Ad Honorem Immaculatae Conceptionis Mariae Oblatio

196 From Saint Stanislaus Papczynski I also learn the great love for God and neighbor. “Let everything you do, be done in love” ( The Rule of Life ). I understand that love is the source and the foundation of all things. If I truly love God, I am able to live the consecrated life according to the three evangelical counsels. If I truly love God nothing is difficult for me. Because of love Saint Stanislaus decided to give his life for God. He vowed to do everything for His greater glory and the honor of the Immaculate Conception of the Blessed Virgin Mary ( Oblatio December 11, 1670). The love is the source and the summit of Christian faith which I want to learn imitating Father Founder. Saint Stanislaus Papczynski shows me also the great hope and trust in Jesus Christ and the Blessed Virgin Mary. There were many things contra- ry to his will in his life: as a child he could not study well; he did not pass the exam to the college in Lvov; then he got very sick; he was troubled in founding the Congregation which God has imprinted in his soul; long time he could not obtain the approval for his Order. But he never lost the hope and trust in Jesus Christ and the Blessed Virgin Mary. He joyfully accepted everything. His hope and trust in Jesus Christ and the Blessed Virgin Mary strengthen me on the way of my vocation. I am often discouraged and dis- appointed because of myself: my not very great abilities, my health, my personality, my little understanding and knowledge. Because of this I lose the hope and trust but Father Founder encourages me that I do not need be afraid because God is with me and I am in His Heart. He knows everything that happens to me. His Providence is always upon me. He wants me to live in accordance with what I pray in Divine Mercy Chaplet: “Jesus I trust in you”. When I sometimes see in the catholic bookstores the books about many different saints, the question appears in my mind: “why there is not here a book about Saint Stanislaus Papczynski? He is a one of the greatest saints and the people should know him. He is a good example to imitate. He is a good disciple of Jesus Christ and a faithful servant of the Virgin Mary in the mystery of her Immaculate Conception. I know that I have not yet enough capacity to write a book about our Father Founder but I always look for an opportunity to introduce him to the Vietnamese people who do not know him yet. First of all, they are the candidates to the Marian Fathers who came after me. They must know Saint Stanislaus Papczynski. Then my family, relatives, friends and those who ask me for prayer. I also desire to introduce Father Founder to the Vietnamese youth.