701. Гордые не сознают в себе этого порока

Truly Christ is Risen! Your Reverence, most honorable in the Lord Mother Abbess Leonida! I received your letter dated April 7 and thank you for congratulating me, a sinner, on the bright holiday of the Resurrection of Christ and for your well wishes. At your request, I am sending you two copies of “Description of the Kozelskaya Vvedenskaya Optina Hermitage,” the latest edition. Letters from Fr. Anatoly were published in “Soulful Reading”, but I have not yet seen individual reprints, and it is unlikely that they exist. You regret your clerk, that she is proud. - What to do? St. Climacus says that only God heals the proud. Therefore, as I already wrote to you, it seems, pray to God for her, so that He Himself, through His destinies, will direct her to the path of truth. And besides, when appropriate, you can tell her something for edification, as, for example, the Lord resists the proud, but gives grace to the humble. Or sometimes you can write some kind of edifying note, as you did. The whole trouble is that the proud are not aware of this vice in themselves. However, the Lord is able to admonish such people for the prayers of those praying for them. Asking for you and all the sisters of your monastery for peace and God's blessing, I remain with sincere goodwill. I sent the book, but the address was written wrong, and it was returned, but now I’m sending it, and I’m also sending a letter. I. Joseph. You might be interested in: