Brother Andrew tells of being in hospital full of resentment and hatred during the Indonesian war in 1946. Whilst in hospital a bible had been delivered to him.
One day - he writes - I asked the nun who came to bathe me how it was that she and the other sisters were always so cheerful.
"Why, Andrew, you ought to know the answer to that - a good dutch boy like you. It’s the love of christ." When she said it, her eyes sparkled, and I knew without question that for her this was the whole answer, she could have talked all
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