WHY The burning question that torments the mind of the elderly is the word WHY.  In the vulnerability of their age and heaven knows their illnesses and disabilities their lives are stacked on a mountain of uncertainties.  The WHY to this is fathom in the forgetful minds of their children and families.  They need to feel safe and secure not living on the edge of feeling disaster will strike and no one cares. The wide spread of mental and physical abuse can only be measured by the coldness of the heart that feels empowered to exercise these evil deeds.  Money foremost drives the power of rejection and abuse.  If the elderly have money, property etc. the abuse is shadowed by the lurking hearts of wanting it all by inheritance and many use every opportunity to cease the moments in the weakness of the elderly to deceive, while giving them little or no true heart of love and caring.  These evil doers have to make sure some semblance of decent care is...

STONE CUTTER The village of Uthiramerur is built on large boulders.  Our neighbor’s land had what started out to be a four foot projected boulder.  He hired a Stone Cutter to begin the process of removing the boulder.  The Stone Cutter uses a five inch iron chisel and an iron hammer.  He also uses an iron sledge hammer and iron rod to pull up the broken pieces of the boulder. The photograph depicts to me a Stone Cutter using ancient old method who knows his craft perfectly but who in his humility bows to the wisdom given to him by the old man. It reminded me no matter what we know or what we do that wisdom is always in those who came before us and have live life longer…RESPECT THE ELDERLY! ©Linda Mary Liotino ME A SERVANT OF CHRIST MISSION 2015       

THE VULNERABLE This elderly man of poor health has been coming to ME A SERVANT OF CHRIST MISSION every Sunday for the last two years needing twenty rupees to buy half a pound of rice.  He never asks for more and blesses us every time for the money.  Other than the blessing he rarely says anything else. Approximately a little more than a month ago the elderly man did not stop by to get his rice money and we noted this but since we did not know where he lived we thought he might be sick.  The following week he stopped by to tell us he had been beaten up and the goons stole his property papers and took his land.  He went to the police but since it was Diwali (Hindu Festival) the police refused to register his complaint or look into the fact he had been beaten until the festival was over making the elderly man return once more to them.  The police took the complaint and placed it into the hands of an arbitrator, which in essence told the elderly m...