FAITH AND HOPE IN GOD’S PROVIDENCE
By St. Ignatius Brianchaninov (+1867).
St. Ignatius Brianchaninov stands out as one of the
greatest patristic writers of the nineteenth century. This great saint left to
Orthodox Christians a compass by which we can check our direction as vve
traverse the complex path of spiritual life, to avoid the dark forests and
pitfalls of spiritual delusion and pride.
There is no such thing as blind happenstance (a
circumstance especially that is due to chance, Ed. God rules the world, and
all that happens in heaven and under the heavens happens according to the wise
and omnipotent God, unfathomable in His wisdom and omnipotence,, and
unfathomable in His governance.
If there is not a single event that is secret from
God, then we must glorify God for everything that happens.
