Lumen 2018

When Fr. Papczynski was still at the Korabiew Forest, he was al- ready performing miracles of healing. One of these miracles invites a parallel with the healing of the royal official’s son in the Gospel of St. John (Jn 4: 43-54). One day, Fr. Papczynski was on his way from the Korabiew monastery to the village of Jeruzal, seven kilometers away, to pro- claim the word of God there on the occasion of some great celebra- tion. As he was passing through the village of Staropol, which belonged to the estate of Count Trzcinski, the count’s daughter, who had been ill for some time, was at the point of death. The Count’s servants happened to notice Fr. Stanislaus and informed their master. The overjoyed count sent his people after him to ask him if he would be kind enough to stop by his house and console the family saddened by his daughter’s imminent death. Father Stanis- laus replied that he could not interrupt his journey because he was expected to celebrate Mass and preach a sermon at his destination. But he asked the men to assure the count that his daughter would not die. To the contrary, she would live a long life, become a nun, and serves as a good handmaid of the Lord. However, his younger daughter, now strong and healthy, would fall ill soon and enter eter- nal life to reign with Christ the Lord in the state of her virginal in- nocence. Everything happened just as Fr. Stanislaus had prophesied, and the members of the Count’s family talked about it many years afterwards, praising the saintliness of the “Reverend Father Stanis- laus.” The Count’s healthy daughter, indeed, fell ill soon and died. The sick daughter, saved from death, entered the monastery of the Dominican Sisters in Piotrkow later. She was elected Mother Supe- rior of the monastery many times. The nuns revered and respected her because she was a model of true sanctity. 210 In Nowa Jerozolima, too, Fr. Papczynski performed many healings and news about them spread very quickly. People who were sick in body and spirit would come to him from everywhere. 211 With his prayers, he would obtain the restoration of their health and console them in their worries. In order to hide his miraculous powers, he as- S TANISLAUS P APCZYNSKI 310