My Personal Reflections

My Personal Reflections of St. Maximilian Kolbe
By Br. Symforian Czeslaw Kondrat, OFM CONV
Translated by the Very Rev. John P. Grigus, OFM CONV.

Brother Symforian's Personal Reflection on the Life of St. Maximilian Kolbe is a relatively short literary work but rich in its content. He has the ability, rarely seen, to take the reader with him and permit one to experience life as it was experienced by those who lived and were formed by the Saint. He does this through a vivid depiction of his own senses and feelings which formed him as a friar minor and permitted him to persevere in his religious consecration for 64 years of his life. These act as a tunnel through which one can be transported back in time to experience what he experienced not only of the Saint but also of the historic events that took place at the time and its effects on the friars living at Niepokalanow. As such it provides further insight and contribution to what has already been written about St. Maximilian Kolbe.