Fourteen members visited the St. Theresa
Home’s for the Aged on Sun 19Aug. The
Home has about 200 residents, cared for by a dedicated team of 50 staff,
overseen by the Brothers of Mercy. We
attended Mass in the chapel together with the Catholic residents and nursing
aids. In the midst of human frailty, we
were reminded of our own dependence on God’s benevolence and continued
blessings. The Second Reading from Eph
5:15-20 was a call from St. Paul to “Watch carefully then how you live...” and
to make good use of the opportunity offered by the present time to live out the
will of God in our lives.
After Mass, we served the residents food
catered from the SCORE Food Services. We
joined the residents for a sumptuous lunch of sweet and sour chicken, lemon sliced
fish, braised bean curd with mixed seafood, Loh Han Chye, Yong Chow fried rice,
prawn and chives omelette, and desert of almond long an jelly. The residents and staff were appreciative of
our gesture of love; and we, thankful to the Lord for the many opportunities to
live out our vocations as Vincentians to share in his works of feeding His
lambs.
