RIP

This past month, two of dad's classmates have passed away...

1. His best friend, passed away from a parotid gland cancer, after a 2 year battle.
2. A GP, who met with a motor vehicle accident, was discharged from hospital, only to fall into a coma because of a subdural haemorrhage.

Another significant person in my life to have passed on is Rev Fr Benedict Nieukey , who passed away this morning at 11.40am.

I must say that I was very privileged to have visited him this morning, and left about 30 minutes before he breathed his last.

I remember visiting him before leaving for Ireland, and him telling me stories of his time there. He was a student in Dublin too once upon a time when the IRA were still active, and when the spire was still a clock tower.

And of course the letter I received while I was still in Dublin from this man, asking me about how I was settling in there...

I am sure that the many people whose lives he has touched from far and near will be converging on the LSP in the coming 3 days to pay their respects to lifeless remains of this very humble and wise man.