Ad Honorem Immaculatae Conceptionis Mariae Oblatio

110 Ultimately, everything is to be done out of love and through love. 40 This applies to all people, but also especially to the Marians. 41 Every sacrifice and every action is to take place in union with the Church (which Father Papczyński calls “the Bride of Christ” and “Mother,” “Vineyard,” “Flock” and “Body”) and in obedience to the Pope, the bishops and all superiors. This obedience is clearly seen in the life of the Marian Founder and in his written works. The love and grace constantly received from God are to motivate us to offer ourselves to God and to serve other people. Among the most needy, Father Papczyński sees sinners and the dead. The corporal and spiritual works of mercy were extensively discussed by our Founder in the Chapter called The Restoration of the Mystical Temple in his spirituality handbook, Mystical Temple of God . 42 After departing from the Piarists, Stanislaus of Jesus and Mary chose the mystery of the Immaculate Conception as his vital center and the ref- erence point for his own life and for the new Institute. This mystery be- came the foundation and center of the founding charism of our holy Father Founder and our Congregation; it became a fire in which to sacrifice the life of Father Stanislaus and of each of his disciples. The sacrifice of the consecrated life is not only for a religious, but for the mission, for the salvation of the world. A mission always flows from the charism and is a response to the signs of a specific time, therefore today it may take on different forms from those of the times of our Father Founder. Conclusion The holocaust offering of our holy Father Founder, initiated in a special way by the act of the Oblatio , was fulfilled in his later life and death, in founding and guiding the Society of the Marian Fathers of the Immacu- late Conception, in the ultimate offering and solemn vows according to the Norma vitae . This sacrifice was of a dimension which was Trinitarian, Christocentric and Christotypical, pneumatological, of the Passion, Mar- 40 Cf. Mystical Temple of God , V: “The sacrifices of the Mystical Temple, unless they are of- fered by a ‘love-priest,’ are displeasing to God, and he rejects them entirely.” 41 Cf. Norma vitae , II. 42 Cf. Inspectio cordis: Before Every Most Holy Communion, 2-3; ibid., Sixth Sunday After the Epiphany, Before Most Holy Communion 1-3; On the Feast of Saints Peter and Paul, the Apostles, After Most Holy Communion, 1; On Love (charitas), 1.