Lumen 2018

S TANISLAUS P APCZYNSKI 402 Father Stanislaus’s earthly remains were buried reverently under the floor of the Church of the Cenacle, near the altar of St. Raphael. The body was carried and deposited in the grave by the Franciscan Friars and by Fr. Stanislaus’s beloved spiritual sons. 126 The casket with his body was placed in a shallow grave dug in wet soil. The walls of the grave were lined with wooden logs and the grave was covered with three beams. 127 Crowds of people attended the burial and were moved. The fame of Fr. Papczynski’s sanctity spread quickly throughout the Kingdom of Poland. After his death, he appeared to many Mar- ians and lay people, helping them in their spiritual needs. He ex- horted people to live in peace, to reform their lives, to observe the religious rule and God’s Commandments. Once he strictly admon- ished a disobedient brother. While he was asleep, Fr. Papczynski in- structed him to reform his life and did it so effectively that the brother, indeed, tried to be a better religious from then on. He prac- ticed humility and obedience with a great zeal in order to avoid a second reprimand from Fr. Stanislaus. 128 In a similar manner, he appeared to a certain young diocesan priest by the name Jacob Sasin, who had a very tempestuous char- acter. He persecuted the Marians and slandered them all the time. Father Papczynski, with a cross in his hand, said to him: “And you, young man, are also against me?” Upon uttering these words, he touched the young priest on the nose with the cross. The priest, terrified by this vision, woke up speechless, jumped out of bed, and ran to the Cenacle to make peace with the Marians and ask their forgiveness. Later, he became a great venerator of Fr. Papczynski and a faithful friend and benefactor of the Congregation of Marian Fathers. As a pastor, he gave them generous alms and left them valu- able bequests. 129 One day, before sunrise, Fr. Stanislaus appeared to Fr. Joseph of All Saints in his sleep and ordered him to make sure that the confr- eres recite the following prayer after canonical hours in choir: “Holy