Paperback: Modern times are dominated by Satan and will be more so in the future. The conflict with Hell cannot be engaged by men, even the most clever. The Immaculata alone has from God the promise of victory over Satan. - St Maximilian Kolbe
St Maximilian Kolbe is famous as the saint of Auschwitz who volunteered to die of starvation and thirst in place of another prisoner. But his heroic death in 1941 in the worst of the Nazi concentration camps was only the culmination of an amazing life - for St Maximilian was fired by the supernatural ideal of conquering for Christ through Mary all souls in the entire world to the end of time!
Full of interesting stories, this little book describes his mischievous boyhood, his youthful prophetic vision of two crowns, his dream of matyrdom, his use of modern printing technology to further Our Lady's work, his agreement with St Thérèse of Lisieux, his "Cities of the Immaculata" (the one in Poland grew from 19 members to 762 and was the largest religious community in the world), his knowledge that he was fighting Satan, and his prison abuse for being a Catholic priest.
Saint Maximilian Kolbe: Knight of the Immaculata (1952) shows the amazing deeds which Our Lady will accomplish through a person who consecrates himself to her. It is a book to inspire many more Catholics to consecrate themselves to Mary Immaculate - confident that through them too she will do great things!
About the author: The Reverend Father Jeremiah J. Smith, O.F.M. CONV., was a priest and author of the twentieth century. His biography, Saint Maximilian Kolbe: Knight of the Immaculata, is full of fascinating tales of the saint's early youth, dream of martyrdom, and relationship with St. Thérèse of the Little Flower. Father Smith's book was originally published in 1952 by Conventual Franciscan Publications, New York, with the Nihil Obstat, Imprimatur, and Imprimi Potest. It was re-typeset and republished by TAN Books in 1998.
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