182. Господь может изменить Свой суд над человеком при обращении его к покаянию. Искренняя и смиренная исповедь может принести великую пользу людям, склонным к самоубийству

Most venerable Mother of the Treasurer Magdalene in the Lord! I received your letter dated June 13th and am sending an answer along with a letter to my sister Lydia. It is often both inconvenient and unnecessary to write to you. You write: I heard from someone that only those who are pre-chosen by God will be saved. - Is it true. But why are some pre-elected by God to salvation? - Because God, the Omniscient, has known and knows from time immemorial which of the people will live how, and therefore from eternity he has predestined some, who spend their lives in repentance and humility, to glory, and others, lazy and not caring about their spiritual salvation, to eternal torment. Moreover, from history we see that the Lord changes His very judgments when circumstances change. For example, the Lord once determined to destroy the Ninevites. But when the Ninevites repented of Jonah’s preaching, He canceled His judgment, despite the fact that the prophet of God had already spoken the will of God to the Ninevites: “Three more days, and Nineveh will be transformed.” Regarding cell rules. - You have some kind of unevenness - you must have set a lot of rules for yourself, otherwise you only moved to evening prayers. In my opinion, wouldn’t it be better for you to do this: let evening prayers remain your constant rule. And if on another day time and circumstances allow, then something else could be added to them - or some kind of akathist, or something else. Your brothers Vladimir and Vasily and sister Vera are free-thinking people. I feel sorry for them. But what to do? Pray for them more earnestly with this prayer: “Organize, O Lord, for my brothers and sister (names) what is beneficial and saving according to Your holy will.” Your sister Vera, who is prone to suicide, could greatly benefit from a sincere and humble confession to her spiritual father of her errors. Peace to you and God's blessing. You might be interested in: