St. Maximilian Kolbe: Pro-life Meditation


Who would dare to imagine that You, oh infinite, eternal God, have loved me for centuries, or to be more precise from the beginning of the centuries?

In fact, You have loved me ever since you existed as God; thus, You have always loved me and You shall always love me!

...Your love for me was already there, even when I had no existence, and precisely because You loved me, oh good God, You called me from nothingness to existence!

...For me You have created the skies scattered with stars, for me the earth, the seas, the mountains, the streams and all the beautiful things on earth...

Still, this did not satisfy You: to show me close up that You loved me so tenderly You came down from the purest delights of heaven to this tarnished and tear-ridden world, You lived amidst poverty, hard work, and suffering; and finally despised and mocked, You let Yourself be suspended in torment on a vile scaffold between two criminals...

Oh God of love, You have redeemed me in this terrible, though generous fashion!

Who would venture to imagine it?

Yet You were not satisfied with this. You knew that no fewer than nineteen centuries would still have to pass from the moment You poured out these demonstrations of Your love to the time I was to be born, so You decided to take care of this, too!

Your heart did not consent to let my only nourishment be the memories of my boundless love.

You have remained on this forlorn planet in the holiest and most admirable Sacrament of the altar, and now You come to me and closely unite Yourself to me under the appearance of food...

Now Your Blood flows in my blood, Your Soul, oh God Incarnate, penetrates my soul, giving it strength and nourishment...

What wonders!

~ St. Maximilian Kolbe, Patron of the Pro-life Movement
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