The son died in the Northern Military District. How to learn to thank God?translated

Reader question:

Good health. The son died in the Northern Military District. How to learn to thank God? I go to church, but I can’t understand it yet.

Natalya

Priest's answer:

Archpriest Andrey EFANOV

God bless you, dear Natalya!

Dealing with the death of your son is a very difficult experience. This is a large and serious wound in the soul and, like any deep wound, it needs time to heal. The scar will remain, the memory of what happened will remain, and, just as with an ordinary wound, the ability to live and use the wounded part of the body gradually returns, so here too only over time will the ability to live return so that with every movement of the soul the wounded place does not experience severe, almost paralyzing pain. It is impossible to force these processes with human power.

You can help yourself: pray for yourself and for your son, go to confession at least once a month, and also partake of the Holy Mysteries of Christ at least once a month. Prayers and participation in the Sacraments of Confession and Communion will nourish your soul with grace, and grace heals a person and heals the wounds that are in his soul. And this medicine also needs to be given time and taken regularly, constantly. And even later, when it gets easier...