Propovijed koja je uzdrmala hrvatske vjernike - vlč. Siniša Paušić
https://x.com/NelonMinck/status/1966298388422602896
https://youtu.be/mjBJkrr9Fe4?si=Vlgiq2lefTIrparg
Vi blir dödade av världen för vår tro – för Kristi sanning som vi inte kommer att överge. Ändå darrar vi inte inför mörkret och böjer oss inte för dess raseri. Vi reser korset högt mot det! För denna värld, genomsyrad av lögner, svaghet och fiendens skugga, kan inte uthärda närvaron av en man av styrka, sanning och ljus – ledd och smidd av Kristus själv.
https://x.com/TheIronWarden/status/1966107517269713332
cassie
@CatholicCassie
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Sep 10
Our Lady of Sorrows, pray for us https://pic.x.com/iRWQNxpnM9
https://x.com/TheIronWarden/status/1966107517269713332
New film on St. Maximilian Kolbe’s final days highlights hope amid darkness
The premiere of “Triumph of the Heart” in Dallas on Sept. 8, 2025. | Credit: Nicole Marie Richards
By Francesca Pollio Fenton
CNA Staff, Sep 12, 2025 / 06:00 am
A new film called “Triumph of the Heart” depicts St. Maximilian Kolbe’s last days on earth in a starvation bunker in the German death camp of Auschwitz. The film will be released in theaters on Sept. 12.
St. Maximilian Kolbe was a Polish Franciscan friar and priest who volunteered to die in place of another man in Auschwitz. He spent the last 14 days of his life in a starvation bunker alongside nine other men.
The red carpet at the premiere of "Triumph of the Heart" in Dallas on Sept. 8, 2025. Credit: Nicole Marie Richards
At the film’s Sept. 8 premiere in Dallas, where over 1,000 people gathered at the Edith O’Donnell Arts and Technology Building on the University of Texas at Dallas campus to show their support and watch the film, writer and director Anthony D’Ambrosio told CNA on the red carpet that it was “surreal” to see the magnitude of the premiere.
He explained that it was originally meant to be a more intimate gathering with roughly 200 people in attendance but “God, of course, had other plans,” D’Ambrosio said. “I think that what I’m seeing is that God keeps on growing our vision for where he wants to take the film, where he wants to take this story.”
The current rise in faith-based media
Actors who also spoke on the red carpet discussed the resurgence of faith-based media being seen in today’s culture.
Michael Iskander, who portrays King David in Prime Video’s “House of David” and served as the master of ceremonies for the premiere, said he believes “Christ is pouring his heart out to all of us in every way possible and media is one of those frontiers that hasn’t really been touched yet.”
He credited the hit series “The Chosen” for “paving the path for so much faith-based filmmaking and showing people that this is a market that people want to see.”
Michael Iskander, the actor who portrays King David in Prime Video's "House of David," at the Sept. 8, 2025, premiere of "Triumph of the Heart." Credit: Nicole Marie Richards
A recent convert to Catholicism, Iskander shared that St. Maximilian Kolbe was one of the first saints he learned about from the Catholic Church. He highlighted the saint’s use of media to spread the Gospel message to the masses and said it is “fitting that this film and this rise in Christianity, especially in filmmaking, had to do with St. Kolbe.”
Jeff Schiefelbein, co-host of the podcast “The Beatidudes” and an investor in “Triumph of the Heart,” said he believes there is a resurgence in faith-based media because people are “sick of all the fake stuff.”
“We’re being told to compare ourselves to things that aren’t even important. The materialism has swung so far that the pendulum is making its way back,” he said. “... I think there’s going to be this resurgence … of young people, Gen Xers, old people coming back and saying, ‘Wait, we want what’s real, what’s true, what’s good, and what’s beautiful’ and so it is rooted in the Gospel when we go and seek those.”
Marcellino D’Ambrosio, a well-known author, Catholic commentator, and executive producer of the film — also the father of Anthony D’Ambrosio — called this moment we’re seeing in faith-based media “a Holy Spirit moment.”
“Human beings always need God but I think something really special is going on right now,” he said.
“St. Augustine said it well: Our hearts are restless until we rest in him. And success in the culture — this is a fascinating thing that actually goes back even to the successful cultures in Rome — there’s an emptiness when you have a certain amount of success and you have leisure; nothing satisfies but God,” he added. “So it oftentimes leads people to that restlessness that St. Augustine talks about — to look for him, to be open to him, and I think that’s what’s going on in our culture right now.”
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Actor Marcin Kwaśny as Maximilian Kolbe in “Triumph of the Heart.” Credit: Triumph of the Heart movie/Sherwood Fellows
A film that inspires hope
As for what those involved in the film hope viewers take away from it, the major theme they mentioned was their wish that it fills the audience with hope.
“I hope they will take away hope,” Marcellino D’Ambrosio said. “I hope that everyone realizes that God is real; I have a future, no matter how bad the present looks … he’s with me in the present and he has something in store for me that’s greater than my wildest dreams.”
Rowan Polonski, the actor who portrays Albert in the film — one of the men in the starvation bunker alongside Kolbe — told CNA his hope is for the audience to be “pleasantly surprised in the way that they’re moved.”
“Entering into this movie, you could quite easily walk in thinking it’s going to be a pretty dark and heavy write, but what I want them to walk out with is a sense of joy and catharsis,” he added. “And a sense that no matter how dark times can get, how low one can feel, there’s always a way out, there’s always a crack of light somewhere that you can cling onto and follow through and it’s normally in the form of love.”
Producer Cecilia Stevenson added: “I really want people to feel love when they watch this movie and specifically to feel the love of Our Lord and how he enters into our suffering with us, just like Kolbe did for those men in that film. Our movie, Kolbe’s story, it’s a modern-day example that ultimately points us to Christ, and I really hope people feel that love and I hope it gives them hope, that there is meaning in life and that suffering itself can have meaning.”
Tags: Catholic News, Sacrifice, Auschwitz, St. Maximilian Kolbe, Catholic films, Triumph of the Heart
Francesca is a staff reporter for Catholic News Agency. She received her degree in Communications with an emphasis in Digital Media from the University of Colorado - Denver. She is also in charge of the social media for Catholic News Agency.
Novena till Matteus.
12 - 20 sep
Maria Angela Växa
12 sep
LÄS I APPEN
Novena till Matteus.
12 - 20
september.
Den helige Matteus, som jag har utsett till min särskilda skyddshelgon, ber för mig att jag också en dag ska förhärliga den heliga Treenigheten i himlen. Skaffa mig din levande tro, så att jag kan betrakta alla personer, ting och händelser i den allsmäktige Gudens ljus. Be, att jag måtte vara generös i att offra timliga ting för att främja mina eviga intressen, som ni så vist gjorde.
. – Herr talman,
Sätt mig i brand med kärlek till Jesus, så att jag kan törsta efter hans sakrament och brinna av iver för hans rikes utbredande. Hjälp mig genom din kraftfulla förbön att fullgöra mina plikter mot Gud, mig själv och hela världen.
. – Herr talman,
Vinn för mig renhetens dygd och en stor tillit till den Heliga Jungfrun. Beskydda mig i dag, och varje dag i mitt liv. Bevara mig från dödssynd. Skaffa mig nåden till en lycklig död. Amen.
HUR MAN BER DE 3 HAIL. MARIA ANDAKTER Vad är de 3 Hail Mary Devotions?! De tre Ave Maria-devotionerna är en katolsk praxis där man ber tre Ave Maria för att hedra de tre gudomliga dygderna: tro, hopp och kärlek. Här är en kort översikt över denna hängivenhet: Avsikt: 1. Tro: Att öka sin tro på Gud. 2. Hopp: Att stärka hoppet om frälsning. 3. Kärlek: Att växa i kärlek till Gud och andra. Praktik: Morgon: När man vaknar ber man tre Ave Maria och ber om nåden att leva dagen med tro, hopp och kärlek. Var först hälsad Maria för en ökning av tron. Andra gången var hälsad Maria för att du stärkte hoppet. Tredje gången är du ledig Maria för barmhärtighet mot alla. Kväll: Innan du går till sängs upprepas bönerna, den här gången reflekterar vi över dagens handlingar och söker förlåtelse för eventuella brister i dessa dygder. Ursprung: Denna hängivenhet tillskrivs traditionellt den helige Antonius av Padua eller den helige Alphonsus Liguori, även om det finns olika berättelser. Utövandet syftar till att hedra den heliga Jungfru Maria och att söka hennes förbön för dessa dygder. Var hälsad Maria.....https://youtu.be/mjBJkrr9Fe4?si=Vlgiq2lefTIrparg
Vi blir dödade av världen för vår tro – för Kristi sanning som vi inte kommer att överge. Ändå darrar vi inte inför mörkret och böjer oss inte för dess raseri. Vi reser korset högt mot det! För denna värld, genomsyrad av lögner, svaghet och fiendens skugga, kan inte uthärda närvaron av en man av styrka, sanning och ljus – ledd och smidd av Kristus själv.
https://x.com/TheIronWarden/status/1966107517269713332
cassie
@CatholicCassie
·
Sep 10
Our Lady of Sorrows, pray for us https://pic.x.com/iRWQNxpnM9
https://x.com/TheIronWarden/status/1966107517269713332
New film on St. Maximilian Kolbe’s final days highlights hope amid darkness
The premiere of “Triumph of the Heart” in Dallas on Sept. 8, 2025. | Credit: Nicole Marie Richards
By Francesca Pollio Fenton
CNA Staff, Sep 12, 2025 / 06:00 am
A new film called “Triumph of the Heart” depicts St. Maximilian Kolbe’s last days on earth in a starvation bunker in the German death camp of Auschwitz. The film will be released in theaters on Sept. 12.
St. Maximilian Kolbe was a Polish Franciscan friar and priest who volunteered to die in place of another man in Auschwitz. He spent the last 14 days of his life in a starvation bunker alongside nine other men.
The red carpet at the premiere of "Triumph of the Heart" in Dallas on Sept. 8, 2025. Credit: Nicole Marie Richards
At the film’s Sept. 8 premiere in Dallas, where over 1,000 people gathered at the Edith O’Donnell Arts and Technology Building on the University of Texas at Dallas campus to show their support and watch the film, writer and director Anthony D’Ambrosio told CNA on the red carpet that it was “surreal” to see the magnitude of the premiere.
He explained that it was originally meant to be a more intimate gathering with roughly 200 people in attendance but “God, of course, had other plans,” D’Ambrosio said. “I think that what I’m seeing is that God keeps on growing our vision for where he wants to take the film, where he wants to take this story.”
The current rise in faith-based media
Actors who also spoke on the red carpet discussed the resurgence of faith-based media being seen in today’s culture.
Michael Iskander, who portrays King David in Prime Video’s “House of David” and served as the master of ceremonies for the premiere, said he believes “Christ is pouring his heart out to all of us in every way possible and media is one of those frontiers that hasn’t really been touched yet.”
He credited the hit series “The Chosen” for “paving the path for so much faith-based filmmaking and showing people that this is a market that people want to see.”
Michael Iskander, the actor who portrays King David in Prime Video's "House of David," at the Sept. 8, 2025, premiere of "Triumph of the Heart." Credit: Nicole Marie Richards
A recent convert to Catholicism, Iskander shared that St. Maximilian Kolbe was one of the first saints he learned about from the Catholic Church. He highlighted the saint’s use of media to spread the Gospel message to the masses and said it is “fitting that this film and this rise in Christianity, especially in filmmaking, had to do with St. Kolbe.”
Jeff Schiefelbein, co-host of the podcast “The Beatidudes” and an investor in “Triumph of the Heart,” said he believes there is a resurgence in faith-based media because people are “sick of all the fake stuff.”
“We’re being told to compare ourselves to things that aren’t even important. The materialism has swung so far that the pendulum is making its way back,” he said. “... I think there’s going to be this resurgence … of young people, Gen Xers, old people coming back and saying, ‘Wait, we want what’s real, what’s true, what’s good, and what’s beautiful’ and so it is rooted in the Gospel when we go and seek those.”
Marcellino D’Ambrosio, a well-known author, Catholic commentator, and executive producer of the film — also the father of Anthony D’Ambrosio — called this moment we’re seeing in faith-based media “a Holy Spirit moment.”
“Human beings always need God but I think something really special is going on right now,” he said.
“St. Augustine said it well: Our hearts are restless until we rest in him. And success in the culture — this is a fascinating thing that actually goes back even to the successful cultures in Rome — there’s an emptiness when you have a certain amount of success and you have leisure; nothing satisfies but God,” he added. “So it oftentimes leads people to that restlessness that St. Augustine talks about — to look for him, to be open to him, and I think that’s what’s going on in our culture right now.”
(Story continues below)
Subscribe to our daily newsletter
Actor Marcin Kwaśny as Maximilian Kolbe in “Triumph of the Heart.” Credit: Triumph of the Heart movie/Sherwood Fellows
A film that inspires hope
As for what those involved in the film hope viewers take away from it, the major theme they mentioned was their wish that it fills the audience with hope.
“I hope they will take away hope,” Marcellino D’Ambrosio said. “I hope that everyone realizes that God is real; I have a future, no matter how bad the present looks … he’s with me in the present and he has something in store for me that’s greater than my wildest dreams.”
Rowan Polonski, the actor who portrays Albert in the film — one of the men in the starvation bunker alongside Kolbe — told CNA his hope is for the audience to be “pleasantly surprised in the way that they’re moved.”
“Entering into this movie, you could quite easily walk in thinking it’s going to be a pretty dark and heavy write, but what I want them to walk out with is a sense of joy and catharsis,” he added. “And a sense that no matter how dark times can get, how low one can feel, there’s always a way out, there’s always a crack of light somewhere that you can cling onto and follow through and it’s normally in the form of love.”
Producer Cecilia Stevenson added: “I really want people to feel love when they watch this movie and specifically to feel the love of Our Lord and how he enters into our suffering with us, just like Kolbe did for those men in that film. Our movie, Kolbe’s story, it’s a modern-day example that ultimately points us to Christ, and I really hope people feel that love and I hope it gives them hope, that there is meaning in life and that suffering itself can have meaning.”
Tags: Catholic News, Sacrifice, Auschwitz, St. Maximilian Kolbe, Catholic films, Triumph of the Heart
Francesca is a staff reporter for Catholic News Agency. She received her degree in Communications with an emphasis in Digital Media from the University of Colorado - Denver. She is also in charge of the social media for Catholic News Agency.
Novena till Matteus.
12 - 20 sep
Maria Angela Växa
12 sep
LÄS I APPEN
Novena till Matteus.
12 - 20
september.
Den helige Matteus, som jag har utsett till min särskilda skyddshelgon, ber för mig att jag också en dag ska förhärliga den heliga Treenigheten i himlen. Skaffa mig din levande tro, så att jag kan betrakta alla personer, ting och händelser i den allsmäktige Gudens ljus. Be, att jag måtte vara generös i att offra timliga ting för att främja mina eviga intressen, som ni så vist gjorde.
. – Herr talman,
Sätt mig i brand med kärlek till Jesus, så att jag kan törsta efter hans sakrament och brinna av iver för hans rikes utbredande. Hjälp mig genom din kraftfulla förbön att fullgöra mina plikter mot Gud, mig själv och hela världen.
. – Herr talman,
Vinn för mig renhetens dygd och en stor tillit till den Heliga Jungfrun. Beskydda mig i dag, och varje dag i mitt liv. Bevara mig från dödssynd. Skaffa mig nåden till en lycklig död. Amen.
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