Lumen 2018

435 his congregation. 89 He also made a prophecy about the two daughters of Mr. and Mrs. Trzcinski, saying that the one who was healthy at the time would become ill and die, and the one who was sick would regain her health and join a religious order of which she would be- come Superior. 90 Father Papczynski foresaw the future of Mr. and Mrs. Trzcinski’s sons 91 and the successful future of Otolia Cetler as a member of a religious congregation, even though she was a rather frail girl and thus not a good candidate for religious life. 92 We also know that Fr. Papczynski foresaw the crisis of his Congregation and its positive ending, 93 and made a prediction in his Testament that the benefactors of the Marians would be doubly rewarded, while those who persecuted the community would be severely punished by God. 94 The subsequent history of the Congregation confirmed this prediction, and Fr. Wyszynski often referred to it with pleasure. Leporini emphasized that Fr. Papczynski was also endowed with the grace to discern spirits and would often help penitents of timid conscience to regain peace and resolve their doubts. The many words of thanks and letters of gratitude submitted by the people who obtained various graces through his intercession be- fore God testify to the fact of Fr. Papczynski’s power as a miracle worker. Many have survived to our times. Fame of Sanctity It was even before the Founder of the Marians died that the peo- ple’s veneration for him began to grow. Immediately after his death, the opinion of his sanctity began to spread not only in Nowa Jero- zolima and the vicinity, but also as far as Lithuania and Podolia. The Marians brought it also to Portugal and Rome. There are quite a few testimonies given by the people who were strongly convinced of Fr. Papczynski’s sanctity. 95 Sister Otolia, a Dominican nun (†1761), testified in 1760, that Fr. Stanislaus was a holy man. Martin Swidzinski, who was healed Posthumous Cult