St. Maximilian Maria Kolbe, Saint o ka lā no 14 ʻAukake

(8 Ianuali 1894 - 14 ʻAukake 1941)

ʻO ka moʻolelo ʻo St. Maximilian Maria Kolbe
"ʻAʻole maopopo iaʻu ka mea e lilo iā ʻoe!" Ehia mau mākua i ʻōlelo i kēia? ʻO kā Maximilian Mary Kolbe manaʻo: "Ua pule nui wau i kā mākou Lede e haʻi mai iaʻu i ka mea e hiki mai iaʻu. Ua ʻike ʻia ʻo ia e paʻa ana nā pāpale aliʻi ʻelua, hoʻokahi keʻokeʻo a ʻulaʻula i kona mau lima. Nīnau ʻo ia iaʻu inā makemake wau e loaʻa iā lākou: no ka maʻemaʻe kekahi, no ka make martyrdom kekahi. Ua ʻōlelo au: "Koho wau i nā mea ʻelua". Ua minoʻaka ʻo ia a nalowale. "Ma hope o kēlā ʻaʻole like ia.

Ua komo ʻo ia i ka seminary liʻiliʻi o ka Conventual Franciscans ma Lvív - ma hope ʻo Polani, i kēia manawa ʻo Ukraine - kokoke i kona wahi hānau, a ma 16 ua lilo ʻo ia i novice. ʻOiai ʻo Maximilian i loaʻa ma hope nā kauka i ka akeakamai a me ka hoʻomana, ua nui kona hoihoi i ka ʻepekema, a ʻo ke kiʻi ʻana i nā hoʻolālā no nā moku pōhaku.

Kauoha ʻia i ka makahiki 24, ua ʻike ʻo Maximilian i ka mālama ʻole haipule ma ke ʻano he make make loa o ka lā. ʻO kāna mikiona e hakakā me ia. Ua hoʻokumu ʻo ia i ka Militia o ka Immaculate, nona ke kumu e kaua aku ai i ka ʻino me ka hōʻike o ke ola maikaʻi, ka pule, ka hana a me ka ʻeha. Ua moeʻuhane ʻo ia a ua hoʻokumu i ka Naita o ka Immaculata, kahi makasina haipule ma lalo o ka pale a Mary e haʻi aku i ka Nūhou maikaʻi i nā lāhui āpau. No ka hana paʻi ua hoʻokumu ʻo ia i kahi "Kulanui o ka Immaculate" - Niepokalanow - kahi i noho ai 700 o kona mau hoahānau Franciscan. Ua hoʻokumu hou ʻo ia i kekahi ma Nagasaki, Iapana. Ua hōʻea ka Militia a me ka makasina i hoʻokahi miliona mau lālā a me nā mea kau inoa. Ua kānana ʻia kona aloha i ke Akua i kēlā me kēia lā e ka hoʻolaʻa ʻana iā Maria.

I ka 1939, ua hoʻouka kaua ʻo Nazi panzers iā Polani me ka wikiwiki make. Ua hoʻopahū ʻia ʻo Niepokalanow. Ua hopu ʻia ʻo Kolbe a me kāna mau kuhina, a laila hoʻokuʻu ʻia ma lalo o ʻekolu mau mahina, ma ka ʻahaʻaina o ka Immaculate Conception.

I ka makahiki 1941, Fr. Ua hopuia hou aku la o Kolbe. ʻO ke kumu o ka Nazis ke hoʻoiho i ka poʻe i koho ʻia, nā alakaʻi. Hele koke ka hopena, ʻekolu mahina ma Auschwitz, ma hope o ka pā a weliweli a me nā hōʻino.

Ua mahuka kahi paahao. Ua hoʻolaha ka luna hoʻomalu e make nā kāne he 10. Makemake ʻo ia e hele wāwae ma nā laina. "Kēia. ʻO kēlā. "

A i kā lākou alakaʻi ʻia ʻana aku i ka pōloli pōloli, helu 16670 i wiwo ʻole e haʻalele i ka laina.

“Makemake au e lawe i ka hakahaka o kēlā kāne. He wahine a keiki kāna. "
"O wai 'oe?"
"Kahuna."

ʻAʻohe inoa, ʻaʻohe haʻi ʻia o ka kaulana. Hāmau. Ua haʻalulu ka luna hoʻomalu, me ka manaʻo lōkahi paha o ka mōʻaukala, alualu aku iā Sergeant Francis Gajowniczek mai ka laina a kauoha iā Fr. Hele ʻo Kolbe me ka ʻeiwa. I ka "āpana make" ua kauoha ʻia lākou e ʻalohelohe a hoʻomaka ka pōloli o kā lākou pōloli i ka pouli. Akā ʻaʻohe ʻuā: mele nā ​​pio. Ma ka pō o ka Assump, ʻehā i koe e ola nei. Ua hoʻopau ka luna hale paʻahao iā Kolbe i kona noho ʻana i ke kihi e pule ana. Ua hāpai ʻo ia i kona lima kino ʻole e kiʻi i ka nahu o ke kui kele hypodermic. Ua piha ia i ka waikawa carbolic. Ua puhi lākou i kona kino me nā mea āpau. Ua kiʻi ʻia ʻo Br. Kolbe ma 1971 a ua kanona ʻia i ka makahiki 1982.

Hōʻikeʻike
ʻO ka make ʻana o Makua Kolbe ʻaʻole ia he hana wikiwiki a hope loa o ka heroism. ʻO kāna ola a pau kahi hoʻomākaukau. ʻO kona hemolele kahi palena palena ʻole a makemake nui e hoʻohuli i ka honua holoʻokoʻa i ke Akua. A ʻo kāna Immaculate aloha kāna mea i hoʻoulu ai.