Jean Vanier set up L’Arche communities throughout
the world for people with disabilities.
He tells how in one of the communities there was a
man called Pierre who had a mental disability.
One day somebody asked Pierre,
‘Do you like praying?’
‘Yes,’ he answered.
‘And what do you do when you pray?’
the questioner asked.
‘I listen,’ Pierre answered.
‘And what does God say to you?’
‘He says, “Pierre, you are my beloved son”.’