Reflections...

It seems unreal, everything that has happened and yet it is real. Life goes on, people are caught up in their daily routine and we must move on.....it is not easy.

Yesterday, we celebrated a memorial mass at Holy Trinity with Fr Timothy Yeo who was David's best buddy from St Bernadette days. It was good to have this final passage so to speak, we will have to come to terms with our loss sooner or later, but it is hard to come to terms with this because our brother was larger than life.

He kept us from going adrift, he was our anchor and he was the one who was supposed to look after us, all of us, he was our Saviour. So much burden on one person.....it's ok brother dearest, you rest now, it's our turn.

The following is another article that David wrote for 'Dovetail', it gives meaning to our suffering...so appropriate..thank you my dearest David you keep answering my prayers everyday..read and enjoy.

"Humanity is called to joy and a happy life, but everyday we experience many forms of pain, and illness is the most common expression of human suffering."

In the face of it all we spontaneously wonder: Why do we suffer? Can physical or moral pain be a positive experience?

Suffering cannot be transformed by external grace, but from within and often this internal rocess varies. Christ does not answer us directly or in the abstract. In order to hear His saving answer, the one who suffers needs to gradually also share in Christ's sufferings.

The answer that comes through this sharing is a call, "Follow me! Come! Take part through your suffering in this work of saving the world, a salvation achieved through my suffering, through my Cross!"

This is why when faced with the enigma of suffering, as Christians we can proclaim, "Your will be done, Lord" and repeat with Jesus, "My Father, if it is possible, let this cup pass from me, nevertheless, not as I will, but as You will." (Matt 26:39)

Seen in this way, illness and the darker moments of life acquire a profound dimension, even one of Hope. We are never alone with our suffering. Christ, who gives meaning to Life is always with us. With Christ everything has meaning. Without Him, nothing can be fully explained, not even the legitimate pleasures God has joined to the various moments of human life.

With these thoughts, I wish to inspire in each of you, the sentiments that enable us to undergo our present trials, seeing them as an opportunity to discover God among the shadows and doubts and to glimpse the broad horizons that can only be seen from the height of our daily crosses.

May the Lords peace be yours always, Fr David.

He was always with David when he collapsed in Bangkok, when he was at death's door for 11 days, when he took that fateful flight back home in the air ambulance and when he passed away,
he was not alone, He was with him...we can take comfort in that.

God bless everyone of you and please continue to lift our David in prayer.