Harbor for Our Hope: On Acquiring Peace Amidst Sufferingby St. Ignatius Brianchaninov Translated by Elena Borowski 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

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