Father Casimir Wyszynski

109 The Servant of Mary Immaculate “As to praying in choir, I learned fromobservation that Vener- able Casimir participated in praying in choir both day and night and used to recommend the same to other confreres. I had a chance to witness this personally because I lived alongside the Venerable for two years at themonastery in Góra: Father Casimir always participated in choir prayers and urged others to do the same, which I witnessed personallymany times. I also know that the Venerable Casimir never failed to recite the daily Office of the Dead as prescribed by the Constitutions of our Order and that he encouraged other confreres to do so. I can testify to this because I lived alongside him in Gora and thus had the opportunity towit- ness his daily custom of reciting this Office. I travelled with the Venerable Casimir from our monastery in Goźlin (Poland) to Lithuania, during which trip he also recited that Office daily. Moreover, it is also true that during his stay in Rome, Venerable Casimir fervently endeavored to obtain the privilege of a plenary indulgence for observing the octave of the Memorial of the De- ceased, so that it could be obtained in our already existingmonas- teries and in new ones in the future.” 64 Other witnesses from the Marian Order, such as Hyacinth Wasilewski and Aloysius Długołecki, along with the coachman, Stanislaus Sekuła, testified that the Venerable used to pray fer- vently not only within the monastery walls but also during his travels. During his trips to pilgrimage sites such as Częstochowa, Studzianna, BożaWola or Sulejów, he used to go first to confession before celebrating Holy Mass. Once, when he became angry with the coachman for flirting with a girl and even struck himwith his walking stick, Father Casimir graciously offered his apology. 65 Father Casimir’s biographywrittenbyWojciechMagnuszewski in 1757, provides an example of the Servant’s living faith: “As the Superior General, in 1736 he arrived for a visitation of the Korabi- ewHermitage. This was the year of famine, and a bushel of wheat cost 40 florins. Father Casimir found only two people present in the monastery, Father Gabriel Morze and a religious brother. The 64 Ibid, 432-433. 65 Ibid, 436, 478, 749.