Lest You Remain

“L EST YOU REMAIN WITHOUT WORK IN THE V INEYARD OF THE L ORD ...” Father Founder’s Selected Thoughts on the Religious Life “But lets you remain without work in the Vineyard of the Lord, to the utmost of your strength you will promote devotion to the Immaculate Conception of the Virgin Mother of God, and with utmost zeal, piety, and fervor assist the souls of the faithful departed subjected to expiatory pains —especially the souls of soldiers and those who died of pestilence.” Servant of God, Fr. Stanislaus of Jesus Mary Papczy < ski Founder of the Congregation of Marian Fathers G RACE OF V OCATION 1 Who is the One who created you? He is God, the most absolute being, with- out any beginning or source, the most perfect Goodness and Wisdom, infinite Love and Omnipotence. The One Who Is created you, and you yourself were created, one who had not existed before. You should know that you were created out of nothing, formed out of worthless matter, but due to the wisdom of the Divine Artist, you were made so beau- tiful, that your appearance surpasses all of creation, except for those in Heaven. Consider also, what soul have you received? One formed in His image and likeness. He endowed you with reason, to comprehend that God is your Creator. He gave you a heart to love. He gave free will to your soul to make you prove that you