Letter 11: After by God's grace I had passed the sacred day with our sons, and had kept a really perfect feast to the Lord because of their exceeding love to God, I sent them in good health to your excellency, with a prayer to our loving God to give them an angel of peace to help and accompany them, and to grant them to find you in good health and assured ...

To some friends After spending the holy day with our sons, by Gods grace -- keeping a truly perfect feast to the Lord because of their extraordinary love for God -- I have sent them on to you in good health, with a prayer to our loving God to give them an angel of peace as their helper and companion on the road, and to grant that they find you in good health and settled peace. My hope is that wherever your circumstances may place you, I may be gladdened for the rest of my days whenever I hear news of you, knowing that you are serving and giving thanks to the Lord. If God should soon free you from your present responsibilities, I beg you to let nothing stand in the way of coming to stay with me. I do not think you will find anyone who loves you more or values your friendship more highly. So long as the Holy One ordains this separation, make sure you never miss a chance to comfort me with a letter.

ST. BASIL OF CAESAREA Without address. To some friends. After by God's grace I had passed the sacred day with our sons, and had kept a really perfect feast to the Lord because of their exceeding love to God, I sent them in good health to your excellency, with a prayer to our loving God to give them an angel of peace to help and accompany them, and to grant them to find you in good health and assured tranquillity, to the end that wherever your lot may be cast, I to the end of my days, whenever I hear news of you, may be gladdened to think of you as serving and giving thanks to the Lord. If God should grant you to be quickly freed from these cares I beg you to let nothing stand in the way of your coming to stay with me. I think you will find none to love you so well, or to make more of your friendship. So long, then, as the Holy One ordains this separation, be sure that you never lose an opportunity of comforting me by a letter. About this page Source. Translated by Blomfield Jackson. From Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, Second Series, Vol. 8. Edited by Philip Schaff and Henry Wace. (Buffalo, NY: Christian Literature Publishing Co., 1895.) Revised and edited for New Advent by Kevin Knight. <https://www.newadvent.org/fathers/3202011.htm>. Contact information. The editor of New Advent is Kevin Knight. My email address is feedback732 at newadvent.org. (To help fight spam, this address might change occasionally.) Regrettably, I can't reply to every letter, but I greatly appreciate your feedback — especially notifications about typographical errors and inappropriate ads.