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35 God in the Center is not only a confession of a great heart but also a task with which all his spiritual sons have been charged. He asks God to use him as a dustcloth which is used to clean everything and then discarded. He wants to be used in such a way that the house of God would be tidier and cleaner. He wants to be used in God’s vineyard and on God’s soil so long as the harvest is better and the fruits more abundant. He goes so far in his mag- nanimity and dedication to God’s cause that he is ready to suffer con- tempt, so long as God’s glory increases and spreads and God’s Church becomes stronger. 38 The confession mentioned above, which will be quoted again in full in the chapter on “The Ecclesial Dimension of the Christian Life” demonstrates to what degree Father Matulaitis-Matulewicz was able (just like Father Papczynski) to hear this call of God’s love and to respond to it with his entire life. Such an attitude, which is a conse- quence of a deep faith in the existence of God as a person, directs every- thing towards Him and His glory. It helps man to understand how very dependent he is on his Creator. This, undoubtedly, finds its distinct expression in the formation of a proper Christian attitude. 39 2. An Answer to God’s Call The Venerable Servant of God Stanislaus and Blessed George believed that they could best respond to the call of God’s love by spread- ing God’s glory in every possible way and by dedicating themselves completely to the service of God. They lived by these ideas and they handed them down to their congregation. a) Caring about the Glory of God The desire to spread God’s glory is awakened in Father Papczynski’s heart when he reads the last missionary order given by Jesus to his dis- ciples: “Go therefore and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit” (Mt 28, 19). The stimulus assisting us in the fulfillment of this order is an aware-