Lumen 2018

and healed Mrs. Karska from the ailment of her legs. 76 He healed Martin Swidnicki, which the healed man himself confirmed in writ- ing, 77 and a servant by the name Skarzewski. 78 In Korabiew, on the feast of St. Stanislaus, he helped a mute regain the use of speech. 79 He healed Miss Cetler 80 and brought Mrs. Raciborska, daughter of the owner of Cedrowice, back to life. 81 There were many more miracles, but some of them were forgot- ten because Fr. Papczynski tried to divert attention from himself and from the miracles that he performed. “For this purpose, he used the image of St. Raphael which he had brought from Rome to Gora and placed at the Cenacle. He would send people to the Archangel and tell them to thank him for the grace of healing. He also joked with the mothers of the children whom he healed in such a way that they were no longer absolutely sure that their children had been sick. In this manner, he dampened their enthusiasm to call him a miracle worker.” 82 Let us mention one other category of miracles performed by Fr. Papczynski. According to the testimony of his contemporaries, one afternoon, he dispersed a rain cloud that was threatening the faithful who came to listen to his sermon outside a church. 83 We also have accounts of water in a pond boiling at his command. 84 The incident of putting Anne Karska’s dog to death is quite well known (there is an exceptional number of testimonies in this matter), 85 as in the case of the incident when Fr. Papczynski brought Mr. Karski’s hunting dog back to life. 86 Some testimonies recalling Fr. Papczynski’s gift of prophecy have also survived. He was able to foresee some people’s future or the consequences of their actions. One of his better known prophecies is the one in which he said that King Augustus II would live a long life, even though he was very fat and many people thought that he would die rather soon. 87 Father Stanislaus told two prelates that they would become bishops, 88 and when he met seminarian Jacob Wolski, OFM- Ref, he told him that he would become the Provincial Superior of S TANISLAUS P APCZYNSKI 434