141. К ним же

We would like to see you with our physical eyes, but since this is impossible with the bonds of exile that hold us back, we daily contemplate you with the eyes of love, embrace you with our souls and constantly glorify and extol you for the zeal and zeal that from the very beginning you have constantly shown to the welfare of the Eastern churches. We earnestly ask you to complete your exploits with an ending worthy of a beginning. If those who have outraged everyone and filled everyone with confusion are distinguished by such zeal, then you, who are trying to correct their evil deeds, should all the more show special patience and constancy in your good zeal. Then your reward will be greater and your reward higher if, despite the many obstacles, you do not retreat, but will firmly and unremittingly repel difficulties with your vigilance and zeal. The paragraphs in the text were arranged by us. – Editorial staff of “ABC of Faith” You might be interested in: