43 ŁUKASZ MAZUREK MIC London, Great Britain May 2023 The Marians on men truly consecrated The Word of the Lord: 1 Kings 2:1-4 As David’s life drew to its close, he laid this charge on his son Solomon, “I am going the way of all the earth. Be strong and show yourself a man. Observe the injunctions of Yahweh your God, following his ways and keeping his laws, his commandments, his ordinances and his decrees, as stands written in the Law of Moses, so that you may be successful in everything you do and undertake, and that Yahweh may fulfil the promise which he made me, ‘If your sons are careful how they behave, and walk loyally before me with all their heart and soul, you will never want for a man on the throne of Israel.’” SOURCES St. Stanislaus Papczynski, Examination of the Heart, in: St. Stanislaus Papczynski, Selected Writings of Saint Stanislaus Papczyński, PROMIC, Warsaw, Poland, Marian Heritage, Stockbridge, MA, USA, 2022, p. 140. And how are you spending your years in the house of God now? In negligence, listlessness, and insolence! Watch out lest it may seem that you imitate Jesus by your religious garments, yet are a villain by conduct, and show yourself worse than a man of the world. The religious state does not save anybody, but the religious life does. Perhaps you have heard about that condemned soldier who, having entered a certain religious institute, traded his military uniform for religious garb, but did not change his conduct. Therefore, after his death, he appeared from hell, bringing back the
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