“Sorrow will become joy” is a book from the “Balm for the Soul” series, which contains sayings and reflections of St. Ignatius Brianchaninov. In conditions where it is not easy to find a spiritual leader, the saint teaches to be guided by what life provides, or rather God Himself, who places us in circumstances most favorable for our salvation. To derive spiritual benefit from various, sometimes bitter, life situations, so that illness becomes a cure , and suffering is the joy of the knowledge of God - about this are the words of the ascetic who knew both the Cross and the Resurrection from his own experience. The outstanding literary gift of the holy writer makes these texts a masterpiece of the Golden Age of Russian literature.