"For a thousand years God has given no bishop such great gifts as he has
given me; and we should rejoice in his gifts. I am angry with myself
that I cannot rejoice in my heart over her, nor give thanks; although
now and then I can sing a little song to our God, and thank him a little
for all this. But let us take courage; living or dying, we are the
Lord's. 'Sive vivimus, sive moremur, Domini sumus.' This is true,
whether we take 'Domini' in the nominative or the genitive: we are the
Lord's, and in him we are lords over death and life."