Harbor for Our Hope: On Acquiring Peace Amidst Suffering
by Saint Ignatius (Brianchaninov)
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St Ignatius Brianchaninov (1807-1867) is renowned as a writer on the spiritual life in general. What is less well known is that throughout most of his adult life, he struggled with chronic illness and disability. Thus his own life experience disposed him to reflect on the meaning of suffering for human existence and how through it we might find "a harbor for our hope." The saint frequently returns to these themes in many of his letters, newly translated into English and excerpted, adapted, show more and presented here in thematic subject groups. These writings provided a source of consolation and encouragement for the translator during her husband's lengthy illness and eventual death. They will equally benefit all who suffer physical or spiritual pain, however great or small, and reveal how the love of God may be experienced in its midst. show lessTags
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Saint Ignatius (Brianchaninov) was one of the leading spiritual writers of nineteenth century Russia. He became a monk in 1831 and the bishop of the Caucasus and the Black Sea in 1857. He devoted much of his life to writing spiritual works, his most famous being known in English translation as the Arena, which has been continuously in print for show more almost half a century. He reposed in 1867 and was canonized in 1988. The Refuge is the inaugural English translation of the second volume of his Collected Works and follows the Field that was published in 2016. The soul that constantly remembers its duties abides in freedom. Its cares are lessened, and it does not worry about anything temporal. It cares only about reining in the passions and preserving the virtues; it constantly progresses in a life of virtue, filled with joy free of cares, abiding in a refuge with no misfortunes. show less
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