47 of our brethren in faith – both lay and consecrated – who, when faced with difficulties and often hard life experiences, wring their hands and give up their holy vocation to their nearly intimate closeness to God, because they lack trust in Divine Providence, which says that “[…] all things work for good for those who love God, who are called according to his purpose” (Rom 8:28). Examining the last years of Father Sękowski’s life, we would like to learn how to emerge victorious from difficult life struggles, how to overcome them. Divine Providence is a virtue almost completely lost today, but it is the one close to the paschal struggle of the last “White” Marian. From the point of view of a mind enlightened by faith, it should be said briefly that God must – because He is God, for the sake of His glory – be an all-embracing and all-inclusive God of Divine Providence that guides everything towards a specific purpose. For Divine Providence is present. This means that the blows we receive and the life situations in which we find ourselves are not decreed by some blind luck, do not happen by chance. They are foreseen by the good God, willed by Him, and are to guide us and contribute to our good, sanctification, and ultimately our eternal happiness. Nothing happens by chance, but everything comes from God’s goodness. Common sense tells us that God is our Creator. We know Him as the supreme perfect Being. Let us remember that when He created us, He followed the perfect goal of His magnificence and glory, which at the same time determines the ultimate and highest goal of our lives – the duty to worship and glorify God. We give Him honor through cognizance and love, which are served by the mind and free will that He has given us: “You shall love the Lord, your God, with all your heart, with all your soul, and with all your mind” (Mt 22:37). Creation – which is the world and especially man – should praise and glorify its master. For everything is like His footprint, as Tertullian puts it: ornamentum majestatis eius – the adornment of His splendor. Paradoxically, His Glory is reflected through goodness, patience and justice even in sinful people. It is important here to remember that by being the image of God and possessing free will and reason, we can discover God’s traces in the visible world, placing our cognizance
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