'. .
. and the breath came into them, and they
lived, and stood upon their feet, an exceeding
great army.'
Ezekiel
37, 10
'You are the living demonstration of the marvels
of the virtue of energy. .
.
. You have given a
great example, which We would like to emphasize,
because it can give a lead to all: You have shown
what an energetic soul can achieve, in spite of
apparently insurmountable obstacles imposed by
the body.'
H.H. Pope John XXIII on the
occasion of the 1960 International
Stoke Mandeville Games in Rome
