Novena to St. Maximilian, Day 9

Day Nine

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«Put out into deep water...”

“…After he had finished speaking, he said to Simon, ‘Put out into deep water and lower your nets for a catch.’” (Lk 5:4)

From the teaching of the Holy Father:

Challenges exist to be overcome! Let us be realists, but without losing our joy, our boldness and our hope-filled commitment. Small yet strong in the love of God, like Saint Francis of Assisi, all of us, as Christians, are called to watch over and protect the fragile world in which we live, and all its peoples. (EG nn. 109 and 216)

“I would wish and desire to be reduced into ashes for the cause of the Immaculata, for God’s cause, and that my ashes were thrown to the wind and scattered all over the world, so that nothing may be left. Only then my dedication to the Immaculata would be perfectly fulfilled.” (Bar Joachim, The Martyrdom of St. Maximilian Kolbe)

Silence

St. Maximilian, you recognized a brother of yours in the prisoner Francis Gajowniczek. Help us to respond to God’s cry: Where is your brother?

“How I wish that all of us would hear God’s cry: “Where is your brother?” (Gen 4:9). The issue involves everyone! (EG n. 211)