Ad Honorem ENGLISH
Seeing the patience [of Fr. Stanislaus] and the works undertaken for the glory of God and His Most Gracious Mother, the merciful Lord called him – using various incentives through inspirations and divine visions, which were recognized by confessors and the- ologians to be true and reliable – to found in His Church a new Institute in order to expand devotion to the Immaculate Concep- tion, provide assistance to pastors in their ministry, and to help the deceased. Therefore, out of obedience to the voice of God and his admirable readiness, with the consent of Clement X, the Christ’s Vicar on earth, and the Superior General, he altered his original vocation, and on Wednesday, December 10, in the Octave of the Immaculate Conception of the Most Blessed Virgin Mary, in the year of our Lord 1670, Fr. Michael of the Visitation released him from his simple vows and the pledge of perseverance. At the same time, he made a new offering of himself to God and His Mother in his new Institute, having previously received the blessing of the aforesaid Father Michael: “May God strengthen in you whatever He achieved in you.” Upon his departure from the Piarists, many illustrious Prelates […] offered him various titles, benefices, offic- es, and honors. However, he – to show greater obedience to the Lord and feeling driven by His inspiration – started laying foun- dations for his new Institute. It is nearly impossible to believe the difficulties that he had to conquer, being instructed during this time by God through means of miraculous signs. From the first biography of St. Stanislaus of Jesus and Mary, our Father Founder, written in 1705 by Mansueto Leporini, Vita Fundatoris , ( The Life of the Founder )
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