Ad Honorem Immaculatae Conceptionis Mariae Oblatio

106 It was hard to expand on the matter of offering in a short act. However, our Saint did so extensively in Chapters IV to VII of his Mystical Temple of God . First, one should offer to Almighty God “all the merits of our Lord Jesus Christ, of the most Blessed Virgin and of all those in heaven, and of the righteous who dwell on earth, and the good and indifferent works of all men.” One should offer to God one’s soul to serve God and one’s heart to love Him; one’s body and spirit; one’s lips and tongue to continually praise and bless God; one’s mind, memory and will; external and internal senses; prayers and works of love; chastity, poverty and obedience of the religious; the ministry of the priests; one’s repentance and penance; external and internal mortifications (of the will, judgment and imagination); all works, thoughts, words, images, desires and intentions; distress and consolation; one’s sorrows and joys; health and illness; life and death; one’s fallings and risings from them; in short – absolutely everything. Our holy Father Founder called everyone to offer to God their whole life, in all its moments and aspects: the tormented ones can offer their afflictions, sinners – their repentance, priests – their worship, religious – their vows, the humble – their prayers, etc., so that absolutely everything would be embraced by God’s action and blessing. 22 WHY? What prompts Fr. Papczyński the most to dedicate his life to the service of God and Mary is his confidence in God’s love and mercy. Our holy Fa- ther Founder expressed many times in Inspectio Cordis his faith and trust in God’s mercy and affirmed that the same God comes to us each time in the Eucharist. 23 Jesus Christ, who gave his life for us on the Cross, was “ready, if need be, to pour forth His blood again for even just one soul.” 24 Later, the formula of profession made by the Marians would become shorter: “I offer myself [ of- fero me ]” and then: “I vow [ voveo ] poverty, chastity, and obedience;” Norma vitae , I, 6. 22 Cf. Mystical Temple of God , Chapters IV to VII. 23 “You ask, what sort of man is the one whom you have received in the most Holy Eucha- rist? He is alive, immortal, strong, sweet, and invincible; He is good, merciful, very gracious and all-great; He is gentle and kind; He is wisdom, love, truth, the fullness of all life and goodness,” Inspectio cordis, Fourth Sunday After the Epiphany, After Most Holy Communion , 3. 24 Inspectio cordis, Fourth Sunday of Lent, After Most Holy Communion , 3.