445. Ответ на речь Ректора Московской Духовной Семинарии Игнатия при наречении Его во Епископа

(Said in the Refectory Church of the Trinity Lavra of St. Sergius on August 5; published in Soulful Reading and in the Wanderer, 1866) You are right, newly elected participant in the priestly grace, in your thoughts that the service to which you are called is terrible and not easy to bear even for the strong in spirit, but that the weak, by the providence of God, through the sacred and sovereign power, called to it, must submit to the calling, out of duty of obedience, with hope in the all-pervading grace of God. And what you mentioned about human help, I can leave without contradiction only in the sense that there is a humble thought and proper lack of self-reliance in this. But you would have unsteady support if you relied heavily on human help; and I would exceed my measure if I promised you enough help. And you and I, let us cry out, and let us cry out with the Psalmist: “My help comes from the Lord, who made heaven and earth” (Ps. 120:2). “Open your way to the Lord... and he will do” (Ps. 36:5) good and saving things for you, and through you. You might be interested in: