Ad Honorem Immaculatae Conceptionis Mariae Oblatio

165 Fr. Alexis Armini, SP , in Historical Writings ..., pp. 77-82.) This speaks of how hard and painful it was to decide to leave the Piarists. Irrevocability of the Oblatio today? The topic assigned to my by Fr. General contains a question mark. It may be interpreted as an overture to further research. It may also be an encouragement for the Marians to question themselves about both their sense of personal identity and the importance of the Oblatio as a founding act that defines our main charism. Everything that led Father Stanislaus to make his Oblatio , including the circumstances, his feelings, experiences, etc. that accompanied him, as well as his solid formation suggest perhaps that it [i.e., the Oblatio ] cannot be ignored in the process of discerning our own attitude and everyday choices, as well as the main element of perceiv- ing candidates and their formation. The act of the Oblatio was a double confirmation of our holy Father Founder’s intentions and desires. On the one hand, it confirmed and for- tified him in his vocation to live according to the evangelical counsels. On the other hand, it revealed his readiness and resolve to found the Congrega- tion of Marians of the Immaculate Conception of the Blessed Virgin Mary, also defining its primary goal. Let’s consider the first of these elements. As it has been established before, God is the first to work in the human soul and in life. God is the first who makes the choice and – after the positive response of man – consecrates. It is necessary to recall again the Latin ver- sion of the Vatican II documents. This issue was raised by Father Tomasz Sekulski in his paper. Father Papczyński’s writings are also a confirmation in which he recognizes the Triune God as the initiator of internal intuitions and movements and gives His love to men. He also gives the calling, or the way of realizing this gift. Even the reading of some of his writings shows that the calling and the fact of being endowed by God were not something that can be questioned or subjected to any interpretation depending on the circumstances, “for the gifts and the call of God are irrevocable” says Saint Paul (Rom 11:29). This seems to be the key to interpret Fr. Stanislaus’s immediate dedication of himself in the Oblatio after receiving the papal brief, so that no one could question his religious calling. His love of God expressed in the calling was not caused by sentiments or emotions. His biggest worry was aroused by the prospect of “interrupting” or “delaying” its realization. The modern teaching of the Church repeatedly confirms