The personal story I have about Thirumeni is
from the Youth conference in Nyack, New York that I attended as a kid.
Activities on Saturday night ran late, but Thirumeni announced that
Church on Sunday would start at 8am. Somehow it ended up that Thirumeni
and a few of us kids were the only ones to show up on time. Thirumeni
handed me the censer containing incense (which I did not know how to
use) and then started Mass on time. The adults who came later were
stunned but not surprised – His Grace always kept his word.
Reading about his charitable initiatives these last couple of days as well as the tenants he lived by is inspirational:
- The call to ‘Sunday Christians’ to become ‘Everyday Christians’
- To not only fight against poverty, inequality, and discrimination but to go and do something about it (the Orphanage in Mavelikkara, the Marriage aid fund, the Sickness Fund, etc.)
- To let actions speak louder than any eloquent words
He will be missed.
Jerry
-Thomas K Varghese Jr, Chicago
Reading about his charitable initiatives these last couple of days as well as the tenants he lived by is inspirational:
- The call to ‘Sunday Christians’ to become ‘Everyday Christians’
- To not only fight against poverty, inequality, and discrimination but to go and do something about it (the Orphanage in Mavelikkara, the Marriage aid fund, the Sickness Fund, etc.)
- To let actions speak louder than any eloquent words
He will be missed.
Jerry
-Thomas K Varghese Jr, Chicago
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