By Nun Nymphodora (Karpovich)
Folk
wisdom has it that children are never shy of telling the truth. It happens that
the Lord reveals something hidden, which we cannot see, through the meek and
gentle children.
One day,
I had the chance to see with my own eyes that our children with special needs
are especially close to God. We brought them to the chapel in honour of the
Blessed Xenia, located in the Boarding Home for adults. The children sat in a
row on the carpet, looking at the priest, the choir, and the adult patients of
the boarding home who were making some noise. Then, like all children, they got
tired and started acting up. I attempted to calm them down but I forgot that
the chapel was a sacred place and that we’d come to meet God. It was time for
the Liturgy of the faithful. When the priest exclaimed, Holy things to the
holy! a little boy named Andrey called out loudly:
“God is
coming!”
Everyone
went quiet, and I was terrified. It was an evident miracle. How could a
toddler, who was barely able to talk and apparently did not even realise what
was going on in the church, announce the Great Entrance so accurately?
August 13, 2018
St. Elisabeth
Convent
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