beginning of the solicitude that she has toward Every Soul her child to shape it according to the pattern of Jesus her firstborn son

The Prototype of Holiness God and man through the immaculada to the Sacred Heart of Jesus Through the immaculada to the Sacred Heart of Jesus that is our watchword so wrote St maximilan in 1938 the very first Chapel founded by St maximilan and the brothers in nepo Ceno

Was very modest the alterpiece was set up on the wall above the Tabernacle with the Blessed Sacrament hung a framed printed picture of the Sacred Heart of Jesus and beneath it was placed the gyps statue of the immaculada this arrangement of the main altar perfectly reflected the hierarchy

Of the faith and piety of our Saint his plans for the future Church in nepo caleno contained a similar setup on the main altar I Envision a beautiful statue of the immaculada with her arms outstretched serving as a backdrop to the monstrance for the Perpetual exposition of the Blessed Sacrament

Above the statue in a window in the wall a beautiful depiction of the Sacred Heart of Jesus St maximilan writes and talks about the immaculada about love towards her and about the necessity of prayer directed towards her his words are filled with very special feelings for the saint love for our lady meant

Striving to obtain the greatest possible love for the Sacred Heart of Jesus and to giving the greatest honor to God the way to the Sacred Heart of Jesus led through an intimate love for the immaculada this is reflected in the following words of the act of consecration to the immaculada repeated

After St maximilan by her knights in your Immaculate and merciful hands to serve thee so as to increase as much as possible thy honor in so many tepid Souls that have fallen away from the faith and us to extend the kingdom of the Sacred Heart of Jesus St maximilan

Gives us the the following commentary on the second part of the prayer the most Sacred Heart of Jesus is the love of God for mankind his kingdom is the domain of this love in the hearts of men the love that Jesus manifested in the manger throughout his life on the cross in the

Eucharist and in giving us his own mother as our mother and he wants to enkindle this love in the hearts of men to infuse and to enhance the glory of the immaculada to conquer souls for her means to win souls over to the mother of Jesus who introduces the kingdom of Jesus to

Them St maximilan stressed that the only motive for the Existence and works of the militia immaculada was to teach and to help souls to win them over to the most Sacred Heart of Jesus Through the immaculada the reason for our action is the love of the Heart of Jesus namely

The love of God which is the essence of perfection and sanctification to which we want to draw all of those who are and who will be through the immaculada in her loving heart as on The Miraculous Medal because the name of Mary is closely linked to the cross of Jesus as

On The Miraculous Medal thus the true goal of the life of the Knight of the Immaculata is to spread the Blessed Kingdom of the Sacred Heart of Jesus that is to engraft the reign of Jesus in human hearts and to enlarge the community of those United with our Lord

The only reason for the Existence and the activity of the militia immaculada is Love A Love Without Limits for the most Sacred Heart of Jesus in order order to offer up to him as many Souls as possible and to unite them to him as closely as possible St maximilan wrote in

1935 many wonderful things could be said about Devotion to the most Sacred Heart of Jesus such as about aspiring to love the immacula with the Heart of Jesus and so on I would just like to mention that we cannot possibly settle for any ordinary type of Love For The Heart of

Jesus but in keeping with what is written on the amayan moment card we must aspire to the most perfect love that is to loving with the heart of the immaculada and only with the love of that kind for St maximilan love and Devotion to the Sacred Heart of Jesus

And love and Devotion to the immaculada were not two different loves or devotions the bond between Mary and Jesus was for him the ideal of love his desire for himself and for others was to get as close to that ideal as it was possible most of all he wanted to love

Jesus in the same way as he was loved by his heavenly mother to love him with her heart and to love the mother of God as Jesus loved her that is to love her with his heart the work for the conversion of Sinners the immaculada during her

Apparition on the 13th of July 1917 in Fatima said to the three children sacrifice yourself for Sinners you have seen hell where the souls of poor Sinners go at almost the same time polish Franciscan father maximilan kby founded the movement called the militia Immaculate its goal being the conversion

Of Sinners during the third Apparition in Fatima 13th of July 1917 our lady showed the three children a vision of hell and she said you have seen hell where the souls of poor Sinners go to save them God wishes to establish in the world Devotion to my Immaculate Heart if

What I say to you is done many Souls will be saved and there will will be peace when you say the rosary say after each Mystery Oh my Jesus forgive us save us from the fires of Hell lead All Souls to Heaven especially those who are most

In need the three children of Fatima especially Jinta prayed and made sacrifices for the conversion of Sinners Jinta had an Ardent thirst for their conversion a genuine missionary Zeal she looked for sacrifices to offer for my Sinners just s to always made her sacrifices with this thought a thought

Which was habitual for her to suffer for Sinners to make acts of reparation in their place to substitute herself for them to obtain pardon for them and the grace of conversion very often Jinta said we must pray a lot to save Souls from hell so many go there so many in

The same year 1917 St maximilan kby founded the militia Immaculate the goal of the militia Immaculate is to to engage in the work of conversion of Sinners heroics schismatics Jews and so on but most of all of Freemasons and in the work of sanctification of all under the

Protection and through the mediation of the immaculada he wrote It’s purpose therefore is commitment to the conversion of Sinners and of non-catholics and for the sanctification of all in other words love towards all people regardless of differences of faith and nationality with a view to drawing them closer to the happiness

That only closeness to God the source of all happiness and concrete love for God that is sanctification can afford how can we convert Sinners St maximilan wrote we all know well that the Virgin Immaculate was established by God as the mediatrix of all Graces in fact no one converts or achieves sanctification

Without the help of the immaculada the Mother of Divine Grace indeed the close cler one comes to this dispenser of divine Graces the more Graces one obtains the more easily one is made holy and contributes to the sanctification of others it is logical then that we should

Be committed to the work of conversion and sanctification of souls under the protection and through the mediation of the immaculada in Fatima and in Lord also our lady asked about prayer for Sinners St maximilan very often said and wrote the best way to convert to sanctify Sinners is to arouse in them a

Devotion to the Most Blessed Virgin Mary during the fourth Apparition in Fatima the immaculada continued to ask for prayer for Sinners pray pray very much and make sacrifices for Sinners for many souls go to hell because there are none to sacrifice themselves and pray for them in 1940 St Maximillion wrote the

Immaculada urged everyone to pray for Sinners and the Mi fulfills this invitation of the immaculada by having thousands of mouths and hearts repeat daily oh Mary conceived without sin pray for us who have recourse to thee and for all those who do not have recourse to thee especially for the

Freemasons and for those who are commended to thy care this invocation came out the mouth of the immaculada and applies to Every Soul St maximilan wrote in 1938 we shall pray to her that she may Dain to offer to Jesus just reparation for both our past infidelities and for

The many wrongs that he suffers from Sinners every day throughout the world each night offers self-commitment through the immaculada as an instrument in her hands and striving for the conversion of Sinners and of all those in need of it and for the sanctification of all and along with prayer works works

May be of different kinds according to the condition and situation of each they must be animated by fervor but Guided by Prudence the common goal of these Works drawing Souls the greatest possible number of souls to the immaculada she will cleanse them of their sins Enlighten them strengthen

Them inflame them with Love For The Heart of Jesus and their Brethren and make them happy for the Saints rightly assert that it is impossible for those who venerate Mary to perish for love toward the holy mother is a sign of predestination the conversion and sanctification of everyone through the

Immaculada there is a need to flood the world with a cloud burst of Christians and Maran literature in every language this is the mission of the militia immacula the conversion and sanctification of everyone through the immaculada the utilization of mass media and Apostolic work this is one of St

Maximillian’s modes of working he himself utilized press and Radio St maximillian’s initiatives were often met with surprise however it was this forward-looking approach making use of all modern means as long as they were decent valid and legitimate that proved to be fruitful and attractive to Associates who in common with st

Maximilan were anxious to work towards the salvation and sanctification of Every Soul at the point of setting up the militia Immaculate St maximilan desired that it should stand up to rampant evil particularly to the enemy of the church Freemasonry however his main goal was higher that the immaculada be known and

Loved more and more even father K’s religious name maximilan was signaling his ways of working to do everything by all means for the immaculada that is for the Salvation of souls through her this was the reason for setting up nepo caleno the city of the immaculada in

Poland and in Japan for his efforts to do the same in India as well as for initiating and developing publishing houses in Poland and in Japan so the Press would reach every household in 1926 he wrote a very important thing is the purpose of our publishing house that

Is that it is always concerned with winning the world for the immaculada every single soul that exists and will exist until the end of the world the goal of the militia Immaculate is explained in its program to use all other valid and legitimate means for the conversion and sanctification of men

According to one’s means in the different states and conditions of life as the occasions present themselves this is entrusted to the Zeal and prudence of each one St maximilan explained the use of those means in 1928 in his letter to brother Ado kaputo in Rome the recommended means are the prayer given

By the holy Immaculate virgin herself and her medal also given by her Beyond this all means as long as they are legitimate for instance the periodical and non-periodical press radio art literature theater and Cinema also legislation chambers of deputies senates and various organizations which should have as their purpose the

Fighting of evil organizations and the nurturing of the fullest development of the gifts of God to soul and body given to every person in accordance with the laws of God thus helping everyone in all classes of human society in all conditions and circumstances from the Cradle to the Grave according to St

Maximilan the effective use of those efforts evidenced by the conversion of souls dependent on prayer sacrifice and on the Zeal of every KN the Apostle in his own Community is also necessary the Knight can and should make use of all means because the immaculada shall operate with every means including the

Most modern because inventions should serve her foremost and subsequently Commerce industry sport Etc therefore the printed word and now why not even radio broadcasts films the internet and generally everything that in time can still be invented to illuminate the the minds and inflame the hearts on the 8th

Of December 1938 a radio station was installed at nepo caleno St maximilan had plans for a movie studio and its own airport this true Apostle would neglect nothing and take advantage of everything when it came to spreading the kingdom of God nowadays imitating St maximilan in working towards the conversion of Souls

And promulgating Devotion to the immaculada the militia immacula makes good use of its modest resources and publishes books and leaflets in many languages at the moment the leaflets are available in 18 languages I live only for Souls that is my mission St maximilan in this statement St maximilan

Has expressed the purpose of his life and of his whole Apostolic activity his great love of God made him eager to work for the glory of God that is to work for the Salvation of souls God is worthy of all our love men should seek God in

Order to to find himself and his own happiness the Catholic faith is the only truth and the only true way leading to God from his earliest years St maximilan kobby was led by those three truths he became an eager Apostle of souls Desiring to make God known to as many

Souls as it was possible St maximilan loved Souls as he loved every creature that emerged from God’s hands because every creature reflects Divine perfection in the natural Order of Things human souls are Supernatural children of God Redeemed by the Precious Blood of the Son of God hence he who

Truly loves God will also love people his brothers the love of God is the only source of genuine and sincere love toward our neighbors wrote St maximilan St maximilan never called anybody evil or bad is it possible to look on souls indifferently he couldn’t in order to

Reach out to so many unhappy Souls in order to strengthen innocent hearts and goodness in order to help everyone draw nearer to the immaculada mediatrix of all Graces in Rome in 1917 at the collegio international of Friar minor conventual Franciscan fathers the micia immacula was founded

His next step was to found the nepo caleno the city of the immaculada and then after 3 years St maximilan set off for the mission to the Far East a Saint’s heart can never be constrained to GE graphical boundaries he is by Grace always a missionary this was

Especially true of St maximilan Colby he loved the immaculate with the Heart of Jesus and he loved Jesus with the Heart of Mary it is manifested in a similar Universal desire to win All Souls to Jesus and the immaculate at Nagasaki they established a new city of the Immaculate nenai no Sono literally

Garden of the Immaculate thereby introducing his ideal the immaculate to the Orient in spite of problems with local authorities language culture and climate one month after their arrival St maximilan was nevertheless able to publish the first issue of sibo no Kishi the Japanese version of the magazine

Night of the immaculada in 1930 KN of the immaculada which in Japanese is called Sion no Kishi arrived in Japan in spite of multiplying difficulties the immaculada permitted it in a short while to surpass by as much as six times the circulation of the most widespread Catholic magazines in Japan this was

Because Kishi did not address only Catholics as other Publications did but pagans Protestants and other non-catholics at first they greeted it with curiosity then with marked sympathy resulting in many of them receiving the grace of the sacrament of baptism this resulted in numerous conversions amongst the Japanese most of

Them thanked him for his heroic and unconditional sacrifices to draw them to the true Faith however St Maximillion recognized that this Apostolic success could only be attributed to pure and undivided love for the immaculate where there is love and charity there is God it is well known that during his

Lifetime St maximilan founded two flourishing cities of the Immaculate neoc caleno in Poland and nugeni no Sono in Japan less known is the fact that for many years he labored and prayed for the opening of a third one in India following his infallible principle the

Will of my superiors is the will of the Immaculate St maximilan promptly submitted his idea to the Judgment of his provincial Superior back in Poland permission finally came when the group of Friars in Japan was sufficiently numerous 13 Friars stayed behind in Japan as St maximilan sailed off to

India and when a new missionary priest the ab mentioned father Constantine had arrived to substitute for St maximilan without wasting a single moment just two days after the new missionaries had arrived St Maximillian was already pursuing the acquisition of a ticket for India he wrote in a letter to his

Provincial I am writing briefly because I am setting out for Kobe to look into the matter of getting a ticket for India in accordance with your letter stating that after the arrival of Father Constantine it will be possible to start looking around for a news city of the

Immaculate and in accordance with an earlier letter stating that I am the one who must think of India and the Muslims and in accordance with your thinking that India suits us better than China what was St maximilan expecting in India as the train carried him away from Nagasaki and towards the port of

Departure he wrote a letter to nepo caleno and to the readers of the night of the immaculada I have told the brothers today to entrust to the immaculate the matter of my Discerning her will and things have clarified the prospects for China and its city of high men have

Dimmed Vietnam and Saigon have had to wait and the other ideas have receded to the back burner India and anacam have clearly presented themselves before our eyes and I still have letters of permission from two years ago to go to these places when we were heading out to

The Far East for the first time and so it is India but things are not without their worries it is very hot there and how will we be received here in Nagasaki we have already settled down in our little Nest things have calmed down it

Is going well work is going at a more routine Pace there you have to head out all over again into the unknown facing uncertainty unforeseen crosses and perhaps we will have to come back empty-handed or maybe it will be necessary to lay down our lives extenuated by

Hardships but in the end all this is for the immaculate she will lead us and whatever she does will certainly be what is best and so the first of the plan for Conquering the world for the immaculada conceived 2 years ago would be completed namely Japan India and China which

Together make up half the population of the Earth wrote St maximilan in 1932 when it came to souls St maximilan did not know rest or tiredness either did he see the national differences between people there were many occasions on missions when in the evening hours one of the pagan came in and father

Kobby after a full day of hard work sat down with the poor soul until the late hours explaining the sense of Life the basic truths of faith and shining the light of divine wisdom onto the dark Pagan Soul we must love absolutely everybody he used to say often our love

To our neighbor is proven in our desire and actions taken for salvation of their souls loving one’s neighbor not because he is nice worthwhile wealthy influential or or just because he is grateful for such would be very Petty reasons Unworthy of the night of the Immaculata genuine love rises above the

Creature and plunges itself into God in him for him and through him it loves everyone be they good or bad friends or foes St theres of the Child Jesus the patron of all missions on the 3rd of October we celebrate the Feast of St theres of the Child Jesus St Maximillion

Had a special Devotion to this s he prayed for her beatification and canonization her little way was a model for St maximilan St theres of the Child Jesus has been appointed a patron of missions although she herself had never been on a mission by means of prayer St

Theresa of lizu without leaving the walls of her Convent became the patron of all missions and not only the titular patron saint as experiences show wrote St maximilan in 1940 for St Maxim million her simple spirituality was his model and the way of spiritual progress she took a special

Care of the saint when he went on his mission to the Far East when difficulties were mounting up with starting the immaculada mission in India St theres was ever ready to lend St Maximillion her helping hand in overcoming them St maximilan wrote in the Latin archbishop’s Palace there was

A statue of St theres of the Child Jesus patron of all missions and at her feet lay flowers that looked like roses at that time the tangle of troubles was such that I had lost all hope so I started to pray and even to complain a little to St theres and concluded my

Prayers with these words let’s see if you remember I was thinking of The Pact we made even before her beatification and canonization when I had committed myself to offer a momento in every holy mass for her beatification and canonization she was supposed to oversee my mission in return turn suddenly a

Small flower dropped onto the little table below the statue the fact impressed me but I exercise self-control and told myself let us see if it means anything from then on all troubl seemed to vanish one after the other as if touched by a magic wand in fact 2 days

Later no troubles at all remained and for the Indian neoo I had already been promised the use of land a building for starting activity right away and a fairly large Chapel glory be to the immaculada for all things since her Little Flower Street theres loved calling herself the Little Flower of the

Immaculada had dained to solve the issue in such a wonderful Manner and so St thees patroness of all the missions has proven herself able to remember even our mission as I reflect on what happened regarding the matter of neoo in India I find it hard not see the hand of St

Theres of the Child Jesus with whom as I wrote wrote I have made a pact before leaving Kobe I was taken to a church dedicated to her in which the parish priests apparently a relative of hers had translated the biography of St theres into Japanese during my Voyage I

Came across images and statues of the saint everywhere in fact the discal carites in whose missionary District the Indian neo Ceno is located and of whom the Archbishop is a member are her spiritual brother in addition there was the dropping of the Rose in Columbo which I have already

Mentioned the spiritual childhood of St teres of the Child Jesus however is not spiritual childishness its characteristics are humility poverty confidence love abandonment Simplicity and Zeal let us talk about humility first children are naturally little Weak and Powerless yet they acknowledge their nothingness and attribute nothing to themselves

The child depends on its parents for everything and at all times the second characteristic is spiritual poverty the child owns nothing even if it is the sole air children have only what is given to them and not everything is given to them all at once so they constantly seek their parents’ support

And they are not ashamed of begging for all their needs and for all their wants nevertheless children have total confidence they know that their parents love them and they know that the parents would never abandon them so the child frequently has recourse to them and is not anxious about anything the child’s

Trust is fearless boundless and unwavering no matter how small and poor a child may be it possesses one thing in a very Charming way love the child’s heart is matched to its size but it is strong and vibrant its love is Ardent and tender the child effusively shows it

By hugs and kisses simply and securely the child abandons itself into its parents arms the oblation to the merciful love of God is St Teresa’s ultimate expression of such love confidence and abandonment still all these are done in ut most Simplicity everything in a child is simple its

Thoughts its words as well as its actions the child can only do little things yet how happy and proud its parents are with what the child is able to do would God be less happy with our little efforts provided that we make them all with the greatest love unlike the self-centeredness of natural

Childhood spiritual childhood does not think of itself only it thinks of others as well friends and foes alike with burning love it would do all that it can to charm its parents that is how a child exercises its Zeal lastly it is Thoroughly Maran to be a true child of

God one has to be formed in the maternal and Immaculate Heart of Mary just like our Lord Jesus Christ himself although this was not written explicitly in her autobiography yet it permeated all her writings in fact her very last poem was why I love you oh Mary therefore the

Little way of spiritual childhood is nothing else but the synthesis of faith hope and charity all at once pushed to their ultimate applications and retaining their Evangelical freshness and candid Simplicity in her autobiog y we can see the development of St Teresa’s Marian devotion from interestedness to disinterestedness from

Constant reflex to self to Total abandonment to the merciful love of God yet always in the hands of our lady we are not sure what formula for consecration to our lady she used after her first communion what is most important is that she lived her consecration day by day so in the

Militia Immaculate our Maran spirituality should also be like hers Phil I simple confident self-sacrificing and Apostolic

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