On The World Economic Crisis

by St. Nicholai Velimirovich

Our father among the American saints, St. Nicholai Velimirovich, wrote this in response to a request from one of his priests.

This is  from the 1929 letter to priest K.

This is timeless wisdom, and especially helpful in our own economic crisis. It also reminds us of what must be done about it.

You are asking me, man of God, about the reason and meaning of the present crisis. Who am I that you ask me about this great mystery?

“Speak if you have something greater than silence,”

said St. Gregory the Theologian.

And although I find that presently silence is higher than any word, I will, out of love for you, write what I think about this question.

“Crisis” is a Greek word, and in translation it means “judgment”. In the Holy Scripture the word “judgment” is used many times. We read in the Psalms, Read more