A GRACED NIGHT OF
CONFLUENCE AND
DIVERGENCE
It’s
Saturday night and a night for the PEACE
PRAYER outreach at Geylang. The regular Saturday night-walk is an initiative blessed and encouraged by the Association of Major Superiors of Malaysia, Singapore
and Brunei due to the burning issue of migration and illegal human
trafficking/modern slavery.
The evening began with a para-liturgy led by Cecelia Ee where we
experience a confluence of mind and heart that is infused with God’s
grace. A group of 16 of us, young and adult professionals, nuns,
brother, priests of the Franciscan Missionary of Mary, Good Shepherd, Order of Franciscan Friar, and Jesuits, was comfortably seated
around a glass-top roundtable. We paused to ponder over the introductory prayer and shared. Mal’s sharing particularly struck a cord
of resonance in many of us. She is a young professional from the
Ministry of Society and Family (MSF) and the parish of St. Joseph.
“Most of my friends would be out clubbing and partying on a Saturday night like tonight,” she chuckled, “and they exhorted me to get a
life, “ she added. “But my parents are supportive of me. And I have a
life too in the giving and sharing the unconditional love of God with
those girls on the streets of Geylang,” she concluded. She shared
about her experiences with friends, urging them to see the wounded )ͥ