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

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To a widow.Letter CCLXXXIII. 3242To a widow.I hope to find a suitable day for the conference, after those which I intend to fix for thehill-country. I see no opportunity for our meeting (unless the Lord so order it beyond myexpectation), other than at a public conference.You may imagine my position from your own experience. If in the care of a singlehousehold you are beset with such a crowd of anxieties, how many distractions, think you,each day brings to me?Your dream, I think, reveals more perfectly the necessity of making provision for spiritualcontemplation, <strong>and</strong> cultivating that mental vision by which God is wont to be seen.Enjoying as you do the consolation of the <strong>Holy</strong> Scriptures, you st<strong>and</strong> in need neither of myassistance nor of that of anybody else to help you to comprehend your duty. You have theall-sufficient counsel <strong>and</strong> guidance of the <strong>Holy</strong> Spirit to lead you to what is right.3242 Placed in the episcopate.852

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