Quote from Letter 9.153 to the inhabitants of the island of Cáorle, in the province of Istria. May 599
Our Redeemer and Mediator between God and mankind, not forgetting our human condition, so joins the highest things with the lowest that, remaining forever in eternity himself, he arranges our temporal matters.
He does so with such a hidden impulse, determining them with holy moderation, that the ancient enemy can in no way seize from his hand those whom He knew before the start of time had to be united forever within the bosom of mother Church.
For even if any of those among whom he lives are blown apart by the winds of adversity for a while, and waver like the young shoots of a vine, yet the root of true faith that rises up from beneath the earth remains green through the divine will, so it might display fruit from its hidden store at the appointed time.
Our Redeemer and Mediator between God and mankind, not forgetting our human condition, so joins the highest things with the lowest that, remaining forever in eternity himself, he arranges our temporal matters.
He does so with such a hidden impulse, determining them with holy moderation, that the ancient enemy can in no way seize from his hand those whom He knew before the start of time had to be united forever within the bosom of mother Church.
For even if any of those among whom he lives are blown apart by the winds of adversity for a while, and waver like the young shoots of a vine, yet the root of true faith that rises up from beneath the earth remains green through the divine will, so it might display fruit from its hidden store at the appointed time.
Cited from: The Letters of Gregory the Great, trans. John R.C. Martyn (Toronto: PIMS, 2004), II, 637.
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