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We were expelled from the city land and from the city walls; but actually they couldn’t expel 107 from the city. If the city is you, and we are always with you and in you, then it is clear that, even living here, we live in that city. You have not driven us out of your souls: I am sure of that; in the same way, no matter where we go, we will carry all of you, our zealous followers, in our hearts. This does not allow us to feel either the desolation of the place of our imprisonment (although it is the most desolate in the entire universe), nor its state of siege from robbers (although it is under siege every day), nor the resulting famine, because we are nailed here with our bodies, but our souls are always with you. But given this disposition of our feelings, it is quite natural for us to desire a personal meeting with you and to grieve when it is impossible. And since it is hitherto impossible, yet correspondence is possible, which serves as its best reward, then reward us with it as generously as possible, and we will be completely consoled. You are able, my most venerable master, with your letters to arouse in us the sweet feeling of a personal meeting with you. The paragraphs in the text were arranged by us. – Editorial staff of “ABC of Faith” From Cucus in 404, like the next letter to Diogenes. You might be interested in: