BL. GEORG HÄFNER, MARTYR

BL. GEORG HÄFNER, MARTYR - 20 AUGUST

BLESSED GEORG HÄFNER, PRIEST AND MARTYR

Blessed Georg Häfner, born 1900 in Würzburg, Bavaria, Germany, died on August 20, 1942 in the Dachau concentration camp. He was a German Catholic priest and member of the Carmelite Third Order.

His beatification took place in 2011.

A MEMBER OF THE CARMELITE THIRD ORDER

Blessed Georg was chaplain in Kothen and revealed himself as a persistent opponent of National Socialism while he was pastor of Oberschwarzach from 1934 to 1941. That is why he was sent to Dachau concentration camp in 1941, where he died of starvation and disease. Having held on unwaveringly to his steadfast Christian conviction until the end, Blessed Georg's death at the hands of the Nazis was judged to be out of "hatred for the faith" and his has been considered a matryr's death.

A MARTYR'S DEATH

Pope Benedict XVI said at the noontime prayer in St Peter’s in Rome [Angelus]: "Amid the tumult of Nazism, Georg Häfner was present as a faithful pastor, sacrificing his life to feed his flock, leading many people to the waters of life in the proclamation of the truth and the administration of the sacraments.

HE FORGAVE HIS TORMENTORS

He forgave his tormentors from his heart, for as he wrote to his parents from prison: 'Let us seek to be good with everyone.' Let us entrust ourselves to his intercession, so that we too may hear the voice of Christ, the good shepherd, and so be led to life and joy in abundance."

PRAYER:

O God, who gladden us each year by the feast of your martyr, Blessed Georg, graciously grant that, as we rejoice in his merits, we may be inspired by his example. Through our Lord Jesus Christ, your Son, who lives and reigns with you in the unity of the Holy Spirit, God, for ever and ever. Amen.

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