Feast of Saint Maximilian Kolbe

Day 9 Novena St. Maximilian Kolbe

"Prayer is powerful beyond limits when we turn to the Immaculata who is queen even of God’s heart." - St. Maximilian Kolbe

Day 8 Novena St.Maximilian Kolbe

"The essence of the love of God does not lie in affections or in sweet words, but solely in the will. If the soul perseveres decisively with its will fixed on holiness and love of God, although it does not experience the least feeling in its heart, let it be wholly convinced that it continually tends with rapid pace forward and ever pushes upward." - St.Maximilian Kolbe

Day 7 St. Maximilian Kolbe

"Never be afraid of loving the Blessed Virgin too much. You can never love her more than Jesus did." - St Maximilian Kolbe

Day 6 Novena St. Maximilian Kolbe

"My beloved, may every fall, even if it is serious and habitual sin, always become for us a small step toward a higher degree of perfection. In fact, the only reason why the Immaculate permits us to fall is to cure us from our self-conceit, from our pride, to make us humble and thus make us docile to the divine graces. The devil, instead, tries to inject in us discouragement and internal depression in those circumstances, which is, in fact, nothing else than our pride surfacing again. If we knew the depth of our poverty, we would not be at all surprised by our falls, but rather astonished, and we would thank God, after sinning, for not allowing us to fall even deeper and still more frequently." - St. Maximilian Kolbe

Day 5 Novena St. Maximilian Kolbe

"If anyone does not wish to have Mary Immaculate for his Mother, he will not have Christ for his Brother." - St Maximilian Kolbe

Day 4 Novena St. Maximilian Kolbe

"The most deadly poison of our times is indifference. And this happens, although the praise of God should know no limits. Let us strive, therefore, to praise Him to the greatest extent of our powers." - St. Maximilian Kolbe

Day 3 Novena St. Maximilian Kolbe

"Be a Catholic: When you kneel before an altar, do it in such a way that others may be able to recognize that you know before whom you kneel." - St. Maximilian Kolbe

Day 2 Novena St. Maximillian Kolbe

"If angels could be jealous of men, they would be so for one reason: Holy Communion."- St. Maximillian Kolbe

Day 1 Novena St. Maximillian Kolbe

"Let us not forget that Jesus not only suffered, but also rose in glory; so, too, we go to the glory of the resurrection by the way of suffering and the Cross." - St. Maximillian Kolbe

Consecration to the Immaculata

Official Act of Consecration written by St. Maximilian Kolbe
O Immaculata, Queen of Heaven and earth, refuge of sinners and our most loving Mother, God has willed to entrust the entire order of mercy to you.  I, You may now speak your name aloud of in the silence of your heart, a repentant sinner, cast myself at your feet humbly imploring you to take me with all that I am and have, wholly to yourself as your possession and property.  Please make of me, of all my powers of soul and body, of my whole life, death and eternity, whatever most pleases you.
If it pleases you, use all that I am and have without reserve, wholly to accomplish what was said of you: "She will crush your head," and, "You alone have destroyed all heresies in the world."  Let me be a fit instrument in your immaculate and merciful hands for introducing and increasing your glory to the maximum in all the many strayed and indifferent souls, and thus help extend as far as possible the blessed kingdom of the most Sacred Heart of Jesus.  For wherever you enter, you obtain the grace of conversion and growth in holiness, since it is through your hands that all graces come to us from the most Sacred Heart of Jesus.
Allow me to praise you, O sacred Virgin.
Give me strength against your enemies.