Magdi’s friend recalled a conversation:
“Magdi declared that she did not need to bother with men because she chose the Lord Jesus and would dedicate her life entirely to Him. I tried to object:
‘You should think this over. You are still too young to make a final decision about your life. And motherhood is a very sacred calling.’
‘I know this well,’ she replied with a growing firmness in her voice, ‘but I gladly offer my life and all its beautiful promise to God. I even had suitors who would have suited me, but I give thanks to God that He put me at such a crossroads. It gave me the chance to show that I love the Lord Jesus above everyone else.’”
Another testimony:
“She had serious suitors who would have matched her well. She felt she could easily grow fond of them, and when this happened, she immediately withdrew. She would neither play with someone else’s heart nor with her own. With firmness and tact, she made it clear that they should not try further.
Once, I was speaking with Fr. O. István,” says Father József, “about Magdi’s charming yet modest and reserved manner. ‘She is among us like a colleague,’ István said, ‘almost as if she were a priest, not a young woman.’
‘Maybe she doesn’t have a young woman’s heart,’ Fr. István added, ‘I mean, perhaps she doesn’t even struggle for her purity.’
‘I’ve thought the same,’ I replied, ‘but at the right time I will ask her about this because I’m sure I’ll learn from her answer.’
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‘My heart is very passionate; I can quickly catch fire,’ Magdi replied. ‘I inherited this from my father. But I always keep my heart under control.’
This answer surprised me. I had thought the Lord gave her a heart somewhat cold and distant, which made her radiant purity easy and natural, standing quietly behind her lovable character. After a short pause, I continued:
‘Doesn’t this make your apostolic work with young men more difficult?’
‘Oh no. No one can court me. I do not listen to empty flattery; if a boy shows interest in me, I hand him one of Tihamér Tóth’s youth books and ask him to read it for my sake. Next time, if he wants to talk with me, I question him about what he read. If he hasn’t read it, I won’t talk to him again. If he has, then I only talk about that until he gets bored and leaves.
And even then, sometimes they propose marriage to me. I tell them openly that I will never marry.’
‘Do you ever worry,’ I asked, ‘that these conversations might raise false hopes in decent boys and cause them pain when they find out you won’t marry?’
‘There was indeed one young man whose deep piety I valued above the others,’ she admitted. ‘He also proposed to me. When I told him I would not marry, he asked why. I became flustered, lowered my gaze, and simply said: Don’t ask me that. The young man understood and replied:
“Please forgive me for asking this. I promise you will not see me again.”
He left the factory and ended his employment. Because he behaved so honorably, I felt sympathy for him. I was sorry to hurt him. It took me nearly two years to overcome my feelings. A girl’s heart is deeply touched by pure-hearted affection.
That’s why I was even more careful afterward not to attract anyone.”