Lumen 2018

S TANISLAUS P APCZYNSKI 432 der between the visible and the invisible world, so much so that he would be seen suspended above ground during prayer, as confirmed by Catherine Zebrowska nee Karski in her testimony. 64 This phenom- enon repeated itself before the eyes of his confreres at Nowa Jero- zolima during a prayer in choir. 65 Another instance of levitation was recorded during a reception at the home of the Karski family, on the occasion of the anniversary of Mr. Karski’s parents’ death, in the presence of many guests. After the service at the church, everyone went to the dining room where, before the meal started, Fr. Papczynski fell into ecstasy during which he saw the suffering of the souls in Purgatory. At that point, he walked through the richly set table, without touching any dish or any of the guests, and returned to the monastery at the Korabiew Forest. 66 Father Papczynski experienced other visions in his life that were not necessarily accompanied by levitation. One of the most known is his vision of Purgatory which he experienced at the monastery of the Oratorians in Studzianna when Fr. John S. Ligeza was the Su- perior there. Father Stanislaus asked to be taken to the miraculous icon of the Holy Family at the local shrine. It was in 1693 when he was gravely ill. After confession and Holy Mass, he went to his cell and fell into ecstasy, in which he experienced the mystery of the suf- fering of the souls in Purgatory. When some of the brothers entered his cell, they were convinced that he was dead, but Fr. Ligeza reas- sured them and said that Fr. Papczynski had not died. He said that he, his friend and confessor, knew where Fr. Papczynski was at that moment. After his ecstasy was over, Fr. Stanislaus went to the church and delivered a sermon about the necessity of helping the souls suf- fering in Purgatory. 67 One of his visions was especially powerful. It took place in 1675 in Ukraine where he was chaplain at the camp of the Pol- ish army, which was fighting with the Turks under the leader- ship of King John III Sobieski. As he was praying for the souls