Ave Maria!

Introducing a new daily series of excerpts from the writings of St. Maximilian Kolbe translated from the Italian translation by Fr. Ignatius Mary Manfredonia.

“Dear brothers, know and take into account the fact that in the missions you will not only come across difficulties due to the surrounding environment, but God will permit, for His greater glory, that you experience discouragement, doubts, home sickness and other such things. However, don’t ever get discouraged, because we have a most loving Mother to whom we may always have recourse: during life, at the moment of death, and for all eternity.” (SK #744)

Ave Maria!

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Ave Maria!— August’s Theme: The Missions

“I foster the hope that, with the help of the Immaculate, we may not neglect any nation, any peoples, and that we must establish everywhere the Militia of the Immaculate and Cities of the Immaculate as its national center.” (cf. SK #759)

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Short Video Series #6 – Fr. Peter speaks at Steubenville on St. Maximilian and his teaching on the Holy Spirit and the Immaculate Conception (80min) >>> Play

Ave Maria!

Fr. Peter Fehlner speaks at Steubenville University in 2007, at the invitation of Dr. Scott Hahn. The talk is on his book St. Maximilian Kolbe: Martyr of Charity – Pneumatolgist where he outlines the teaching of St. Maximilian on the the Holy Spirit and His relation to the Immaculate Conception. He covers St. Maximilian’s methodology, his teaching on the Holy Spirit, how it can resolve, revive and update theology on a sound basis and some of the objections raised against this Saint. He gives a brief discussion on the three titles of Mary, Complement of the Trinity, Spouse of the Holy Spirit and the Immaculate Conception, and how these titles apply to the Holy Spirit and Our Lady. The talk is followed by a question and answer session. Come listen to this fascinating talk on this sublime subject.

Notes are available: https://airmaria.s3.amazonaws.com/shrtv/shrtv0006text.html

Fr. Peter’s books:

St. Maximilian Kolbe: Martyr of Charity – Pneumatolgist – https://academyoftheimmaculate.com/products/maximilian-kolbe-pneumatologist

Roman Conferences of St. Maximilian M. Kolbe: https://academyoftheimmaculate.com/products/roman-conferences-of-st-maximilian-m-kolbe

The Triple Way: https://academyoftheimmaculate.com/products/triple-way

Other Books Mentioned in the Talk:

Virgo Ecclesia Facta – The Virgin Made Church: https://academyoftheimmaculate.com/products/virgo-ecclesia-facta-the-virgin-made-church

Dr. Mark Miravalle’s article “Coredemptrix and Immaculate Conception”:  https://www.foromariano.es/images/Libros/PDF/2%20Inmaculada/Mark%20Miravalle-Coredemption%20and%20Immaculate%20Conception.pdf

Also on YouTube: https://youtu.be/IWQwtZmy4ok

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Ave Maria!— April’s Theme: Obedience

“Do what you’re supposed to be doing and pay no attention to anything else, be it good or bad. By submitting yourself to the will of God, you keep hold of the reins of all your faculties with the help of divine grace through the Immaculate. You must govern them and not vice versa.” (SK #970)

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Ave Maria!— April’s Theme: Obedience

“When you receive an obedience, put into practice immediately the will of the Immaculate that has been made known to you, or else set an exact time in which you can accomplish it and be sure to do it.” (SK #984)

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Ave Maria!— April’s Theme: Obedience

“Let us submit both our intelligence and our will to the superiors, without hesitation and without criticism, but willingly and with love, because through them it is the Immaculate who speaks to us, it is God Himself speaking to us! And this is certain!” (cf. SK #328)

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Ave Maria!— April’s Theme: Obedience

“If your will prefers something other than that which is indicated by the superiors, react with vigor; if the intellect clearly sees that the contrary is true, don’t believe it; if an angel appears to you or the Blessed Mother or Jesus Himself, pay them no heed, spit in their face, because it is the devil who, under their appearance, sets himself against obedience.” (SK #328)

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Ave Maria!— April’s Theme: Obedience

“The superior must be very careful so that, in listening to contrary argumentations, he does not change an order which has already been given just to please a certain friar, because, by appeasing his will, instead of uniting that friar’s heart to God through the Immaculate, the superior will have conquered it for himself, thereby becoming a thief.” (cf. SK #328)

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Ave Maria!— April’s Theme: Obedience

“If the superior really loved his brothers, he would try to never let them know the reasoning behind his orders or his prohibitions of one thing or another, in order to avoid having a friar obey simply because the reasons are just, because by doing so the superior would rob them of the merit of supernatural obedience and he would limit them to fulfilling a merely natural and earthly obedience.” (cf. SK #329)

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Ave Maria!— April’s Theme: Obedience

“When the superiors are presented with information that they previously were unaware of, if this does not seem sufficient to them to change the order, by no means must they seek to convince anyone else of this, because then there would be the danger of a merely natural obedience.” (cf. SK #329)

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