historical writings 938 their successors celebrate each week two Masses, one for the deceased deprived of help and the other for sinners.355 12. All the documents concerning the properties both of the [Korabiew] Hermitage as well as the Cenacle of the Lord, the authentic Norma Vitae356 with all the writings and the seal of the Congregation: I trust to the care of Fr. Cyprian of St. Stanislaus, Superior of the Cenacle of the Lord. One hundred florins [deposited] with the Noble Lord Bogatek, and the same amount deposited in the common fund, I assign for the repair of the Cenacle of the Lord. The remaining matters I orally commissioned to this same Fr. Cyprian. To all my present and to each of my future brothers and companions, I allocate the most magnificent foundation: the Providence of our most gracious Father. 13. The blessing of God the Father, the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, the participation in the Holy Spirit, the protection of the Most Blessed Virgin Mary, Mother of Mercy, the care of all the heavenly saints always be with you all. Amen.357 14. In 1701 A.D., on April 10, I confirm all that is written above, although our tiny Congregation already is an Order with solemn vows under the Rule of the Imitation of the Ten Virtues of the Most Blessed VirginMary,358 which I most humbly receive and according to which I desire to again make my solemn profession;359 with the caveat, that if I should live, there be a better ordinance regarding the houses.360 355 Cf. Positio, p. 497, n. 37. 356 This evidently refers to the manuscript of Norma Vitae, which was corrected by Cardinal Colloredo in 1694 and approved by Bishop Popławski in 1698. Cf. Positio, pp. 455-458 (Doc. XII, 1, intr. G). 357 Here ends the first andmain part of the testament, written by Fr. Papczyński in 1699. 358 The Marians were incorporated into the Franciscans under this Rule on September 21, 1699. For information concerning the origin of this Rule, cf: Positio, pp. 540-541 (Doc. XIII, 7, § 3). 359 Fr. Papczyński made his solemn profession according to this Rule on June 6, 1701. Cf. below, HW, pp. 941-943, n. 15. 360 Fr. Papczyński had already made a certain “ordinance” regarding the houses in the first part of this second testament written in 1699. He seeks to give a “better” ordinance below in § 17.
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