{"id":10610,"date":"2026-08-13T13:30:00","date_gmt":"2026-08-13T17:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.fatherboniface.org\/wordpresshome\/?p=10610"},"modified":"2026-08-08T15:53:55","modified_gmt":"2026-08-08T19:53:55","slug":"st-maximilian-kolbe-4","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.fatherboniface.org\/wordpresshome\/spiritual-practices\/st-maximilian-kolbe-4\/","title":{"rendered":"St Maximilian Kolbe"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image is-resized\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fatherboniface.org\/wordpresshome\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/kolbe.jpg?ssl=1\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"652\" height=\"670\" data-attachment-id=\"8460\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.fatherboniface.org\/wordpresshome\/pope-benedict-xvi\/st-maximilian-kolbe-3\/attachment\/kolbe-4\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fatherboniface.org\/wordpresshome\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/kolbe.jpg?fit=652%2C670&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"652,670\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;surfer&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1755470908&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;1&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"kolbe\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fatherboniface.org\/wordpresshome\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/kolbe.jpg?fit=625%2C642&amp;ssl=1\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fatherboniface.org\/wordpresshome\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/kolbe.jpg?resize=625%2C642&amp;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-8460\" style=\"width:840px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fatherboniface.org\/wordpresshome\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/kolbe.jpg?w=652&amp;ssl=1 652w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fatherboniface.org\/wordpresshome\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/kolbe.jpg?resize=292%2C300&amp;ssl=1 292w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fatherboniface.org\/wordpresshome\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/kolbe.jpg?resize=624%2C641&amp;ssl=1 624w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 625px) 100vw, 625px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Humble Prayer<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>No one in the world can change Truth.<\/strong><br><strong>What we can do and and should do is to seek truth<\/strong><br><strong>and to serve it when we have found it<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>The Immaculate will conquer, through us, the whole world and every single soul.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>But grace, for ourselves and for others, is obtained by humble prayer, by mortification, and by fidelity in the accomplishment of our own ordinary duties, including the simplest ones.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>For Jesus Christ I am prepared to suffer still more.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">St Maximilian Kolbe<\/h2>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Humble Prayer No one in the world can change Truth.What we can do and and should do is to seek truthand to serve it when we have found it The Immaculate will conquer, through us, the whole world and every single soul. 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