Eye to Eye

Quote from Letter 9.14 to John, an illustrious man from Palermo. October 598

We (also) accept your complaint now somewhat less, because we cannot see the man of love. But a person was here to tell me that it was impossible for your Glory to make a voyage now, and for that reason I retained what I loved and spared what had angered me. 
May almighty God guard you with his protection and defend you from all evils with his continual grace.

Cited from: The Letters of Gregory the Great, trans. John R.C. Martyn (Toronto: PIMS, 2004), II, 554