Basil

You don't desire the kingdom?

You don't fear hell?

If horrors don't terrify, if glories don't attract, I am speaking to a heart of stone.

Let us then prepare ourselves for burial, and let us in any case do the things Christ has directed us to do, so that we may become inheritors of everlasting life.

What we have always done.

Rebuild what has been destroyed, attend to our prayers, live in friendship and loving kindness,

We are meek and poor in spirit.

Ours is the kingdom of heaven, and we will inherit the earth.

We have nothing to lose, and we have nothing to fear.

Return to your prayers and to your work.

I will stand in front of the flock with you, Basil.

If it is God's will, we will receive the crowns of glory side by side.

The crowns for those who persevere to the end.

I focus on the work.

I am the shepherd of this great flock.

The Feast of Theophany approaches.

Theophany, Macrina, the feast of the visible manifestation of God with us.

God is with us!

I am not concerned by any emperor on earth.

Soon, I will hold the true emperor of the world in my hands.