LXXVIII.—To the Pastors.

Thou who seekest to feed others, and hast prepared what thou couldest by assiduously feeding, hast done rightly.  But still look after the poor man, who cannot feed thee again:  then will thy table be approved by the one God.  The Almighty has bidden such even especially to be fed.  Consider, when thou feedest the sick, thou art also lending to the High One.  In that thing the Lord has wished that you should stand before Him approved.

LXXVIII.---PASTORI.

Pascere qui quaeris, et quod potuisti parasti; Assidue pascendo recte fecisti. Sed tamen invise pauperem qui te non repascat. Tunc erit mensa tua per unum Deum probata. Omnipotens tales vel maxime pasci praecepit. Respice cum pascis infirmos, et feneras Alto. In illo vos Dominus voluit probatos adesse.