Ad Honorem Immaculatae Conceptionis Mariae Oblatio

96 It is fitting for each one to be mindful that he is rather the imitator of the heavenly King in need, who, it is said, had neither His own home (cf. Mt 8:20; Lk 9:58), nor when He was thirsty, was ashamed to have asked for water (cf. Jn 4:7). 8 The Passion dimension of religious consecration can also be related to numerous calls to asceticism, mortification, and struggle with the old self included in The Rule of Life . (cf. NV I, 5; III, 1; the entire Chapter IV; V, 9; and VII, 7). Religious consecration versus baptismal consecration The Christological and Passion dimension of religious consecration flows out of its being rooted in baptismal consecration. This association does not appear often in the writings of Father Papczyński, but it is pres- ent nonetheless. Our holy Father Founder uses the phrase “double calling,” thus meaning a calling to faith and to the religious life. This interrelation can be found in the reflections in Inspectio cordis intended for the fifth Sunday of Easter and for the weekly retreat (cf. IC , Fifth Sunday after East- er, and Meditations for the weekly retreat). Sequela Christi The aspect of sequela Christi, inscribed into religious spirituality, is very close to St. Stanislaus Papczyński. He looks at the practice of the evangel- ical counsels and other aspects of the religious life from this fundamental perspective. Christ is his central point of reference. His longing to “follow Christ” explains the choice of the consecrated life, and the goal of his path is to conform as completely as possible to the divine Master. In Father Pap- czyński’s writings, the image of Christ most often has features of the Pas- sion. The subject of sequela Christi in the religious spirituality of our holy Father Founder was researched in detail by our present Superior General, Fr. Andrzej Pakuła in his book Duchowość zakonna według Stanisława Pap- czyńskiego i wczesnej tradycji Zgromadzenia Księży Marianów [Spirituality of the Order according to Stanislaus Papczyński and the early tradition of the Congregation of Marian Fathers] 9 . It is not necessary to re-examine this topic again in the present paper. 8 Ibid., III, 2, p. 18. 9 A. Pakuła MIC, Duchowość zakonna według Stanisława Papczyńskiego i wczesnej tradycji Zgromadzenia Księży Marianów , “Studia Marianorum”, t. 12, PROMIC – Wydawnictwo Księży Marianów, Warszawa – Lublin 2010, pp. 119-143.