Father Casimir Wyszynski

clean the church, he told me not to think of such a lowly work as something disagreeable, for the Blessed Mother was humble.” 195 Father Alexis Fischer testified to Father Casimir’s prudence: “He was a watchful guardian of his own and others people’s silence. Following the Rule of imitating the Blessed Virgin Mary’s pru- dence, he never said anything or made a replywithout prudently considering or listening with interest.” 196 In one of Father Casimir’s early biographies written by Fr.Charles Hondlewski, we read that after joining the Order of Marians Casimir “dedicated himself entirely to works of piety and the practice of virtue. He abided so closely by the Rule of the Ten Virtues of the Blessed Vir- ginMary that hewas given to all as an example of mastering one’s senses, piety, and obedience.” 197 Father Casimir’s remembrance of Marywas expressed prima- rily through liturgical commemorations and feasts in her honor. 198 He prepared himself in a special way for the celebration of the Solemnity of the Immaculate Conception by making a day of recollection and by fasting on the eve of the solemnity. 199 At the daily breviary prayer, he endeavored tomake sure that the central place in the Marians’ choir stayed free, because he believed that Mary was spiritually present among them and that she deserved an honorary place as the foundress of the Marian Order. 200 Father Casimir’s daily life was filled with numerous pious practices of Marian character: he prayed the Little Office of the Immaculate Conception, the Rosary, the Chaplet of the Ten Virtues of theMost B.V.M., the litany of theMother of God and the prayer “Under Your Protection.” 201 His favorite invocation was “Immaculata Virginis Mariae conceptio sit nobis salus et protec- 195 PositioWysz , 442. 196 A. Fischer, Życie, cnoty i śmierć święta … , 64-65. 197 K. Hondlewski, Obyśmy teraz podążali jego śladami i wreszcie znaleźli się w chwale nieba , in: Najstarsze świadectwa …, 79. 198 PositioWysz , 132, 134, 390-391, 494. 199 Ibid, 390-391,494. 200 Ibid, 418. 201 Ibid, 366, 436-437. 154 J ANUSZ K UMALA , MIC, P H D