Ep. LXXIV.
Although I am at home, my love is expatriated with you,
for affection makes us have all things common. Trusting in the
mercy of God, and in your prayers, I have great hopes that all will
turn out according to your mind, and that the hurricane will be turned
into a gentle breeze, and that God will give you this reward for your
orthodoxy, that you will overcome your opponents. Most of all I
long to see you shortly, and to have a good time with you, as I
pray. But if you delay owing to the pressure of affairs, at any
rate cheer me by a letter, and do not disdain to tell me all about your
circumstances, and to pray for me, as you are accustomed to do.
May God grant you health and good spirits in all
circumstances,—you who are the common prop of the whole
Church.