Saint of the day and spiritual life #Nagasaki

Raymund Kolbe, later Saint Maximilian Kolbe, was born on January 8, 1894 in Zduńska Wola (Poland). Priest and founder of the Militia of the Immaculate, and of the Catholic newspaper The Knight of the Immaculate, he died a martyr in place of a condemned man on August 14, 1941 in the hunger bunker by phenol injection.

The story of Saint Paul Miki and his 25 fellow martyrs is one of the most significant episodes of Christianity in Japan. Their execution on February 5, 1597, symbolizes the brutality of the persecutions against Christians in this country at the end of the 16th century. Here is their detailed account.