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We received your Scripture dated April 13; We see that the Lord always visits you with sorrowful occasions; but they seem difficult to you, according to your structure; However, know the great love of God for you. Although He will save you, He teaches you through these adventures, sending you according to your strength, and not above it. If there were nothing, then other kinds of passions would rebel more strongly and confuse you. Thank Him for everything that He, in His wisdom, arranges for you. It would be good if they fulfilled their promise - to visit St. Mitrofan of Christ in Voronezh; I’ll tell you an incident: upon the arrival of the priest from the T-th desert, we had my relatives from the S-th province, one of whom, for one year and a half, or more, was possessed by a demon, so that she could not hear anything divine: convulsions immediately began and such a force that 15 people could not hold it, and after that there was foam at the mouth, and there was no way there was any way in the church; subsequently, about a year ago, her legs were paralyzed up to the knees; however, for some time, during convulsions, two or three could hold on, which they attribute to Saint Mitrofan: for they called on him for help, and finally decided to go to the saint of God in Voronezh, and on the way they stopped by us; from us they were with my brother, and from there we went to Voronezh, through Yelets, where she miraculously received healing at the tomb of the saint of God Melania, in a nunnery, and I am enclosing with this a copy of a letter from her sister, written to me the next day after the healing. From there they went to Voronezh, through Zadonsk, but I still have no news of how they were there; I was waiting and waiting to see if they would come to see us again. This letter is very sensitive and many are moved to tears with grateful feelings for the Lord and His saints. The sinful hieromonk Macarius. August 11, 1839. You might be interested in: