A Festal Letter after Keeping the Rites

The fountains of the Lord’s kindness are always gushing out with good things for those who believe. But some further good comes, to those who keep the feasts with the greater goodwill, through the celebrations that preserve the memory of the greatest of blessings. We have just now celebrated the rites and enjoyed their blessing, and so we greet Your Piety, as the custom of the feast and the law of love require. [a]