Communion - Don't Play, Play, ok!...

I have to visit Serene Nursing Home in a short while to attend to an elderly gentleman there for his confession. Probably give him communion also. I have gone down to that place a few times already since I was posted to this parish and it is nestled within the Joo Chiat vicinity and near a Chinese temple. I usually walk there as it is more convenient and allows me to exercise my legs a little. In today's current weather we are having now, it may be a breezy and cooling journey there. :-)

Not so for one of our Communion Minister to the Sick who had to endure a frightening and strange incident on her way to give communion to one our of homebound parishioner around the Marine Terrace neighbourhood the Thursday past. She bumped into two loanshark brutes who were about to harass this elderly person's at home, whose son probably had some unsavoury connection with these louts. They came from behind our CM making accusations and shouting at her who was about to knock on the door but stopped herself from doing so. As she turned around, suddenly the louts covered their eyes, as though they were blinded by something extremely bright, and turned around and ran away like the devil was on their tails. Our CM was bemused and a little shock by the whole affair. What caused those goons to flee and so suddenly too?

She was carrying hosts for her rounds of giving communion to 8 parishioners. The hosts were in the pyx which was in a pouch that hung around her neck. As she turned around the pouch was in full view of the goons. Till today, our CM has no explanation for what happened that day. All we can say is, Praise the Lord!