Letter 699
To the Same Person.
"In your patience you will gain possession of your souls," says the Savior [Luke 21:19]. For out of patience, out of things we had no hope for, we shall find consolation; for those things which no one among men expected, these the Lord both arranges and graciously bestows upon those who patiently endure it [patience] through faith and hope. Therefore Jeremiah says that "The Lord is good to those who wait for him, and to the soul that seeks him out" [Lamentations 3:25, traditionally ascribed to Jeremiah].
AI-assisted translation - This translation was produced with AI assistance and has not been peer-reviewed. See the 19th-century translation or original Latin/Greek below for scholarly use.
Latin / Greek Original
« Ἐν τῇ ὑπομονῇ ὑμῶν κτήσεσθε τὰς ψυχὰς ὑμῶν, » φησὶν ὁ Σωτήρ. Ἐκ γὰρ τῆς ὑπομονῆς ἐκ τῶν ἀνελπίστων, παραμυθίαν εὑρήσομεν· ἃ γὰρ μηδεὶς ἀνθρώπων προσεδόκησε, ταῦτα καὶ οἰκονομεῖ, καὶ χαρίζεται Κύριος τοῖς διὰ πίστεως καὶ ἐλπίδος ὑπομένουσι αὐτήν. Διόπερ φησὶν ὁ Ἱερεμίας, ὅτι « Ἀγαθὸς
Κύριος τοῖς ὑπομένουσιν αὐτὸν, καὶ τῇ ψυχῇ τῇ ἐκ-
ζητούσῃ αὐτόν.
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- 2026-05-27v2.2.34-import
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