691. О распоряжении пожертвованными деньгами. За грехи должно терпеть, если не здесь, то в будущей жизни

Your Most Reverence Mother Abbess Leonida! I received your letter dated July 9. About the ambitious nuns who are composing nameless denunciations against you, you can, having prayed more fervently to the Lord and the Queen of Heaven, explain everything in detail to the Lord, and that all the sisters are dissatisfied with them, and ask him to somehow pacify them, adding to this that you yourself are not able to pacify them. Regarding helping the deacon, you can tell the Bishop that the money was given to him from charity, that you have benefactors who are disposed towards you, and therefore you once received 3000 rubles for the benefit of the monastery, and another time 2000 rubles; Also, the deacon was given from benefactors, and by no means from the monastic sum. It is impossible to reveal the name of the benefactress, because she does not want it. There is no lie in these words, therefore, there is no sin, because you really do good to the deacon and do not want to reveal your name, by the way, and will keep your secret. In conclusion, I will tell you: do not take the misfortunes that happen to heart, remembering the wise old Russian proverb: “God will not allow it, the pig will not eat it.” Although dissatisfied nuns rebel against you, they cannot do anything to you without God’s permission. Insults from them must necessarily be endured, because for sins something and somewhere must be endured, if not here, then in the future life. Only in the future life the sorrows are very terrible. May the Lord deliver us from them with His grace and love for mankind. Don’t give up your insistence. This is the obedience entrusted to you by the Lord, and obedience, wise people say, is more important than fasting and prayer. Asking for you and the sisters of the monastery entrusted to you for peace and God's blessing, I remain with sincere goodwill. You might be interested in: