Mária Magdolna Bódi is beatified Hungarian Courier

The Holy Father acknowledged three miracles, two martyrdoms and the heroic virtues of three servants of God. He accepted the choice of the fee of cardinals and bishops to canonize the Damascus martyrs killed in 1860 and determined to name a consistory for the canonization of 4 blessed ones, together with Carlo Acutis.

Pope Francis licensed the promulgation of the decree “On the martyrdom of the secular believer Mária Magdolna Bódi, Servant of God, who was born on August 8, 1921 in Szigliget (Hungary) and was killed on March 23, 1945 in Liter out of hatred for the religion.”

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Magdolna Mária Bódi was born on August 8, 1921 in Szigliget, because the youngster of poor manor servant mother and father. The mother and father weren’t allowed to marry, so Magdolna Bódi was an “illegitimate” youngster, born out of wedlock, alongside along with her two siblings. He didn’t obtain a spiritual schooling, however regardless of this, he grew to become a primary communicant, and his dedication to Jesus grew an increasing number of. He favored to learn, so he continually requested for and acquired books from the parish, so he acquired severe theological information. He additionally sacrificed his sleeping time in order that he may pray and be nearer to the Lord.

He was seventeen years previous when a individuals’s mission was held in Balatonfűzfő. That is when it started to grow to be clear to him that he needed to belong fully to Jesus. He liked God a lot that he gave himself fully to him and poured out his love on these most in want, even when it concerned extraordinary sacrifices. He needed to grow to be a monk, however his illegitimate origin in church legislation prevented him from doing so.

Through the Second World Battle, she heard worrying information concerning the destiny of ladies, so she urged her fellow ladies to guard their chastity and determined to maintain her vow of virginity to Jesus even at the price of sacrificing her life.

The Soviet troops arrived in Litér on March 23, 1945. The ladies had been on the finish of the shelter when two armed Soviet troopers approached and one among them attacked Magdi, who was defending her companions, within the bunker. The lady resisted and, free of the soldier, tried to flee, whereas on the finish of the bunker she warned the others: “Annuska, run away, as a result of it is going to be your flip. I am dying… Mom, get out of right here, I am dying now.” In the meantime, the soldier appeared on the far exit, with blood seeping beneath his eyes, an indication of the lady’s protection. He noticed Magdi within the yard and instantly shot. In response to experiences, six photographs pierced the lady’s again, she stopped on the first shot, on the second shot she unfold her two arms in direction of the sky, then closed them with these phrases: “My Lord, my King! Go to your self!” Then he clutched the rosary in his pocket. The final bullet hit him within the coronary heart.

The postulator of the beatification course of, Cristiana Marinelli, described Magdi at a convention in Veszprém in April: She was a easy lady, humble, really an individual who “lives subsequent door”. He believed that it will be essentially the most stunning achievement of his life if he may die for his religion, as a result of it will actually set an instance for others. He put all his energy and talents within the service of God, sacrificing his life. He prayed for the conversion of individuals, the supply of which was the Eucharist and the veneration of Mary.

He liked kids and taught them how you can strategy Christ. Within the darkness of the world, within the horrors of battle, his life gave shining hope. Purity of thoughts, coronary heart, and physique lived in him in an inseparable approach, and collectively they made it doable for his purity to circulate out to individuals as love for others.

Picture: Attila Lambert; Zita Merényi

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