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This is a strong proof of your love, your spiritual care and ardent disposition towards us, that you not only sent a multi-component ointment, but made sure that its use could be beneficial, and also sent along with it spikenard and wine oil to correct it if it became too dry from the long journey. You write that you prepared it yourself, did not trust others, and did not do it hastily, but did it diligently; and after this your disposition towards us decisively amazes us. We express our gratitude to you for this, complaining only that you did not send us in a letter what we especially wanted, namely, good news about your health. And since we are still preoccupied, not knowing the state of your illness, then if you soon send us a letter notifying us that your illness is over, you will give us the greatest pleasure. So, knowing how much we desire to receive information that you have really risen after this weakness, give us this joy: it will serve us, amid the hardships of our desert and our state of siege, as a considerable consolation. The paragraphs in the text were arranged by us. – Editorial staff of “ABC of Faith” From Kukuz in 404 or 405. You might be interested in: