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St. Kolbe’s Warning: 3 Rules to Defeat Despair Before It’s Too Late
Published 4 hours ago
In the basement of Block 11 at Auschwitz, a prisoner kept hearing hymns coming from a starvation cell. The priest leading them was Maximilian Kolbe.
We look at three threads in his own letters and in what witnesses saw, his last preserved letter to his mother, his writings on trusting God’s will and resting in Mary’s hands, and the roll call where he took Franciszek Gajowniczek’s place.
SOURCES:
- Maximilian Kolbe’s letters and writings, including his last preserved letter to his mother (June 15, 1941) and his Act of Consecration to the Immaculata.
- Testimony of Bruno Borgowiec and the accounts of Franciszek Gajowniczek.
- Vatican News, biography of St. Maximilian Kolbe.
- Catechism 1817, 2091.
- Luke 2:51. John 15:13.
- 1 Peter 5:7. Psalm 131:2.
Exact wording varies by edition, so please verify passages in your own copy.
DISCLAIMER:
This video is made for educational and spiritual reflection purposes only. It is not advice of any kind, and it is not meant to hurt anyone’s beliefs or feelings. We respect people of every faith and perspective.
Kolbe never published a list called “three rules.” The title groups three themes from his documented writings and life. His exact words at the roll call were not recorded in one version, so accounts differ slightly.
