Testimony of an Austrian priest who attended a meeting with Fra Elia in Germany.
I have been home for a week and the memory of Fra Elia and all of you continues to be alive in me. The intense scent of roses,o which I personally savored accompanied me during the whole trip home, and I could smell it even in bed.
I can assure you that for this I am happy, content and feel blessed. And with joy I write to you to give you my testimony.
On the highway to Munich I got into a long traffic jam that lasted two hours, but the fragrance never left me, and this made me think that Fra Elia was with me and was accompanying me.
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For me, the experience in Wigratzbad was profound and very important and marked me very much.
I will always remember it.
Now I am struggling because I can barely talk about it with others. It is difficult to describe how I felt and to share such a moving experience with others.
They were blessed days for which I feel very grateful.
And to think that I came to Wigratzbad with no expectations and quite incredulous!!!
And instead I achieved so much, more than I deserved.
I am infinitely grateful to Fra Elia who allowed me to live next to him even in his private life.
Father John from Austria.