Remember in your prayers the Church which is in Syria, which, instead of me, has now for its shepherd the Lord, who says, " I am the good Shepherd." And He alone will oversee it, as well as your love towards Him. But as for me, I am ashamed to be counted one of them ; for I am not worthy, as being the very last of them, and one born out of due time. But I have obtained mercy to be somebody, if I shall attain to God. My spirit salutes you, and the love of the Churches which have received me in the name of Jesus Christ, and not as a mere passer- by. For even those Churches which were not near to me in the way, have brought me forward, city by city.