Your fruit will remain

10 My means of this Introduction, I would like to entrust to you this book en- titled, And That Your Fruit Would Remain, which includes materials that will help us to effectively experience the Year of Thanksgiving. This publication has been printed in English, Spanish, Polish, and Portuguese versions, so that all of the Lo- cal Communities of the Congregation may use it. I would specifically like to point out some conference items, passages from the Bible and from our Constitutions, which are for community and individual use on the Vigil Days. The conferences were based on the writings and the path of faith of our Founder. The mission of the materials is to broaden the meaning of our vocation to the religious and the Marian life. The documents attached in the second part, Documents, Homilies, and Speeches, provide a wider theological perspective on the founding charism of the Blessed. The attached liturgical texts are a kind of interpretation of the Person and work of the Blessed in the context of the Word of God and the inspiration of the Holy Spirit, as supported by the Church’s authority and mandate. Please respect the set date and manner of carrying out the monthly Vigil Days, designated in the year of the preparation for the Beatification. If for any reason a particular community cannot have the Vigil Days on the designated date, they may have them at some other time. I would like to express my sincere gratitude to Reverend Michał Kozak, M.I.C. for preparing the conferences and the accompanying questions for reflection, as well as for selecting appropriate passages from the Bible and the Constitutions, which required a considerable effort on his part. I would like to express my ap- preciation to the entire General Beatification Commission for the works that have been performed so far. I know from the Commission members’ personal accounts, that for many of them, the work on the program of the Beatification has changed their perception not only of our Blessed Founder, but also of the Marian charism and of their own vocation to the religious life. I would like to express my sincere gratitude to ReverendAndrzej Pakuła, the Chairman of the Beatification Commis- sion, for the editorial work on this publication and for preparing it for print in four language versions. His contribution to the spiritual and pastoral preparation of the Congregation for the Beatification is a great gift of the Divine Providence. I pray that the Year of Thanksgiving for the Beatification will bear fruit in the life of each of us and of the entire community. Rome, November 24, 2007, on the 308 th Anniversary of the Papal approval of the Congregation of Marians Jan M. Rokosz, M.I.C. Superior General