Magdi\u2019s friend recalled a conversation:<\/p>\n
\n\u201cMagdi 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:
\u2018You should think this over. You are still too young to make a final decision about your life. And motherhood is a very sacred calling.\u2019
\u2018I know this well,\u2019 she replied with a growing firmness in her voice, \u2018but 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.\u2019\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\nAnother testimony:<\/p>\n
\n\u201cShe 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\u2019s 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. Istv\u00e1n,\u201d says Father J\u00f3zsef, \u201cabout Magdi\u2019s charming yet modest and reserved manner. \u2018She is among us like a colleague,\u2019 Istv\u00e1n said, \u2018almost as if she were a priest, not a young woman.\u2019
\u2018Maybe she doesn\u2019t have a young woman\u2019s heart,\u2019 Fr. Istv\u00e1n added, \u2018I mean, perhaps she doesn\u2019t even struggle for her purity.\u2019
\u2018I\u2019ve thought the same,\u2019 I replied, \u2018but at the right time I will ask her about this because I\u2019m sure I\u2019ll learn from her answer.\u2019
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\u2018My heart is very passionate; I can quickly catch fire,\u2019 Magdi replied. \u2018I inherited this from my father. But I always keep my heart under control.\u2019
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:
\u2018Doesn\u2019t this make your apostolic work with young men more difficult?\u2019
\u2018Oh 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 Tiham\u00e9r T\u00f3th\u2019s 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\u2019t read it, I won\u2019t 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.\u2019
\u2018Do you ever worry,\u2019 I asked, \u2018that these conversations might raise false hopes in decent boys and cause them pain when they find out you won\u2019t marry?\u2019
\u2018There was indeed one young man whose deep piety I valued above the others,\u2019 she admitted. \u2018He 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\u2019t ask me that. The young man understood and replied:
\u201cPlease forgive me for asking this. I promise you will not see me again.\u201d
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\u2019s heart is deeply touched by pure-hearted affection.
That\u2019s why I was even more careful afterward not to attract anyone.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Magdi\u2019s friend recalled a conversation: \u201cMagdi declared that she did not need to bother with men because she chose the Lord Jesus and \n <\/a>","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[58],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2067","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-purity-28-07-2025-06-09-2025"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bodimariamagdolna.hu\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2067","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bodimariamagdolna.hu\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bodimariamagdolna.hu\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bodimariamagdolna.hu\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bodimariamagdolna.hu\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2067"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.bodimariamagdolna.hu\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2067\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2068,"href":"https:\/\/www.bodimariamagdolna.hu\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2067\/revisions\/2068"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bodimariamagdolna.hu\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2067"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bodimariamagdolna.hu\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2067"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bodimariamagdolna.hu\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2067"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}