(For) Truth itself informs us that divine grace does not desert a desire of this sort [the joys of our heavenly Father], as He says: 'For everyone who seeks, finds, and he who asks, receives, and to the one who knocks, it shall be opened'. And so, supported by this certitude, we ought to have no uncertainty about the compassion of the same Redeemer of ours, but should be confident with hope, free of doubt.
For he who agrees to want it, will not be frustrated by the size of his gift, but certainly needs the strength to uphold it. For seeking this itself now with desire, is a gift (...). Therefoe, let us ask by praying, let us seek by reading, let us knock by doing good deeds.
Cited from: The Letters of Gregory the Great, trans. John R.C. Martyn (Toronto: PIMS, 2004), II, 490
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