61 The Marian identity in practice. Thinking about identity, it is worth asking how the Marian spirituality expresses itself in our life, service, in the architecture and decoration of our homes and churches, in our clothing. How do we represent the love of Trinitarian God towards us, how do we proclaim it? Can others see the Passover of Christ and priority of His grace in our life and community? Contemplating the Immaculate Mary, what is and what could be our response to the eternal gift received from God? Our life and service is always carried out in the community of our Congregation, according to its charism, rules and tradition, in unity with the Catholic Church. We need to constantly verify our way of life and our work through confronting them with the initial intention of our Saint Father Founder and the primary charism of the Congregation. What would St. Stanislaus Papczyński accept, what would he like to develop or introduce, what would he tell us to give up? How should we fulfill our vows of chastity, poverty and obedience? What light for the life and work of the Congregation do various events and prominent figures from its history bring? How should we preach the Gospel to the living and support the dead and the dying. We should ponder these and other questions in the Marian communities so that answers can arise from widespread exploration and from inspiration of the Holy Spirit. 2. In service to Christ and the Church Faithfulness to Christ and the Church. In the modern world, and even in the Church, some believe that everybody can have their „own truth” and that they are all equally valid. However, as we can see, for example, with the Synod on Synodality, the multitude of views and the lack of clear criteria of discerning the truth among them, result in chaos and confusion. Faithfull to the Marian motto Pro Christo et Ecclesia, all the more we should hold on to the Word of God and the Magisterium of the Church and spread this teaching in a clear way. The renewed anthropology. Today’s world is confused on many levels. The sign of this confusion is, among others, rejection of God and His laws, rejection of any authority, cognitive and moral relativism and subjectivism, attempts to interfere with human nature – when life starts and ends, and even what it should look like at different stages of its development – destruction of natural human relations, loss of hope
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