Ishoyahb to Mar Moses

[Metropolitan Ishoʿyahb letter #14]

I received once on the road both hastily and with a traveler, but now at home and in the quiet I have experienced the alterations, and the letter of your Charity from a courier who is waiting for a reply. The first letter, from being first answered, the manner in which it thus came, and the defects of other mail, prevented to the other, to the present, the answer is now also in the present time itself, and at the same time also in the former.

You have written in the past about many doubtful questions and many advices to me and to the happy man with whom the business of your charity is well placed. It seems to me that you no longer labored so hard by persuasion, but persevered in being refreshed with works of charity, and your works are already works of charity; even by works faith is accomplished, as it is written, that is, charity is made perfect by its fruits. This is true for the previous letter.

But for this present letter, which provided only mentions of charity and fittingly greetings, it is fitting that it is fair to give the fruit of salvation. So be in peace, brother. Rejoice and thank God for the things that are done with us. For our Catholic father himself is whole, and his works yield successfully to the glory of God with various signs and miracles. The providence of God abundantly fosters my weakness, and now I enjoy peace in freedom much higher than the submission of time suffers and my sins deserve it. Pray, then, that our will may be accomplished by the will of God. Be healthy and the Lord help you.