Father Casimir Wyszynski

126 Z YGMUNT P ROCZEK , MIC, P H D fulfilling God’s will at any stage of one’s life. This is the kind of at- titude that Mary teaches us. Therefore, one must entrust every- thing to Mary, for she is the Morning Star that leads to Christ, the Sun of Justice. And by imitating the attitude of the Mother of God we can also draw closer to other people. After all, her eyes always saw other people’s needs; they noticed the humble and the hun- gry whom God nourishes through the goodness of others. Guided by the Morning Star, the Immaculately Conceived Mary, Father Wyszyński consequently followed the road to holi- ness throughout his entire life. People took notice of his sanctity; they felt drawn to himand sought his assistance. Interactionwith Father Casimir prompted people to be kind towards others and to work on themselves. Judging by the biography of the Servant of God, it is possible to say that he made a large contribution to- wards the revival of the nation of Poland because he did his best to help overcome the decline of the Saxon period. His influence spread far beyond the borders of his homeland, which he loved and for which hewished happiness. His concernwasmanifested, for example, in sending back from other countries seeds that could growwell on Polish soil or in describing theways of making bamboo canes or growing tobacco, or recipes for cooking which he learned. In Rome he kept in touch with his compatriots, but was also open to other nations, which the Portuguese people in particular had a chance to experience. One of the theologians who evaluated the documents and tes- timonies concerning the life of the Servant of God for his beatifi- cation process, explained Father Casimir’s timeliness for our day thus: “Father Casimir can be offered as a model for the modern world because he shows how to carry out in the Church the duties of guiding one’s brethren and giving honor to the Immaculate Vir- gin in the context of human behavior which is so greatly scarred by sin.” The call for conversion remains timely in today’s world, so af- flicted by a multitude of opinions and attitudes that lead to a weakening of religious faith, the break-up of marriages, and the abandoning of priestly and religious life.