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437beginning, the corner-stone, of the marvelous work accomplished by you throughthe grace of God was the practical act of. humility, and act of simple living faith:Confession and Holy Communion. Then you ought to build the whole structure ofyour work on this same foundation. That is, you must go on untiringly, using allof your personal influence and relationships for the glory of God and for the goodof neighbor. Which means that you must return to the embrace of the Churchpeople who have become exhausted wandering about in the pathways of error...lead those returning to the practice of the faith to complete union with God,marvelously realized in Holy Communion... and this requires that you workwithout ceasing to realize this holy union within yourselves. This work, at oncespiritual and practical - a work that is sincere, quiet, which renews our wholebeing, and through our life influences the lives of others, which binds us andothers together in God and in Christ - is our principal responsibility today. Atpresent, this is the whole hope of Poland and of mankind. This work alone cangive rise to peace, virtue, wisdom, freedom, happiness and glory.Therefore, my brothers, I advise you to adopt as your primary goal andprincipal effort the practice of the Christian life and an apostolate concerned withestablishing a community that desires to live totally in the spirit of Christ. I alsorecommend that, for now, you accept as your primary concern involvement ingeneral works relative to such a foundation as well as work among the emigrants.A time will come for the other; but it has not yet arrived.Be careful not to allow the success to the moment, or some slightconcessions, to divert your attention to an activity of lesser value or notcompatible with the basic principles of your life. I am- not. discouraging yourparticipation in matters of general interest; quite the contrary. But, ―sobrii estote etvigilate, quia inimicus vester...‖ 440 . Dearest Adam, guard against the craving toconsume the fruit before it is ripe. Sickness is the inevitable consequence.Proclamations and manifestos approved by a majority vote of people whoare far from the truth, steeped in so many errors, enmities and insignificant trifles- these, precisely, belong to the old politics and forms employed by the Seym,440 A citation from the Letter of St. Peter the Apostle: 1 Pt 5:8-9.