Слово 49. Исписанное составителем этой книги на утешение себе и утверждение в терпении, когда был заключен в темницу и находился в скорби

Do not grieve, do not grieve, do not yearn, my dear soul, that you suffer without guilt from those from whom you should have received all the benefits, since you fed them with a spiritual meal, filled with the gifts of the Holy Spirit, that is, with patristic interpretations of the divinely inspired hymns of David, translated by you from Greek into the glorious Russian language! Also, many other spiritual books, some of which were translated by you, and others, into which many incorrect foreign words crept in, were properly corrected. On the contrary, thank your Master, praise and glorify Him consciously that He has made you worthy in this life through temporary sorrows to repay in abundance all your debt and those significant talents that you owed Him. Be careful not to consider this time a time of lamentation, but, on the contrary, a time of divine joy, so that you, the accursed one, do not suffer double deprivation, suffering from ingratitude. On the contrary, have fun and rejoice prudently, always trying to lead a humble life, with thanksgiving, with good hope and honesty, which the kingdom of heaven conveniently admires, with which nothing that exists can compare. If you always dispose yourself in this way and in this way, you will try to infuse your Master into yourself: then rejoice and be glad, as your Lord commands, for your reward is many in heaven. You might be interested in: