\nwho thinks only of this world does everything possible to make life here easier
\nand better, so must we, too, who believe in the eternal kingdom, risk
\neverything in order to receive a great reward there. (Franz Jägerstätter<\/a>)<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n
<\/a><\/span> Franz Jägerstätter At the time of Reflecting upon The situation in The Common for Martyrs: One Martyr in Easter Time<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n Read William For another essay on His biography, Erna Putz’ biography, Franz Jägerstätter-Martyr: A Shining Example in Dark Times<\/span> can be read here<\/a><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n The Houston Franz Jägerstätter: Letters and Writings from Prison<\/a><\/i> (Orbis Books, 2009).<\/span><\/p>\n <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Just as the man who thinks only of this world does everything possible to make life here easier and better, so must we, too, who believe in the eternal kingdom, risk everything in order to receive a great reward there. (Franz Jägerstätter) Franz Jägerstätter (1907-1943) married Franziska Schwaninger in 1936 and honeymooned in Rome receiving … Continue reading Blessed Franz Jägerstätter<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[2106,1710],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/communio.stblogs.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24651"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/communio.stblogs.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/communio.stblogs.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/communio.stblogs.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/communio.stblogs.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=24651"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/communio.stblogs.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24651\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/communio.stblogs.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=24651"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/communio.stblogs.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=24651"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/communio.stblogs.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=24651"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}![\"franz-jagerstatter.jpg\"](\"https:\/\/communio.stblogs.org\/assets_c\/2009\/05\/franz-jagerstatter-thumb-225x333.jpg\")
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\n(1907-1943) married Franziska Schwaninger in 1936 and honeymooned in Rome
\nreceiving a blessing from Pope Pius XI after which he maintained it was a
\nspiritual awakening. He was a daily communicant and a Secular Franciscan<\/a>.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n
\nhis death at age 36, Blessed Jägerstätter left behind a widow and 3 small
\ndaughters. Interestingly both his priest and his bishop urged him to give up
\nhis conscientious objection, and join the army; his sacrifice was regarded as
\nfolly by his neighbors. The chaplain who saw Jägerstätter to his death related
\nthat Jägerstätter said, “I am completely bound in inner union with the Lord.”<\/span><\/p>\n
\nthe context of his life he said:<\/span><\/p>\n
\nwhich we Christians of Germany find ourselves today is much more bewildering
\nthan that faced by the Christians of the early centuries at the time of their
\nbloodiest persecution … We are not dealing with a small matter, but the great
\n(apocalyptic) life and death struggle has already begun. Y<\/span>et in the midst of it
\nthere are many who still go on living their lives as though nothing had changed
\n… That we Catholics must make ourselves told of the worst and most dangerous
\nanti-Christian power that has ever existed is something that I cannot and never
\nwill believe<\/span> … Many actually believe quite simply that things have to be the
\nway they are. If this should happen to mean that they are obliged to commit
\ninjustice, then they believe that others are responsible. … I am convinced that
\nit is still best that I speak the truth even though it costs me my life<\/span>. For
\nyou will not find it written in any of the commandments of God or of the Church
\nthat a man is obliged under pain of sin to take an oath committing him to obey
\nwhatever might be commanded him by his secular ruler. We need no rifles or
\npistols for our battle, but instead spiritual weapons, and the foremost of
\nthese is prayer<\/span><\/span>.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n
\nDiono’s First Things article, “Franz Jägerstätter: Martyr and Model<\/a>” <\/span><\/p>\n
\nBlessed Franz Jägerstätter read<\/a>… <\/span><\/p>\n
\nIn Solitary Witness<\/span>, can be purchased from Amazon<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n
\nCatholic Worker’s article on the witness<\/a> of Blessed Franz Jägerstätter <\/span><\/p>\n