It has been approximately almost 8 years now since the last time I saw Father Bala. He was my First Holy Communion Priest. He was the humblest and most soft spoken man I have ever known my whole life. Also, one born with a golden heart.
Father Bala lost his dad at a very young age. When he was a kid, he used to see his classmates being sent to school with a bicycle by their fathers, and he longed for that one day, when someone would carry him at the back of the bicycle and send him to school too. Yes, he longed for that.
But that one day never came. There was no one. There was no bicycle. There was only him.
This one man, touched my heart in so many ways i can never explain. He passionately fought for the rights of single mothers. He is the founder of Fatima Home in Melaka - a home to many homeless kids. This man, is the person who instill in me the one best advice that i live by: -
"The best gift you can give to your child, is education, and Love."
True, no? Yes, apart from my Loving daddy, this is the second man whom I have the utmost respect for.
when did u see him?
ReplyDeleteThanks God for people like him ♥
ReplyDelete@Wendy: Last weekend, I was travelling at Melaka. Met Gerard too Ü
ReplyDelete@Angel: Indeed! And for one like you too! ♥
You're forgetting yourself ♥
ReplyDeleteI thank heavens for having YOU in my life!
Father Clement Bala passed away late last nite at Putra Specialist Hospital. May perpetual light shine upon this extraordinary gentlemen. RIP Father Bala
ReplyDeleteThank you for letting me know, Dominic. I am deeply saddened to hear this news.. What a great great loss to the world. He has always been a role model and a person that I have the utmost level of respect for. May his soul rest in peace.
DeleteFuneral service today at 4pm, St Francis Xavier Church.
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