Lumen 2018

397 The End of Father Stanislaus’s Life The Long Awaited Vows Advanced in years and feeble, Fr. Papczynski spent his days as if he did not belong to this world any more. He was all given to God in his ardent prayers and contemplation. He waited for that last mo- ment when he could give up his spirit to his Maker. The sufferings, which were becoming ever more acute, foretold an end soon. He hoped that he would soon be able to leave this world because, as Fr. Wyszynski claimed, God had promised him that he would die before the Swedish army began to plunder Poland again. Yet, suddenly, to everyone’s great amazement, he regained his health. God kept him alive a little longer, so that he might make his profession before the Apostolic Nuncio. 107 When Francis Pignatelli received the letter from Pope Innocent XII and the mandate issued by Pope Clement XI which concerned receiving the solemn profession from Fr. Papczynski and his spiritual sons, the nuncio demanded that, according to the principle Quod omnes tangit, debet ab omnibus approbari , they all submit their writ- ten consent to make the solemn vows on the Rule of the Ten Virtues of the Blessed Virgin Mary . At that time, Fr. Stanislaus summoned the representatives of the Marian houses to a Chapter in Nowa Jero- zolima, on April 4, 1701, at which the new rule was read and the written consent, expected by the nuncio, was given. 108 The document, signed by six fathers on behalf of all the Mari- ans, 109 declared their readiness to accept the Rule of the Ten Virtues and to make a profession of solemn vows. The petitioners asked the nuncio, as their protector, to admit them to the said profession, on the basis of Pope Innocent XII’s apostolic breve, as soon as possible. They wrote that it was necessary to hurry because of their Superior’s grave illness. They added that their Superior eagerly awaited and humbly asked His Most Reverend Excellency’s consent. 110 It was only on June 6, 1701, that ailing Fr. Stanislaus regained enough strength to be able to go to Warsaw and make his solemn profession before the Apostolic Nuncio. Present were Fr. Cajetan Bellavita from the monastery of the Theatine Fathers in Warsaw,