List of points

I pray every day with all my heart that God may give us the gift of tongues. Such a gift of tongues does not mean knowing a number of languages, but knowing how to adapt oneself to the capacities of one’s hearers.

—It’s not a question of “saying foolish things to the crowd so that they understand”, but of speaking words of wisdom in clear Christian speech that all can understand.

—This is the gift of tongues that I ask of Our Lord and of his Holy Mother for all their children.

I insist: ask God to grant us, his children, the “gift of tongues”, the gift of making ourselves understood by all.

You can find the reason why I want this “gift of tongues” in the pages of the Gospel, which abound in parables, in examples which materialise the doctrine and illustrate spiritual truths, without debasing or degrading the word of God.

All of us, both the learned and the less learned, find it easier to reflect on and understand God’s message through these human images.