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Rumors of a newly composed request frightened you and showed your cowardice; where is faith and trust in God? Can anyone cause anything if the Lord does not allow it (Matthew 10:29, 30, 31; Luke 12:22–29)? Although there was a shock to you in the past time, it was God’s permission, from which significant benefits arose: firstly, you reluctantly learned patience, and secondly, without such a shock, those coming to you would have multiplied even more, and would have completely deprived you of peace; and then it was necessary to expect even stronger temptations, which, perhaps, would not have been endured. So, thanking God for everything, you must now be calm about this, knowing your conscience is not stained with what you are being reproached with. They can only do that if the Lord allows it. If such rumors are confirmed, then it does not hurt to bring them to the attention of the Mother Superior for her consideration. Unworthy pilgrim, sinful I.M. November 5, 1843.
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