Quote from Letter 9.163 to Maurentius, a general. May-June 599
For he [Theodosius, abbot of a community of monks in Campania] asserts that they are being afflicted very greatly by the watches they keep on the walls, and they can no longer cope. And so we ask your Glory to relieve the abbot of his burden , if indeed it is possible. However, if it is really difficult fro him to be relieved totally, then with my recommendation, you should so temper the weight of his burden, by reducing it for him a little, that he can apply himself more freely to the praise of God, and can pray to the Lord more confidently on your behalf, through whose work he has had some relief.
For he [Theodosius, abbot of a community of monks in Campania] asserts that they are being afflicted very greatly by the watches they keep on the walls, and they can no longer cope. And so we ask your Glory to relieve the abbot of his burden , if indeed it is possible. However, if it is really difficult fro him to be relieved totally, then with my recommendation, you should so temper the weight of his burden, by reducing it for him a little, that he can apply himself more freely to the praise of God, and can pray to the Lord more confidently on your behalf, through whose work he has had some relief.
Cited from: The Letters of Gregory the Great, trans. John R.C. Martyn (Toronto: PIMS, 2004), II, 646.
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