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External activity is good; but, it is obviously of secondary importanc — Maximilian Kolbe

"External activity is good; but, it is obviously of secondary importance and lesser still in comparison with the interior life, the life of recollection and of prayer, with the life of our personal love towards God" As quoted in "In Pursuit of Immortal Souls: Meditations on the Role of Redemptive Suffering, Silence and Prayer in the Missions" by Friar M.M. De Cruce, F.I., Franciscan Academy of the Immaculate, New Bedford, MA, 2002"
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Maximilian Maria Kolbe, OFM Conv. was a Polish Conventual Franciscan friar, priest, missionary, and martyr. He volunteered to die in place of a man named Franciszek Gajowniczek in the German death camp of Auschwitz, located in German-occupied Poland during World War II. He had been active in promoting the veneration of the Immaculate Virgin Mary, founding and supervising the monastery of Niepokala

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"He who wants to live the supernatural life clings to the Mother of Divine Grace. He who wants to convert and sanctify himself must have recourse to the Mother of God, for she is the Mediatrix of all graces. This mystery, that we receive everything through the Immaculate, is still little known. That is why we must propagate it; more, we must conquer the whole world to the Immaculate.Kolbe, St. Maximilian. Let Yourself Be Led by the Immaculate . Angelus Press. Kindle Edition."
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"God has assigned each person a specific mission in this world: as He created the universe, He arranged primal causes so that the uninterrupted chain of their effects would engender the conditions and circumstances most favorable to carrying out that mission. Every man, therefore, is born with skills proportionate to the mission entrusted to him and, throughout the course of his life, environment, circumstances, and everything else contribute to make it possible and easy for him to achieve his aim. In fact, man’s perfection entirely consists in the attainment of that aim. The more accurately he manages to realize his task, the more scrupulously he fulfills its mission, the greater and holier he becomes in God’s eyes.Maximilian Maria Kolbe. The Writings of St. Maximilian Maria Kolbe - Volume II - Various Writings . Nerbini International. Kindle Edition."
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"Why do many today try to convince themselves and others that God does not exist, even though they know perfectly well that not even the effort exercised by all scientists put together can bring to life a miserable mosquito? To affirm everything originates by pure, unexplainable chance is utter absurdity; as if one could think that a simple clock has been assembled, simply by chance, without the help of someone!" Rycerz Niepokalanej, January 1929, pg. 5 as quoted in Maximilian Maria Kolbe, The Writings of St. Maximilian Maria Kolbe - Volume I - Letters (Location 11391), Nerbini International, Kindle Edition (KW 1143)"
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