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 today we celebrate the feast of Maximilian Kolbe, the great saint </b></span><span style="background-color:rgb(234,209,220)"><b>of 
Auschwitz.</b></span> <span style="background-color:rgb(208,224,227)"><b>A prisoner from Fr. Kolbe’s barracks escaped, and <span style="background-color:rgb(234,209,220)">in 
retaliation, the Nazi guards picked out ten other prisoners at random 
for execution</span>. When one of those chosen broke down in tears, protesting 
that he was the father of a family, <span style="background-color:rgb(255,242,204)">Kolbe stepped forward and said, “I 
am a Catholic priest; take me and spare this man.</span>”</b></span></span><br><span style="background-color:rgb(255,242,204)"><b><br><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-size:18px;line-height:inherit;text-decoration:inherit;font-family:georgia,"times new roman";font-style:normal">Priests
 are called “father” because they are life-givers in the spiritual 
order. Spiritual fathers protect their children; they teach them; they 
are there for them; and at the limit, they even give their lives for 
them. And that’s what we see in today’s great saint.</span></b></span><br><br><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-size:18px;font-weight:400;line-height:inherit;text-decoration:inherit;font-family:georgia,"times new roman";font-style:normal"><span style="background-color:rgb(255,242,204)"><b>Jesus
 gathered around himself a band of Apostles whom he shaped according to 
his own mind and heart and whom he subsequently sent on mission. 
<u>Priests</u>, down through the centuries—from Augustine and Aquinas to 
Francis Xavier and John Henry Newman to John Paul II and your own 
pastor—are the descendants of those first friends and apprentices of the
 Lord. </b></span>They have been needed in every age, and<span style="background-color:rgb(255,242,204)"><b> they <u>are needed today,</u></b></span><u>
<span style="background-color:rgb(255,242,204)"><b>for the kingdom of heaven must be proclaimed, the poor must be served, 
God must be worshipped, and the sacraments must be administered. </b></span></u></span></b></b></b></b></b></b></b></b></b></b></b></b></b></div></div></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table></div></div></div></div></div>

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