1. HEROES AROUND US
Tragedies and hardships bring out the best in the good, and the worst in the bad.
The present pandemic has been added proof of both these truths.
While a large section of the press was busy with political trivia and quoting people who sought publicity, many good people went about doing good. The media look for scandals and tragedies. Goodness is generally unreported.
Want touching examples of human goodness? Here is one.
Sold her Jewelry to Help the Poor
Pascal and Rozy, a couple from Mumbai. Rozy has been critically ill with kidney disease for five years. She has also suffered a brain hemorrhage. Far from drowning in self-pity, this couple did something exceptional. Because of her condition, Pascal bought oxygen cylinders and kept them at home, to use in an emergency. One night, a friend called asking for an oxygen cylinder. Pascal gave him one at once. What he did next is even more striking. He says, “In my neighborhood, I saw people who had no supplies. Weeks passed but there was a continuous shortage of food. I couldn’t just watch; so I arranged for two tons of pulses and grains to give them.”
Fr Joe Mannath SDB
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