253. Постоянное утешение расслабляет душу и приводит ее к лености. Сухость и душевное охлаждение попускаются нам за тщеславие

M. St. O. n. G.I.H.B.n. p.n. Sister in the Lord M. Magdalene! I wish you God's mercy and spiritual salvation. I received two of your letters. For your congratulations on Great Lent, God bless you. May the Lord help you to spend it in a spiritually beneficial way and achieve the Holy Resurrection in spiritual joy. You write that after communion you felt good, then thank God, who consoles our unworthiness. And what soon passed, His fatherly Providence for us is visible in this too, for constant consolation relaxes the soul and leads it to laziness, and even to greater harm. Therefore, the Lord soon takes away and allows us to again feel our weakness, powerlessness, and sinfulness. We must humble ourselves more, reproach ourselves, bring repentance for our sins and not desire consolations, but endure indulgences with patience. And for vanity, dryness and cooling are tolerated. Thank God that you live peacefully. May the Lord always help you to have peace. May the Lord give health to your sick and keep your healthy from illness. What else I gave to Mother is good. You don’t have to ask if you don’t have a need. Don’t give away too much, so you don’t regret it yourself. I was greatly comforted by your story about the miraculous help from St. Paul! I send blessings to Evstolia, Pasha and Varvara Vladimirovna and wish them God’s help. 3 r. received, and we remember the newly deceased Anna. Incline Pasha to humility. Advise her to reluctantly reproach herself even with words. When he gets used to self-reproach in words, his heart will sympathize with this. Calling upon you peace and God’s blessing, I remain with the desire for salvation. My health is fine, thank God, although a little weak. But time goes well, and I keep busy. You might be interested in: