929 letter to marian confreres the Incarnate Word, and in all the elect, the sweetest delight, and particularly, in His Most Elect Virgin Mother, the Mother of mercies, the only hope and refuge of all sinners — and of me. Amen. 10. O God, O Goodness, O infinite Power, as You can, as You know, as You desire, have mercy upon me, Stanislaus of Jesus and Mary, the most unworthy priest, worthless servant, the greatest sinner (handwritten).323 11. I have written this by my own hand, in the little cell granted to me by the Most Gracious God, belonging to the Cenacle of the Lord. On December 9, 1692 A.D., in New Jerusalem. 12. I do not have any debts, except one, which — I confess — I owe to all, especially to those particularly devout persons of this city and to the priests [of the Institute of Priests] living together,324 to the inhabitants, benefactors, friends and enemies, a debt of gratitude, which I repay, by humble thanksgiving, to them, to whose holy prayers and propitiatory deeds I commend myself, and to whose favor and protection [I commend] my325 [confreres]. 12. Letter to Marian Confreres Litterae ad Marianos New Jerusalem — April 16, 1695 Introduction The content of this letter shows that Fr. Papczyński wrote it mainly to encourage the Marians in both houses to obey his recently elected Vicar and successor, Joachim of St. Ann, while defining the limits of his authority. At the end, he takes the 323 Father Papczyński probably initially intended to finish his will here (hence the note: handwritten), but then added two more paragraphs. 324 This certainly refers to the Bartolomite Congregation that was founded in 1640 by Bartholomew Holzhauser under the name of “Instytutu księży świeckich żyjących wspólnie” (Institute of Secular Priests Living in Common). In 1683, the Bartolomites settled in New Jerusalem. Cf. Positio, p. 439, n. 6. 325 In the Latin we read simply “meos,” which refers to the Marians, his spiritual sons and confreres, especially those residing in the Lord’s Cenacle.
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