Spirituality of the Religious Life According to St. Stanislaus Papczyński 108 by the superior. This act, combined with the renewal of vows, included a formula which would be spoken aloud by which one forgave all of the transgressions against him and humbly asked the confreres to forgive him his. This decision was based upon the love of Jesus and Mary, while the general introduction to the article containing this ordinance states that there should be no divisions, lingering anger and hatred among the Marians since they are “sons of the Virgin Mary.”226 Although neither the Founder’s writings nor the Regula decem beneplacitorum contain such acts or suggest having them communally performed, one notes the same concern for the quality of the communal life, to which Papczyński dedicated so much attention in his teachings. By placing charitas – theological love – at the center of the spirituality of the religious life, both in its individual and its communal aspects, Saint Stanislaus Papczyński made this idea into an all-defining turning point, an inspiration enkindling individuals and religious communities, and a constant point of reference. It is also a biblical inspiration and a thought deeply rooted in the experience of the Church. In the case of Saint Stanislaus, it is also possible to speak about his own experiences resulting from his life story. Although the Marian Founder did not leave us a systematic work on the problems of supernatural love, yet, due to the above factors, his concept in which charitas plays the role of the foundation of the spirituality of the religious life is quite consistent and comprehensive in principle. 226 The article reads as follows: “Quoniam inter Fratres Marianos filios Beatissimae V. M. nullae debeant esse scissiones ira inveterata, et rancores, ideo fiat simul quolibet anno cum renovatione votorum deprecatio mutua tempore meditationis matutinae vocaliter ab omnibus incipiendo ab ipsomet superiore, in haec vel similia verba: «Ego NN ob amorem Iesu et Mariae dimitto ex corde omnibus quascunque iniurias habere possum, et invicemdimitti mihi meas peto humiliter»”. CapitulumGenerale septimum in Conventu eremi Corabievensis a. 1725, in: Decreta – Ordinationes..., p. 67.
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