649. При помощи болезней и скорбей очищается от грехов всякая христианская душа

Christ is risen, eternal joy. Sister in the Lord and spiritual child, M. Julia! I received your sorrowful letter and a heavenly delicacy. God bless you for your zeal. You write about your illness. The Lord, in the depth of his wisdom, builds everything humanely and gives useful things to everyone, just as he does to you, perhaps the Lord creates salvation through this illness, and with illness, sorrow is also necessary, so it turns out that your life is now not in vain. What kind of ascetics we are, where we have spiritual deeds, such as: the all-night prayer, fasting... If you look at yourself, look into yourself, you will not find anything good in any corner, so for all sorts of reptiles: passions, pride, vanity, conceit - there is a lot of room in our heart, and the Sweetest Jesus has nowhere to lay his head. And so He, the Gracious Knower of the Heart, does not see in us a strong will for good, but everything that is weak and cowardly. And he does not want the destruction of His creation, although a sinner, he sends illnesses and sorrows, and with them every Christian soul is cleansed of sins, but at the same time, if he thanks God for the illnesses, and repents of his sins, and endures with submission to the will of God. Be patient, and you will find help. You might be interested in: