This is how Margitka L. recalls the spiritual retreat in Pécel in August 1941:
“We traveled home together as well. Our souls resonated with the uplifting experience of the retreat.”
- “We will become saints. I’m telling you this, and you should keep whispering it into my ear. We’ll succeed! Let’s write about it, pray for it, and strengthen each other,” said [Magdi].
- “We didn’t aim to be saints raised to the altar. Each of us wanted to save souls and contribute to God’s kingdom in our everyday lives,” I continued.
- “What if one of us were to actually be raised to the altar?”
- “We will testify for one another.”
- “But I’ll do it! After all, I’ll outlive you because I’m younger! I’ll recount everything because I know all about what you’re doing,” said Magdi.
“We mingled our serious thoughts with humor and laughter. Ultimately, we dismissed the idea, saying there would be no need for it. We would be ordinary little saints, unnoticed by anyone.”