Горе

He who himself feels equal grief, it is more convenient for him to console the suffering (1). I am almost ready to thank the grief that befell us (the death of Brother St. Gregory), which disposed me to wisdom and even made me ardently desire to move from here. This great mystery intends for us, God, who became human and became poor for us, intends to restore the flesh, save the image and recreate man, so that we may all be one in Christ, Who in all of us has become completely all that He Himself is; may there no longer be in us male or female, barbarian, Scythian, slave or free (Gal. 3:28), since these are carnal signs; but may we have one image of God, by whom and by which we were created, may He be depicted and imprinted in us so much that only by Him can we be recognized. And in this we hope to succeed according to the great love of mankind of the generously gifted God, Who, demanding little, gives great things to those who sincerely love Him both in the present and in the future; Let us endure everything, endure everything for the sake of love for Him and out of hope, give thanks for everything: both for the right and for the left, that is, for the pleasant and for the sorrowful, because God’s word often turns the latter into a weapon of salvation (see 2 Cor. 6:7). Let us entrust to God both our souls and the souls of those who preceded us to the place of rest, because they were, as it were, more ready on the common path than we were (1). You might be interested in: