| Novena Starts: | August 5 |
| Feastday: | August 14 |
| Birth: | 1894 |
| Death: | 1941 |
Patron saint of the pro-life movement, political prisoners, amateur-radio operators, drug addicts, and families.
St. Maximilian Kolbe Novena
St Maximilian Kolbe was Polish Franciscan friar, martyr, and saint who gave his life for a fellow prisoner in Auschwitz during World War II. Pray this novena for drug addicts, prisoners, families, and the pro-life movement.
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Day 1
In the Name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit.
Amen.
Lord Jesus Christ, who said, greater love than this no man has that a man lay down his life for his friends, through the intercession of St. Maximilian Kolbe whose life illustrated such love, we beseech you to grant us our petitions:
(mention request here…)
For the Grace to Love Our Lady and Fellow Man as Generously as St. Kolbe Did:
Through the Militia Immaculata movement, which Maximilian founded, he spread a fervent devotion to Our Lady throughout the world.
He gave up his life for a total stranger and loved his persecutors, giving us an example of unselfish love for all men, a love that was inspired by true devotion to Mary.
Grant, O Lord Jesus, that we too may give ourselves entirely without reserve to the love and service of our Heavenly Queen in order to better love and serve our fellowman in imitation of your humble servant, Maximilian.
Amen.
Our Father
Hail Mary x3
Glory Be
In the Name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit.
Amen.
Answered Prayers from the Community
“Mary forced the evil to truly reveal it self. In my life.”
Day 2
In the Name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit.
Amen.
Lord Jesus Christ, who said, greater love than this no man has that a man lay down his life for his friends, through the intercession of St. Maximilian Kolbe whose life illustrated such love, we beseech you to grant us our petitions:
(mention request here…)
For the Grace to Love Our Lady and Fellow Man as Generously as St. Kolbe Did:
Through the Militia Immaculata movement, which Maximilian founded, he spread a fervent devotion to Our Lady throughout the world.
He gave up his life for a total stranger and loved his persecutors, giving us an example of unselfish love for all men, a love that was inspired by true devotion to Mary.
Grant, O Lord Jesus, that we too may give ourselves entirely without reserve to the love and service of our Heavenly Queen in order to better love and serve our fellowman in imitation of your humble servant, Maximilian.
Amen.
Our Father
Hail Mary x3
Glory Be
In the Name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit.
Amen.
Answered Prayers from the Community
“Mary forced the evil to truly reveal it self. In my life.”
Day 3
In the Name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit.
Amen.
Lord Jesus Christ, who said, greater love than this no man has that a man lay down his life for his friends, through the intercession of St. Maximilian Kolbe whose life illustrated such love, we beseech you to grant us our petitions:
(mention request here…)
For the Grace to Love Our Lady and Fellow Man as Generously as St. Kolbe Did:
Through the Militia Immaculata movement, which Maximilian founded, he spread a fervent devotion to Our Lady throughout the world.
He gave up his life for a total stranger and loved his persecutors, giving us an example of unselfish love for all men, a love that was inspired by true devotion to Mary.
Grant, O Lord Jesus, that we too may give ourselves entirely without reserve to the love and service of our Heavenly Queen in order to better love and serve our fellowman in imitation of your humble servant, Maximilian.
Amen.
Our Father
Hail Mary x3
Glory Be
In the Name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit.
Amen.
Answered Prayers from the Community
“Mary forced the evil to truly reveal it self. In my life.”
Day 4
In the Name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit.
Amen.
Lord Jesus Christ, who said, greater love than this no man has that a man lay down his life for his friends, through the intercession of St. Maximilian Kolbe whose life illustrated such love, we beseech you to grant us our petitions:
(mention request here…)
For the Grace to Love Our Lady and Fellow Man as Generously as St. Kolbe Did:
Through the Militia Immaculata movement, which Maximilian founded, he spread a fervent devotion to Our Lady throughout the world.
He gave up his life for a total stranger and loved his persecutors, giving us an example of unselfish love for all men, a love that was inspired by true devotion to Mary.
Grant, O Lord Jesus, that we too may give ourselves entirely without reserve to the love and service of our Heavenly Queen in order to better love and serve our fellowman in imitation of your humble servant, Maximilian.
Amen.
Our Father
Hail Mary x3
Glory Be
In the Name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit.
Amen.
Answered Prayers from the Community
“Mary forced the evil to truly reveal it self. In my life.”
Day 5
In the Name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit.
Amen.
Lord Jesus Christ, who said, greater love than this no man has that a man lay down his life for his friends, through the intercession of St. Maximilian Kolbe whose life illustrated such love, we beseech you to grant us our petitions:
(mention request here…)
For the Grace to Love Our Lady and Fellow Man as Generously as St. Kolbe Did:
Through the Militia Immaculata movement, which Maximilian founded, he spread a fervent devotion to Our Lady throughout the world.
He gave up his life for a total stranger and loved his persecutors, giving us an example of unselfish love for all men, a love that was inspired by true devotion to Mary.
Grant, O Lord Jesus, that we too may give ourselves entirely without reserve to the love and service of our Heavenly Queen in order to better love and serve our fellowman in imitation of your humble servant, Maximilian.
Amen.
Our Father
Hail Mary x3
Glory Be
In the Name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit.
Amen.
Answered Prayers from the Community
“Mary forced the evil to truly reveal it self. In my life.”
Day 6
In the Name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit.
Amen.
Lord Jesus Christ, who said, greater love than this no man has that a man lay down his life for his friends, through the intercession of St. Maximilian Kolbe whose life illustrated such love, we beseech you to grant us our petitions:
(mention request here…)
For the Grace to Love Our Lady and Fellow Man as Generously as St. Kolbe Did:
Through the Militia Immaculata movement, which Maximilian founded, he spread a fervent devotion to Our Lady throughout the world.
He gave up his life for a total stranger and loved his persecutors, giving us an example of unselfish love for all men, a love that was inspired by true devotion to Mary.
Grant, O Lord Jesus, that we too may give ourselves entirely without reserve to the love and service of our Heavenly Queen in order to better love and serve our fellowman in imitation of your humble servant, Maximilian.
Amen.
Our Father
Hail Mary x3
Glory Be
In the Name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit.
Amen.
Answered Prayers from the Community
“Mary forced the evil to truly reveal it self. In my life.”
Day 7
In the Name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit.
Amen.
Lord Jesus Christ, who said, greater love than this no man has that a man lay down his life for his friends, through the intercession of St. Maximilian Kolbe whose life illustrated such love, we beseech you to grant us our petitions:
(mention request here…)
For the Grace to Love Our Lady and Fellow Man as Generously as St. Kolbe Did:
Through the Militia Immaculata movement, which Maximilian founded, he spread a fervent devotion to Our Lady throughout the world.
He gave up his life for a total stranger and loved his persecutors, giving us an example of unselfish love for all men, a love that was inspired by true devotion to Mary.
Grant, O Lord Jesus, that we too may give ourselves entirely without reserve to the love and service of our Heavenly Queen in order to better love and serve our fellowman in imitation of your humble servant, Maximilian.
Amen.
Our Father
Hail Mary x3
Glory Be
In the Name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit.
Amen.
Answered Prayers from the Community
“Mary forced the evil to truly reveal it self. In my life.”
Day 8
In the Name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit.
Amen.
Lord Jesus Christ, who said, greater love than this no man has that a man lay down his life for his friends, through the intercession of St. Maximilian Kolbe whose life illustrated such love, we beseech you to grant us our petitions:
(mention request here…)
For the Grace to Love Our Lady and Fellow Man as Generously as St. Kolbe Did:
Through the Militia Immaculata movement, which Maximilian founded, he spread a fervent devotion to Our Lady throughout the world.
He gave up his life for a total stranger and loved his persecutors, giving us an example of unselfish love for all men, a love that was inspired by true devotion to Mary.
Grant, O Lord Jesus, that we too may give ourselves entirely without reserve to the love and service of our Heavenly Queen in order to better love and serve our fellowman in imitation of your humble servant, Maximilian.
Amen.
Our Father
Hail Mary x3
Glory Be
In the Name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit.
Amen.
Answered Prayers from the Community
“Mary forced the evil to truly reveal it self. In my life.”
Day 9
In the Name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit.
Amen.
Lord Jesus Christ, who said, greater love than this no man has that a man lay down his life for his friends, through the intercession of St. Maximilian Kolbe whose life illustrated such love, we beseech you to grant us our petitions:
(mention request here…)
For the Grace to Love Our Lady and Fellow Man as Generously as St. Kolbe Did:
Through the Militia Immaculata movement, which Maximilian founded, he spread a fervent devotion to Our Lady throughout the world.
He gave up his life for a total stranger and loved his persecutors, giving us an example of unselfish love for all men, a love that was inspired by true devotion to Mary.
Grant, O Lord Jesus, that we too may give ourselves entirely without reserve to the love and service of our Heavenly Queen in order to better love and serve our fellowman in imitation of your humble servant, Maximilian.
Amen.
Our Father
Hail Mary x3
Glory Be
In the Name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit.
Amen.
Answered Prayers from the Community
“Mary forced the evil to truly reveal it self. In my life.”
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More About St Maximilian Kolbe
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