Biography
St. Maximilian Kolbe was born in Poland and entered the Franciscan Order. He lived strong devotion to the Immaculate Virgin and used media to proclaim Christ and form the faithful.
During the Second World War, he was imprisoned in Auschwitz and gave his life in place of another prisoner. The Church remembers him as a martyr of charity, a witness of love amid extreme dehumanization.
Kolbe inspires us to consecrate talents to evangelization, love Mary as a path to Christ, and choose the good even when selfishness seems easier.
Main virtue
Heroic charity. This virtue helps you look at daily life with faith and turn devotion into concrete action.
What this saint teaches today
This saint helps us contemplate the virtue of heroic charity in concrete situations of daily life.
Prayer
Practical application
Renounce one comfort today to benefit another person concretely.
