Mass attended by President Andrzej Duda and his wife Agata Kornhauser-Duda.
In his homily, the Pope said that the central event of the faith is the victory of God over suffering, and over death. – This is the Gospel of hope, which flows from the Paschal Mystery of Christ, which radiates from his face reveals God the Father, the comforter of the afflicted – he said.
Francis stressed that “the passion of Christ is contained God’s answer full of fear and sometimes indignant cry that awakens in us the experience of suffering and death.” – The point is not to run away from the cross, but remain there, just as it did the Virgin Mary that suffering with Jesus received the grace of hope against all hope – he explained.
Recalling the form of two new saints, Pope said: “This was also the experience of Stanislaus of Jesus and Mary, and Mary Elizabeth Hesselblad” who “remained closely united with the Passion of Jesus, and they manifested the power of His resurrection.”
– Church presents to us today two of their children, who are exemplary witnesses of this mystery of the resurrection. Both of them, in the words of the Psalmist, can sing forever: “You changed my dance in mourning. My God, my Lord, I will give thanks to you forever,” – said the Pope.
At the end of the Mass, before praying the Angelus the Pope greeted the official delegation from the Polish led by the president, and the Swedish delegation. – May God, through the intercession of two new saints bless your nations – said Francis.
The meeting ended with the Pope’s prayer to Our Lady: “Let always leads us along the way of holiness and supports us in the construction of day after day of justice and peace.”
Archbishop Stanislaw Gądecki said that the “father Papczyński with sister Hesselblad represent a kind of diptych, the two wings of one of the altar; they share the attitude of mercy. “
President of the Polish Bishops’ Conference said that the father Papczyński was known for practicing the works of mercy to the soul, as exemplified by numerous retreats and ministry of the confessor.
“Tough guys in the habit”
spokesman Episcopal priest Paul Rytel – Andrianik said in Polish Radiu24 that lived in the seventeenth century Polish friar was called “tough guy in a habit.” His words, written 400 years ago, are valid also for the present-day Polish – said the spokesman.
Bishops summoned to the list of father’s words Stanislaus’ life: “Real men we need, not a bad egg, not scum. Give the homeland of the Poles, not the bollards, is give people strong, brave, capable of great efforts.”
The priest Paul Rytel – Andrianik says that the father of Stanislaus of Jesus and Mary Papczyński was one of the most prominent figures of the seventeenth-century Polish: thinker, a promoter of social justice.
Polish pilgrims from
Sunday’s canonization came seven-delegation of Polish bishops, among whom are President of the Polish Bishops’ Conference, Archbishop Stanislaw Gądecki, Archbishop of Krakow, Cardinal Stanislaw Dziwisz, Bishop ełcki Jerzy Mazur, bishop of Siedlce Kazimierz Gurda, auxiliary bishop of Warsaw, Piotr Jarecki.
She came delegation Marians, whose congregation, the first Polish Order of men, founded on. Papczyński in the second half of the seventeenth century.
The current on the square are numerous pilgrimage of Polish, including the homeland of. Papczyński, or from Podegrodzie near Nowy Sacz. – We are particularly proud that we have a saint of the ziemi- said.
Before canonization for Pope’s Twitter profile contains the following words of Francis: “The saints are not supermen, nor born perfect. When you come to know the love of God, follow Him in the service of others.”
The canonization ceremony was also attended by the Bishop of Tarnów Andrzej Jez, to which the diocese belongs Podegrodzie – the birthplace of the future founder of the Congregation of Marian Fathers. The Bishop Andrzej Jez says Stanislaus, was born in 1631 into a peasant family, stubbornly sought to gain knowledge and deepen the spiritual life. He stressed that thanks to persistence and extraordinary talent pierced at that, and hierarchical society, his education and began to play a significant role in the scientific seventeenth-century Polish. In 10 years, his “rhetoric” has been repeatedly issued. Father Stanislaus is also the author of ascetic works.
Bishop Andrzej hedgehog pointed out that intellectual potential, like father Stanislaus scored in the environment Piarists and other research centers, allowed him to create a very interesting concept of spirituality. As he said, these achievements are also important for the modern scientific community.
– I am convinced that many academics have excellent intellectual tools to show us a deeper role and presence of God’s presence in our lives, in the current cultural context. And here I also see the role of the father Stanislaus’ life – said Bishop Andrew hedgehog.
“The Church gives it to us as a model”
Father Stanislaus lived in the seventeenth century. He was the confessor of King Jan III Sobieski. He was also an outstanding spiritual leader and preacher. He cared for the poor and needy.
The Church gives it to us as a model – says the Benedictine father Leon Knabit. The religious stresses that canonization is first and foremost for us. We thanks to the confidence that imitating his father Stanislaus’ life, as anyone can be to get to heaven – he adds. Father Stanislaus confirm to us that this is possible.
The miracles which the Church recognizes the beatification and canonization of father Stanislaus Papczynski concern for human life at its beginning and at the end. It is an eloquent sign of the current times, when the value of human life is questioned – says Marian priest Wojciech Leather, curator of the Shrine of Blessed Stanislaus’ life in Gora Kalwaria, near Warsaw.
A miracle, which the Church adopted at the beatification, was to resurrect a child who died in the womb. Through this event as their patron father Stanislaus’ life took life preserver. About his intercession also ask couples who have difficulty conceiving a child. Whereas before canonization was considered miraculous healing of a woman infected with sepsis.
Marian Order
The Stanislaus first joined the Piarists. When he was over forty years he decided to start a new religious order, the Marian Fathers. After several years of efforts, the Pope has given his consent. Father Stanislaus appointed the Marian three tasks. They had spread the cult of the Immaculate Conception of the Blessed Virgin Mary, pray for the dead and help the diocesan priests work in parishes.
After the uprising was a dissolution of religious orders. There is only one Marian. Then the work of renewal congregation undertook the Lithuanian Bishop Jerzy Matulewicz. Currently, worldwide there are about six Mariana Islands.
Today, together with Stanislaw Papczyński pope canonize a Swede Elizabeth Hesselblad, odnowicielkę the Order of the Most Holy Redeemer.
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