Father Wyszynski Pilgrimage

came to me: since He, the head of the Church, deigned to stay in the darkness of the Blessed Virgin’s womb and chose her to be His mother, He wants all members of the Holy Church to have her as their Mother as well. Therefore, unhappy are those Churches and their members who think it shameful to accept her as their Mother, she who was honored by the God-Man who gave himself in submission to her. «And was obedient to them» (Lk 2:51)” (June 17, 1753). Father Casimir sought safety from the dangers of sea-crossings by entrusting himself to the Mother of God and Blessed Stanislaus: “I do not call for any other than my usual help: «Immaculata Virginis Mari- ae Conceptio sit nobis salus et protectio» [May the Blessed Virgin Mary’s Immaculate Conception be our health and our protection]. I also frequently recited the Chaplet of the Ten Virtues of the Most Blessed Virgin Mary, made a sign of the cross towards ominous clouds, and called for the intercession of our Venerable Father [Papczyński]” (June 1, 1753). Father Wyszyński diligently imparted basic ele- ments of the Marian spiritual heritage to the laity. He accomplished it, among other things, by printing Fr. Papczyński’s book entitled The Mystical Temple of God which teaches the Christian way to holiness. On the other hand, in his book The Morning Star he pres- ents Mary as a special patroness in the battle against evil: “I called the book on imitating the evangelical virtues of the Blessed Virgin Mary The Morning Star 60 P ILGRIMAGE TO THE E ND OF THE E ARTH