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Give thanks for everything! God bless! He allowed temptation to exist, and He also granted relief from it; and everything is to our benefit; Where would we learn patience if we did not experience involuntary sorrows? And the Lord has commanded that your Lord will favor you; Let not your heart be proud: pray for those who do harm to you (Matthew 5:44), and consider yourself worthy of sorrows, then you will bear it more comfortably, and God’s mercy will be with you. About the subscription of the cell, the abbess does not just with you, but with everyone, and, of course, not without reason; however, even without a signature, according to the decree, they are obliged to leave the cells in favor of the monastery; but since no one cared about it, but still urgently disposed of their cells, then she, apparently, decided to induce it to be fulfilled; however, it depends on her will, in the event of the death of one sister, to give the companion to the other by consent and according to her heart, or to make indulgence in another way; and if you forcefully sell parts and imprison your companions against their will, then, instead of maintaining order and silence, there will be sedition, quarrel, abuse and futility of salvation; what must be asked of her with humility, and not urgently: she is a mother and guardian for the salvation of the souls entrusted to her flock. And because they are not favorable to her, but are arbitrary and resist, that is why she takes her measures. He who surrenders to the will of God remains calm; and hope in a person, or in anything earthly, cannot calm. Mnogohreshny I.M. May 24, 1842. You might be interested in: