Father Casimir Wyszynski

137 Faithful to the Road of Religious Profession of Vows As the Superior of the Marian community in Balsamão, the Venerable Casimir taught the members by his personal example to observe everything that was stipulated for functions and com- munal exercises. 132 From his novitiate year he was an ardent promoter of obedi- ence to the religious rule. In the years following he remained equally demanding of the rule’s strict observance by the religious. The document Puncta sancita of 1738 shows his effort to imple- ment a more accurate observance of religious discipline among the Marians. 133 In the Venerable Wyszyński’s circular letters written while in the office of Superior General, one notices his drive to tighten the discipline and observance of the religious rule. 134 This work on the spiritual renewal of theMarian communitywas necessary be- cause the “Rostkovian dispersion” (1715-1722) caused a consid- erable relaxation in the observance of the rule within the Order. In the opinion of Father Fischer, the Venerable Servant of God guided “…the Marian Order with great zeal towards perfect ob- servance of the rule.” 135 And he did so both through admonition and personal example of life. Perfect obedience is closely united to humility. If humility con- cerns mostly submission to the will of God, then submission to the superior for the sake of obedience is one of the main mani- festations of humility, because one cannot be obedient if one is not humble. Father Taudt testifies that the Venerable Casimir “was humble and subordinated to God in spirit and mind in the most perfect way, that he was subordinated to his superiors and never placed himself above his peers. As to those who were of lower office, he rather wanted to be their subordinate instead of having them at his orders. His humility was intentional and sta- 132 Ibid, 411. 133 Ibid, 142. 134 See Listy Przełożonego Generalnego , in: S tróż duchowego dziedzictwa mar- ianów …, 170-186. 135 PositioWysz , 485.