111 wejrzenie w głąb serca INTRODUCTION1 The Work and the Circumstances of Its Creation Inspectio Cordis or Examining the Depth of One’s Heart is a collection of meditations for Sundays, holy days, weekdays, and topic-specific reflections. The full Latin title of this work reads thus: Inspectio Cordis, Stanislai a Iesu Maria Congregationis Immaculatae Conceptionis Clericorum Recollectorum, ex Scholis Piis Praepositi — Recollectiones pro Dominicis et Festis totius anni et menstruis exercitiis tumultuaria opera consutatae. This work, written in Latin and prepared for publication by Fr. Stanislaus of Jesus and Mary Papczyński, was not released in print during the author’s lifetime. Its Latin title was translated into Polish as Examining the Depth of One’s Heart in an effort to better render the aim and character of this work. Throughout the book, the author frequently urges his readers to look deep into their hearts and to meet God there, and then to dwell with Him, and, by contemplating Him with love and faith, to examine their own self in the light and presence of God. The author wishes that his readers could experience the same thing that happened to Zacchaeus in the Gospel, who — encouraged by Jesus — quickly came down from the tree and hurried back home to welcome Jesus, his Lord and Savior, with joy and an open heart. The original Inspectio Cordis manuscript has not survived to our times. However, we do have an official copy prepared in 1773 for the beatification process of the Servant of God Stanislaus Papczyński. This is verified by a note at the bottom of the front 1 This Introduction is a direct translation into English of the Introduction found in the Polish edition of Inspectio Cordis (with the exception of a few minor clarifications that were added to the English version). Cf. Stanislaus Papczyński, Pisma Zebrane, PROMIC, Warszawa 2016, pp. 489-494.
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