A Mighty Explosion of Light
The story of St. Maximilian Kolbe illustrates how we are called, even in the most difficult of circumstances, to allow Christ’s light to shine forth in the world. The narrator of this video describes the effect his sacrifice had one his fellow prisoners at Auschwitz.
It was an enormous shock to the whole camp. We became aware that someone among us in this spiritual dark night of the soul was raising the standard of love on high. Someone unknown, like everyone else, tortured and bereft of name and social standing, went to a horrible death for the sake of a person not even related to him. Therefore it is not true, we cried, that humanity is cast down and trampled in the mud, overcome by oppressors and overwhelmed by hopelessness. Thousands of prisoners were convinced the true world continued to exist and that our torturers would not be able to destroy it. To say that Father Kolbe died for us or for that person’s family is too great a simplification. His death was the salvation of thousands. We were stunned by his act, which became for us a mighty explosion of light.
Every Sunday we come together to celebrate Christ’s light, one that is too bright to deny. How will you let it shine forth today?
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