Sunday, November 22, 2020

Our Lord Jesus Christ, Universal King

Ezek 34:11-12, 15-17; Ps 22[23]:1-3, 5-6; 1 Cor 15:20-26, 28; Mt 25:31-46

“Just as you did it to one of the least of these who are members of my family, you did it to me” (Mt 25:40)

We all know the story of St. Maximilian Kolbe a Polish Franciscan priest who took the place of a young father to die. In 1941 end of July Kolbe was arrested as the superior of a religious houseby the Gestapo and imprisoned at Auschwitz. Within two weeks a prisoner escaped and as retaliation 10 random prisoners were chosen to die by starvation. One of the 10 was a young father who wanted to go back home. Inspired by the love of Christ, Kolbe volunteered and on the 14^thof August 1941 he died of starvation.

Dear brothers and sisters in Jesus Christ our…