Father Casimir Wyszynski

201 A Man of Prayer and Love of the Eucharist all his anticipations burst like soap bubbles. Being treated as a prisoner, starved, tormented, and humiliated, he quickly and completely lost all hope for financial support and honors. 328 Fa- ther Benon was unable to withstand such treatment for long: he fell ill and had to return to Poland. Father Casimir, already infected with malaria in Rome, was also ill, yet he plunged into the night of his misfortune, and nearly reaching the brink of insanity, still refused to even dream about returning to Poland, because—for Mary Immaculate—hewas ready to suffer death. 329 He gave him- self meekly to purification. He no longer admonished anyone or complained about his trials. Being asked later about them, he would respond evasively and tranquilly, without blaming any- body, 330 for he offered to God through Mary Immaculate and for her greater glory all that had happened to him. 331 On this account God endowed him with many friends in Portugal—exceptional, noble, and generous people—who extended to him a helping hand and led him out of the misery in which he found himself. 332 Quite astonishing are the reactions of pious and upright peo- ple, rich and poor alike, as they came to knowFather Casimir. No- body had any doubts about his being a man of prayer, a man of God, a kind and gentle man, in a word—a saintly Pole. 333 Father Casimir prayed for these people and encouraged themby his own behavior to love God, Christ, and His Immaculate Mother, zeal- ously passing on to them his trust and honor for the holy Father Papczyński. Convinced by him, people began to ask for graces through the intercession of Saint Stanislaus Papczyński, and cer- tain persons received themand regained their health. Many peo- 328 PositioWysz 467. 329 A. Fischer, Życie, cnoty i śmierć święta …, 68; PositioWysz , 467 (Father Bu- jalski’s testimony). 330 PositioWysz , 423-424. 331 After Father Casimir’s death, Rev. Salazar weepily confessed to Father Fis- cher that he made him [Father Casimir] a martyr and because of this he was going to his grave in Balsamão to obtain forgiveness. A. Fischer, Życie, cnoty i śmierć święta …, 68 332 Ibid, 68-69. 333 PositioWysz , 415, 420, 423.