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144 Theological Foundations and in others, after the example of the Immaculate Mother of God. *** In his Diary Father Matulaitis-Matulewicz describes his experience and attitude towards the Immaculate Conception of the Blessed Virgin Mary. It was an almost mystical experience as he chose the following words to express it: “I thank you, O Lord, for having granted me extraordinary feelings of love toward the Immaculate Conception of the Blessed Virgin. In the past I found this prayer difficult. But now how sweet it is to fall at her feet and immerse myself in prayers. Pervaded by the sweetest of sweet sensations, my soul swoons, as it were, and my body is overwhelmed by wondrous, incom- prehensible, inexpressible tremors.” 11 In Blessed George’s teaching on the Blessed Mother, there is no broader justification of the privilege of the Immaculate Conception such as we find in the writings of the Venerable Servant of God, Stanislaus, even though this truth was very close to his heart, too. His contempla- tion of the mystery of Mary encompassed her entire life. He described her as the inimitable ideal that we should yet strive to imitate. 2. Mary in the Mysteries of Her Life Father Papczynski continues his meditations upon the life of Mary and its meaning for moral formation by referring to and pondering var- ious events from the Gospel. In the mystery of the annunciation, he emphasizes the great honor that was bestowed on Mary. “The angel Gabriel was sent from God to a city of Galilee named Nazareth, to a vir- gin betrothed to a man whose name was Joseph, of the house of David; and the virgin’s name was Mary” (Lk 1, 26-27). The great leader of the angelic hosts himself was sent with a solemn mission to the Untarnished Virgin because God’s great plans connected with the mystery of the