LETTER IV

第四封信

To the Blessed Virgin Clare and her Sisters at

St. Damiaiis.

致圣达米亚斯的充满恩宠的童贞克莱尔姐妹和其他众姐妹。

 To his beloved Sister Clare and the other Sisters of St. Damian's, Brother Francis, health in the Lord.

致圣达米亚斯的亲爱的克莱尔姐妹和其他众姐妹，方济各兄弟，主内安康。

 Since, by the divine inspiration, you have made yourselves daughters and handmaids of the most high and sovereign King, the Heavenly Father, and have taken the Holy Ghost for your Spouse, choosing to live according to the perfection of the holy Gospel, I will and promise to have always, by myself and by my brothers, a diligent care and special solicitude for you, as for them, Farewell in the Lord.

由于圣神的启示，你已使你和你的女儿们，至高君王、在天之父的婢女，以圣神做你们的净配，选择按照神圣福音的完美方式渡圣善的生活，我和我的兄弟们将会并许诺，给予你们勤勉的关注与特殊的关切，就如同对他们一样，主内再见。