examination of the heart 114 since only the Piarists were able to make it available to the Marians to submit it to Rome.4 The aforesaid circumstances also give an idea as to the period of time when Fr. Stanislaus Papczyński must have prepared his manuscript for print. Given the nature of this work, the place of its composition and its addressees, we can infer that it was created gradually, over a period of more than one liturgical year, and that it was even started possibly prior to Fr. Stanislaus’ departure from the Piarists. However, the existing copy of this work could have been produced only after Fr. Papczyński’s arrival in Góra Kalwaria — that is, in 1677 — or feasibly even after the issuance of the second decree of establishing the Congregation of Marian Fathers in 1687, since Fr. Papczyński could not have been officially titled Superior (praepositus) of the entire Congregation prior to that year. Composition, Contents, and Purpose of this Work Inspectio Cordis, which contains meditations (i.e., reflections and examinations) to be used by consecrated Religious, is divided into five parts. The manuscript’s first three parts containmeditations “for Sundays of the whole year,” “for major feasts of the whole year,” and reflections based on “shared texts.” Generally, they all have the following composition: three points for meditation before Most Holy Communion (possibly right after the Gospel) and three afterwards. The content is not systematically organized, besides being ordered to the cycle of the liturgical year. The author selects the subject in such a way so that, through meditation and contemplation, the readers may more deeply understand and live out the mysteries of faith presented to them by the Church, become more willing to devote themselves to the apostolate, be 4 Cf. Copia Publica Transumpti Processus Ordinaria Auctoritate in Curia Posnanien. [1767-1769] constructi Servi Dei Stanislai Papczyński, Romae 1953, f.339r-365; copy of the original in the Archives of Archdiocese of Poznań (AAP): Acta Processuum Sanctorum — APS 10. Also see the documents submitted for the same process — APS 5, f.2r-3v.
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