Monday, January 30, 2006
For the silent sufferers with no names
With the cold wave of sub-zero temperatures sweeping across Europe, scores of people with no homes are left the merciless onslaughts of the extreme winds. Many will die alone and in silence.
These are the individuals who have been forgotten by their relatives, by society and by the best of charitable organisations. Sometimes, there are so many of such people that it is impossible to look after each and every single one of them.
To these people who are about to die and who are dying out there in the cold, we offer our prayers. That their entry into the next life will mark the end of their earthly suffering and pain.
To each and everyone of these lives, our compassion and prayers must touch and redeem in ways unknown to human laws and human knowledge, for the mercy and love of even one individual will smoothen the passage of many. The kind of love that is common currency in the realm of the divine.
These are the individuals who have been forgotten by their relatives, by society and by the best of charitable organisations. Sometimes, there are so many of such people that it is impossible to look after each and every single one of them.
To these people who are about to die and who are dying out there in the cold, we offer our prayers. That their entry into the next life will mark the end of their earthly suffering and pain.
To each and everyone of these lives, our compassion and prayers must touch and redeem in ways unknown to human laws and human knowledge, for the mercy and love of even one individual will smoothen the passage of many. The kind of love that is common currency in the realm of the divine.