Epistles

I have no pleasure in the food of corruption or in the delights of this life, I desire the bread of God, which is the flesh of Jesus Christ, who was of the seed of David, and for drink I desire his blood, which is incorruptible love.[*](There is here perhaps a play on the words: the word translated love was also used either as a synonym for the Eucharist, or, as some think, as the name of a religious meal originally connected with the Eucharist.)

I no longer desire to live after the manner of[*](Desire of martyrdom) men, and this shall be, if you desire it. Desire it, in order that you also may be desired.

I beg you by this short letter; believe me. And Jesus Christ shall make this plain to you, that I am speaking the truth. He is the mouth which cannot lie, by which the Father has spoken truly.