Ad Honorem Immaculatae Conceptionis Mariae Oblatio

103 former Piarist. 10 In time, Fr. Stanislaus’s conviction about the Divine origin of the Congregation had grown so great that he regarded Jesus Christ and His Mother as his only legal Founders and Protectors, calling himself only its unworthy superior. 11 Realizing that his origin was from the Holy Trinity and his earthly par- ents and sure of his vocation and the immensity of the gifts granted by God, Fr. Stanislaus was totally immersed in Him, convinced at the same time of his own sinfulness, weakness, misery, and ineptitude. He placed great trust in Divine Mercy and placed his sins in the wounds of Our Sav- ior, while offering himself entirely to the God of Mercy. 12 TOWHOM? Stanislaus Papczyński opened his act of the Oblatio with: “In the name of Our Lord Jesus Christ Crucified. Amen.” If we were to look for the im- 10 “For nothing is impossible for the Almighty. [...] But God himself, God (to whom be ever- lasting and endless glory, and thanksgiving), as he inspired me for this work of his admirably, that is lovingly, mercifully, wisely, wonderfully, so he himself accomplished it and is accomplishing it for ever and ever,” FHR, p. 62. 11 Fr. Papczyński thus signed his 1669 letter to Fr. John Foci: “Stanislaus of Jesus Mary of the Congregation of the Immaculate Conception not Founder, but unworthy servant,” (see Historical Writings , p. 104). In his Another Testament (1701), Fr. Stanislaus wrote: “I entrust this Tiny-Con- gregation, as its unworthy Superior, to my Lord Jesus Christ, and to the most Nobel Virgin Mary His Mother, in so far as they are the true and only Founders, Directors, Protectors, Patrons of this Tiny-Congregation of the Immaculate Conception Helper of the Deceased, most devoutly for ever,” Historical Writings, p. 108. In his First Testament (1692), Fr. Stanislaus promised: “Indeed to all, who have supported and protected this Tiny-Congregation of the Immaculate Conception called forth by God for helping the Faithful Departed, I promise a double portion from the hand of God, while to the persecutors, as they already learned by experience, a prepared punishment: for it is dangerous to touch the “Clients” [i.e. those who are under the protection] of the Most Blessed Virgin Mary,” Historical Writings, pp. 95-96. 12 As he wrote about the founding of the new Institute, Fr. Stanislaus called himself “the most wretched, most despicable sinner, most inadequate, most unfit instrument” (FHR, p. 61), and “I, unworthy Priest and greatest sinner,” First Testament , p. 93. “I give thanks to the Divine Majesty for the graces, favors, gifts and benefits lavished upon me most abundantly, but I indeed grieve deep within my heart, and I want to grieve most perfectly, out of the love of Him, for my sins, all of which I plunge into the salutary wounds of my Lord and Redeemer Jesus Christ,” ibid., p. 94. “O God, O Goodness, O infinite Power, as you can, as you know, as you want, have mercy upon me Stanislaus of Jesus Mary the most unworthy Priest, a worthless Servant, the greatest sinner,” ibid., p. 97. Compare also the beginnings and signatures in: Letter to the Marians in the Korabiew Hermitage, 1.11; Letter to the Marians in both Houses, 1; Letter to Fr. John Foci, 3; An- other Testament, 16; and Ordinances for the Korabiew Hermitage, 9.