Often some unexpected misery bears down on us, and we vainly ask why. Only the Church 
of Christ knows that there is an underlying cause for every misfortune. The Church places all misfortunes into two groups: one, those that come upon sinners because of some old, unrepented sin; and two, those that come upon the righteous and serve, according to the words of Chrysostom “as a means of receiving a wreath, as was with the case with Lazarus and Job.”
St. Nikolai Velimirovic
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