People who are old or sick and offer themselves to God can become the most precious members of a community - lightning conductors of grace. There is a mystery in the secret strength of those whose bodies are broken, who seem to do nothing all day, but who remain in the presence of God. Their immobility obliges them to keep their minds and hearts fixed on the essential, on the source of life itself. Their suffering and agony bears fruit; they give life.(Jean Vanier, Community and Growth, page 155)
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