Your fruit will remain

219 is for us an extraordinarily meaningful gift, a gift that gives us courage and obliges us to remain faithful to our charism and to persevere in our religious life. I am very happy for the presence among us of this Archdiocese’s Shepherd, Archbishop Kazimierz Nycz, as well as all the other Archbishops and Bishops present here today from the diverse dioceses in which the Marian Fathers work both in Poland and in the world. I greet the superiors of both male and female reli- gious orders and congregations, especially welcoming the delegation of the Piarist Congregation with their Superior General. Through our Founder, we are united with that Community in a particular bond of brotherhood. A special welcome goes to all the residents of Marianki and Gora Kalwaria who have cared for the the tomb of Father Stanislaus with great concern and spread his memory. Even today, they are giving witness of their love toward our Blessed Father. I could not fail to mention the priests from Gora Kalwaria above all the Vicar General of the Marians, Fr. Marek Szczepaniak. Through the hands of the Mayor, Barbara Samborska, I offer my great appreciation to the city authorities for their hard work in preparing today’s celebration. I send my warm regards to the lay cooperators and to the Congregation’s benefactors. A welcome goes to all who are devoted to Father Stanislaus and who came from near and far. With great joy, I welcome my fellow Marian confreres representing commu- nities from around the world. We, the Marians, today more then ever before, are united in a prayer of thankfulness. Our faith in the communion of saints allows us to be spiritually united with our confreres that did not make it to this day, but who are celebrating this Eucharist today together with us. We embrace with gratitude, all those who dedicated a great deal of effort and gave their hearts towards carry- ing out the beatification process, throughout its 250 years. In the person of Fr. Jan Kosmowski, the Shrine’s Director and Fr. Pawel Naumowicz Provincial Superior, I welcome all our confreres from Poland who take care of the tomb of Father Papczynski, as well as those who, together with all the lay people, prepared the celebrations yesterday and today. For three centuries, the tomb of Father Papczynski has attracted numerous faithful because of the holiness of his life, faith in his intercession before God, and a desire to pray for his beatification. This longed for day has finally arrived. We are filled with joy and gratitude towards God and Mary Immaculate. Today we reverence Father Stanislaus as Blessed. Together with him, let us ask the God of all Good, for abundant fruits from the gift of this Beatification, which would grow in us and in the world. Together with Blessed Stanislaus and the Immaculate Virgin Mary, let us pray for the grace of holiness for each one of us to recognize and to receive the essence of Father Stanislaus’s charism, for the growth of the Congregation of Marian Fathers, and for holy vocations to the priesthood and to the religious life. May the Virgin Mary’s Immaculate Conception be our refuge and protection.