And Th at Your Fruit Would Remain 1 aaby-owoc-ang.inddby-owoc-ang.indd 1 22008-01-31008-01-31 113:42:193:42:19 And Th at Your Fruit Would Remain Materials of the General Commission for the Beatifi cation of the Venerable Servant of God, Father Stanislaus Papczyński, Founder of the Congregation of Marians General Curia of the Congregation of Marian Fathers Rome 2007 and the Association of Marian Helpers Warsaw 2007 3 aaby-owoc-ang.inddby-owoc-ang.indd 3 22008-01-31008-01-31 113:42:233:42:23 Translators from Polish: Marina Batiuk Irena Chodorowska Małgorzata Łaszewska Cover Design Cezary Urbański Illustration for the 1st page Based on the portrait of Father Stanislaus Papczyński by Janis Balabon, USA - 2007 Illustration for the 4th page His Eminence, Cardinal Tarcisio Bertone, praying at the sarcophagus of Blessed Stanislaus Papczyński (design by Jakub Fontana; 18th century). In the background, bas-relief by the artist, Witold Czopowik, depicting the Mother of God, Father Papczyński and the Marians (2003). Cenacle Church, Marianki in Góra Kalwaria Academic Editing Fr. Andrzej Pakuła, M.I.C. Editing Fr. Joseph Roesch, M.I.C. Computer typesetting and technical editing Eliza Wiśniewska For internal use Nihil obstat The Reverend Jan M. Rokosz, M.I.C. Superior General Rome, November 10, 2007, N. 374/07 Print and cover: Printing House J.J. Maciejewscy, Przasnysz 4 aaby-owoc-ang.inddby-owoc-ang.indd 4 22008-01-31008-01-31 113:42:233:42:23 TABLE OF CONTENTS INTRODUCTION of the Superior General . 9 PART I PROGRAM OF THE VIGIL DAYS, THE LITURGICAL TEXTS, THE PRAYERS The Program of the Vigil Days of the Year of Thanksgiving . 13 The Dates of the Vigil Days Designated for the Religious Communities . 13 Liturgical Outline of the Vigil Days . 14 Opening and Closing Prayers for the Vigil Days . .14 Liturgical Texts . 17 The Mass of Blessed Stanislaus Papczyński, Priest . 17 Offi ce of Readings . 21 Novena for the Intention of Receiving Necessary Graces though the Intercesion of Blessed Stanislaus Papczyński . 24 PART II The Reverend Michał Kozak, M.I.C. SPIRITUAL CONFERENCES FOR THE VIGIL DAYS Conference I The Gift of The Religious Life . 31 Conference II Fraternal Love in a Community . 42 Conference III Tools for bulding up the Community . 54 Conference IV A Superior in the Religious Community . .72 Conference V The Role of the Holy Spirit in the Life of a Religious . 84 5 aaby-owoc-ang.inddby-owoc-ang.indd 5 22008-01-31008-01-31 113:42:233:42:23 Conference VI Satan – attack and defense strategies . 93 Conference VII Sin . .102 Conference VIII Discernment and Spiritual Direction . 112 Conference IX Prayer . .121 Conference X Asceticism and Mortifi cation . 135 Conference XI The Path of the Religious Vows . 147 Conference XII Christian Radicalism . .167 PART III DOCUMENTS, HOMILIES, SPEECHES The Congregation for the Causes of Saints . .181 Apostolic Letter of His Holiness Benedict XVI, Pope Declaring the Venerable Servant of God, Stanislaus of Jesus and Mary Papczyński as Blessed . .184 An Interview with His Eminence Cardinal Tarcisio Bertone From Shepard to Gospel Preacher among the Nations . .186 Cardinal Tarcisio Bertone, Secretary of State Discourse Delivered during Vespers . 188 Cardinal Tarcisio Bertone Homily during the Mass of Beatifi cation of Fr. Stanislaus Papczyński Licheń, September 16, 2007 . 192 Cardinal Franc Rodé, C.M. Meditations during Lauds on September 16, 2007day of the Beatifi cation of Father Stanislaus Papczynski . 197 Cardinal Franc Rodé, CM Homily during the Thanksgiving Liturgy at the Tomb of Blessed 6 aaby-owoc-ang.inddby-owoc-ang.indd 6 22008-01-31008-01-31 113:42:233:42:23 Stanislaus Papczyński in Góra Kalwaria, September 17, 2007 (on the Anniversay of the Death of the Blessed) . .199 Cardinal Józef Glemp, Primate of Poland Keep Vigil with Mary in Every Circumstance of Life The Marian Assembly in Licheń at the Vigil of the Beatifi cation of Stanislaus Papczyński. 203 Cardinal Stanisław Dziwisz, Metropolita of Krakow Homilyduring a Mass of Thanksgivingfor the Beatifi cation of Fr. Stanislaus Papczyński in the Chapel of the Bishops of Krakow, September 19, 2007 . .205 Cardinal Zenon Grocholewski Blessed Stanislaus Papczyński and the Primacy of Spiritual Values and Evangelization Homilyd delivered during the Mass of Thanksgiving for the Beatifi cation of Father Stanislaus Papczyński Rome, Saint Mary Major Basilica, December 5, 2007 . .208 Very Rev. Jan M. Rokosz, M.I.C. Address Welcoming the Papal Legate,His Eminence Cardinal Tarcisio Bertoneon the eve of the Beatifi cation of Father Stanislaus Papczynski Lichen, 15 September 2007 . 213 Very Rev. Jan M. Rokosz, M.I.C. Address at the Closing of the Beatifi cation Ceremony of Father Stanislaus Papczynski Lichen, 16 September 2007 . 215 Very Rev. Jan M. Rokosz, M.I.C. Address at the Beginning of the Mass of Thanksgiving for the Gift of the Beatifi cation of the Congregation’s Founder Father Stanislaus Papczynski on the 306th Anniversary of his Death Gora Kalwaria (Marianki), September 17, 2007 . 218 Rev. Wojciech Skóra, M.I.C., Biography of Father Stanislaus Papczyński Rite of Beatifi cationLicheń, September 16, 2007 . 220 Rev. Andrzej Pakuła, M.I.C. Congregation of The Marian Fathers History And Spirituality . .222 7 aaby-owoc-ang.inddby-owoc-ang.indd 7 22008-01-31008-01-31 113:42:233:42:23 INTRODUCTION Give thanks to the Lord, for He is good; For His loving kindness is everlasting Ps 118: 1 Dear Marians, never in the over three hundred year history of your Congrega- tion, has the necessity to reconsider the life and charism of your Founder been more burning. (…) Rejoicing in the gift of this Beatifi cation, choose again the path on which the Gospel calls you and which your Founder showed to you. (Cardinal Franc Rodé, Prefect of the Congregation for the Institutes of Consecrated Life, during a Thanksgiving Mass for the Gift of the Beatifi cation in Góra Kalwaria, on September 17, 2007). The great event of the Beatifi cation of our Father Founder, Blessed Stanislaus Papczyński, marked by the Lord’s kindness and mercy, is still vivid in our memo- ries. Our Father Founder was presented as an example to be followed by all Chris- tians and the Church. Attention was focused on the charism of our Congregation. The year of preparations for the Beatifi cation was also very successful. The pro- gram developed by the General Beatifi cation Commission, carried out in our com- munities, apart from the other fruits which it bore, has helped us to rediscover the rich path of our Founder’s faith, and motivated us to refl ect on the meaning and relevance of our charism. It may be the case, that the Marian community world- wide has never felt so united, in experiencing God’s love, and desiring to offer as much of ourselves as possible to respond to this love, through a more radical living of the Gospel and the Founder’s spirit. Aware of the greatness of the offered gift, we want to thank God since, “every good and perfect gift is from above, coming down from the Father of the heavenly lights” (James 1, 17). We also want to make every effort, to recognize the mean- ing of this gift, and to reinforce the Marian vocation, the beginning of which starts in the life and work of the Blessed. To this end, as of January 1, 2008, we are starting a Year of Thanksgiv- ing to the Triune God, for the gift of the Beatifi cation of Father Stanislaus Papczyński. May it also be a time of thanksgiving for calling our Congrega- tion into being and of personal adoration of God for the gift of the vocation to the Religious Life of each one of us. I trust that in this way, the entire Congre- gation will raise its spirits to meet the new challenges that Divine Providence sets before us today. 9 aaby-owoc-ang.inddby-owoc-ang.indd 9 22008-01-31008-01-31 113:42:233:42:23 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 specifi cally 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 Beatifi cation. 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 refl ection, as well as for selecting appropriate passages from the Bible and the Constitutions, which required a considerable effort on his part.