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men in prayer and reflection. After a month Maximilian was the only one of the ten still alive. So the Nazis injected him with a lethal serum.
Saint John Paul II, like Maximilian, was from Poland. In 1982, the Holy Father canonized Maximilian Kolbe. Francis Gajowniczek, the man whose life was spared as Maximilian gave his, was present for the celebration.
The Fruit of Kindness
How many times have you done something in the hopes that something would be coming your way in return? You clean your bedroom so that you can use the car to go out with friends. You mow the lawn so that you can go to a friend’s lake home for the weekend. You do your homework without being told so that...
Wait a minute! Shouldn’t you do your homework without being told? Seriously, all of these examples are not what
the Scripture writers had in mind when they described God as kind and
loving. What is
The words of
St. Maximilian Kolbe
“ Let us remember that love lives
kindness?
Kindness is
that trait of
ours that does
good with nothing expected in return. You have no doubt heard of a random act of kindness or the concept of “paying it forward.” In both cases, a person does something nice for another without any expectation of a reward. A person is
through sacrifice and is nourished by giving...Without sacrifice there is no love.”
at a tollbooth and pays the toll for the next car. A person
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