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Encouragement

Jesus had been deeply touched by the story of the life and passion of Lazarus. He had called him out of his grave: "Come out!" This call had touched my heart deeply and in my sermon I had told how I had stuttered as a teenager and a young priest had "believed" in me and helped me to come out into my life. In the evening of that day I read an email: "When I heard this morning at Mass that you had stuttered as a teenager, so many faces of younger people appeared before my inner eye: children who now already have to struggle with darkness and great obstacles. But maybe it is Moni who later shows children with learning difficulties a lot of patience and love. And maybe it is Paula who later makes other desperate young people aware of how valuable they are. I could list many other examples. This encourages me to give these children as much love and encouragement as possible.