Franz Jägerstatter
👤 SpeakerAppearances Over Time
Podcast Appearances
I know these past few... years have been difficult.
We should not be anxious about tomorrow, hm?
The war may be over soon, or this heartache for nothing.
I'm being called up to the infantry.
Dear brethren, the storm of war blackens the German skies.
Enemies of God are exalting their race and their civil authority over the authority of God.
The false doctrine of the Nazis is apostasy.
We must remain in the church, in a state of grace.
We must answer their wickedness with the words of Christ.
He that shall deny me before men shall be denied before the angels of God.
The only other path that is left is martyrdom, with which comes the sure hope
The Holy Father has condemned them.
Our own bishop has condemned them.
Yet parishes in Austria fly swastikas.