Lumen 2018

S TANISLAUS P APCZYNSKI 376 Fr. Wyszynski wrote about this event: “In private, Fr. Stanislaus re- proached the king for something. Perhaps for shedding so much blood to keep himself on the throne or for something else. Suffice it to say that he made the king rather angry. But the king, assured of his saintliness, did not dare to oppose him, and nolens volens accepted the admonishment. Wishing to get rid of Fr. Stanislaus, so he could no longer bother him, the king called the treasurer and told him to count out plus minus [more or less] 30 ducats, which the Venerabilis Pater (Venerable Father) took in his hand, and then he left through a hall where many noblemen and senators stood and talked. One of them said: ‘Yes, we chose him as our king, and it was a good choice; but he will not live long; he is too fat.’ On hearing this, the Venerable Father said: ‘My Lords, you are mistaken. The king will live a long time. He will live for as many years as I have golden coins that he gave me.’ Thereupon, he opened his hand and began to count the coins. There were quite a few of them and the noblemen were happy with the prophecy, for they loved the king and wished him a long life, so that they might enjoy peace during his reign. They wrote down the number of the coins. The prophecy was fulfilled for the king lived as many years as the Venerable Father had promised him.” 49 Later, the king would find himself in great danger many times, but he always managed to survive. He ruled the country for as long as Fr. Stanislaus had prophesied. He would have ruled longer, had it not been for a hunting accident. The king was wounded on the leg by a bear, after which he was ill for a long time. He never really re- covered and died. 50 Father Papczynski’s prophecy is confirmed by Fr. Kisielinski, a wit- ness in the Information Process. He added that there were 37 ducats. He heard this story, still during the king’s lifetime, from Br. Anthony Cinski, who had accompanied Fr. Stanislaus during the audience with the king. The story was also confirmed, after the king’s death, by Wenceslaus Trzcinski, Castellan of Rawa, who was an eyewitness to the entire event. 51