Lumen 2018

S TANISLAUS P APCZYNSKI 396 Father Kozlowski was a great individualist and a man of restless spirit, even though he was one of the most meritorious members of the Congregation. According to the testimony given by Fr. Wyszyn- ski, he harassed Fr. Papczynski, opposed his orders, and introduced his own customs. Father Stanislaus admonished him for that, but he adhered to his often frivolous opinions and would not accept the rightful admonishments. At that time, Fr. Stanislaus made a prophecy which was to be fulfilled many years later: “Father Joachim, you object to my decisions in many things, and you try to distort and explain in a different way the orders which I issue to you, not by myself, but because I was instructed by the hidden mys- tery of the eternal wisdom. Know, therefore, for it is a certain thing, what I predict now: When you have reached your old age, God will give you a little comb (speaking diminutively) in this Congregation that will comb your head well.” 105 In this manner, Fr. Papczynski was letting him know that a zealous member of the Congregation of Marian Fathers will one day correct him every time he is remiss in his religious observance. All of this came to pass after the Founder’s death. Twenty-three years later, when Fr. Kozlowski was the Superior General of the Congregation of Marians Fathers, a young man joined the Con- gregation (as foretold by Fr. Papczynski). Being a zealous religious, he demanded that his spiritual father observe the religious statutes perfectly. Guided by his zeal, he would often admonish Fr. Joachim quite violently. Thus, the persecution that the aging father had to suffer at the hands of the young zealous religious was much greater than what Fr. Papczynski once had to suffer at the hands of Fr. Joachim. The young religious did not know about Fr. Stanislaus’s prophecy and learned about it only after the one whom had “combed” had died. Watching what was going on, the older members of the Con- gregation marveled at how precisely Fr. Papczynski’s prophecy was fulfilled after so many years. 106