Lumen 2018

S TANISLAUS P APCZYNSKI 298 appear above the Cenacle. Therefore, he chose this place not only to imitate Mary’s evangelical virtues in his life, but also (by choosing to live by the Cenacle till his death) to be like the Mother of God who remained at the Cenacle in the Holy Land after Christ’s death and fell asleep there. 172 The Church of the Cenacle was also conducive to the develop- ment of devotion to the Eucharist. It was Fr. Papczynski’s desire that Jesus in the Eucharist be properly honored. He ordered his confreres to always keep a votive light burning before the tabernacle and to recite the hymn Tantum ergo Sacramentum together, in loud and distinct voices every morning. He ordered that whenever the Eu- charist was exposed for adoration, two of the confreres, wearing sur- plices, should always be in attendance, kneeling before Him in prayer. He also decided that the feast of Corpus Christi should be celebrated with the greatest possible splendor. He ordered in the Constitutions that, during readings at the table, whenever the lector uttered the name of the Holy Eucharist, one of the confreres should kneel in the middle of the refectory, kiss the ground, and utter the words, “May the Most Holy Sacrament be blessed,” to which all present were to respond: “Amen.” The ceremony was to be repeated even three times, if this was how many times the lector mentioned Christ in the Eucharist. Moved by a similar concern, Fr. Stanislaus recom- mended to his confreres that they observe strict silence and not talk to strangers in the churches where the Holy Eucharist was kept. 173 Father Papczynski burned with such a fire of the love of Christ in the Eucharist that he celebrated the Most Holy Sacrifice of Mass every day, even when he was very ill. One day, when he was breaking the Host above the chalice into three pieces, he received the gift of understanding the great mystery of the Most Holy Trinity — One God existing in Three Persons. 174 Bishop Wierzbowski entrusted the Marians with the duty to ac- company the pilgrims on the Way of the Cross. 175 The pilgrims would gather at the Cenacle to ponder the mysteries of the Last