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NPNF2-08. Basil: Letters and Select Works - Holy Bible Institute

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Without address. To some friends.Without address. To some friends. 1887Letter XI. 1886After by God’s grace I had passed the sacred day with our sons, <strong>and</strong> had kept a reallyperfect feast to the Lord because of their exceeding love to God, I sent them in good healthto your excellency, with a prayer to our loving God to give them an angel of peace to help<strong>and</strong> accompany them, <strong>and</strong> to grant them to find you in good health <strong>and</strong> assured tranquillity,to the end that wherever your lot may be cast, I to the end of my days, whenever I hear newsof you, may be gladdened to think of you as serving <strong>and</strong> giving thanks to the Lord. If Godshould grant you to be quickly freed from these cares I beg you to let nothing st<strong>and</strong> in theway of your coming to stay with me. I think you will find none to love you so well, or tomake more of your friendship. So long, then, as the <strong>Holy</strong> One ordains this separation, besure that you never lose an opportunity of comforting me by a letter.1886 Of the same period as X.1887 Possibly to Olympius, the recipient of XII. cf. Letter ccxi.390

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