People are looking for someone to listen to them. Someone willing to grant them time, to listen to their dramas and difficulties. This is what I call the “apostolate of the ear, ” and it is important. Very important. I feel compelled to say to confessors: talk, listen with patience, and above all tell people that God loves them. Pope Francis
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