Religious men have no need of commendation among priests who have the love that pleases God, and yet since an appropriate time for writing had presented itself, we have taken care to send a letter of ours to your Fraternities, informing you tht, with tthe Lord's assistance, we have sent across the beares of this letter and monk, Augustine, about whose endeavor we are in no doubt, and with him other monks, for the goof of their souls.
And it is necessary that your Holiness should assist him with priestly support, and hasten to provide him with your comfort. And so that you might be more ready to help him, we have order him to indicare carefully his reason for coming, knowing that when you find out all about it, you will apply yourselves with devotion to give him support, for the sake of God, since the situation demands it.
Cited from: The Letters of Gregory the Great, trans. John R.C. Martyn (Toronto: PIMS, 2004), II, 439
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