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see Salesian priest recounts harrowing tale of his capture, liberation - Catholic Sentinel
Muslim extremists attacked the home for the aged and disabled where he served, slaughtering four nuns and other people there, but for some reason let him live, and kept him prisoner for 18 months.
“He spent most of his days praying for the pope, his bishop, his Salesian brothers, and “certainly those sisters, all those persons whom God had called” on the day of his abduction.”
“‘Just give me the strength to do every day what I have to do. Yesterday’s gone, sweet Jesus, and tomorrow may never be mine. Lord, help me today, show me the way, one day at a time,’ he would sing to himself in the solitude of his room.”
This priest from India serving in a Muslim country was in the news several months ago when he was captured, but how it would end, no one could say, not even himself when he was a prisoner.
A photograph of this priest right after his liberation is provided at http://www.catholicherald.co.uk/content/uploads/2017/09/fr-tom-800x500.jpg
Muslim extremists attacked the home for the aged and disabled where he served, slaughtering four nuns and other people there, but for some reason let him live, and kept him prisoner for 18 months.
“He spent most of his days praying for the pope, his bishop, his Salesian brothers, and “certainly those sisters, all those persons whom God had called” on the day of his abduction.”
“‘Just give me the strength to do every day what I have to do. Yesterday’s gone, sweet Jesus, and tomorrow may never be mine. Lord, help me today, show me the way, one day at a time,’ he would sing to himself in the solitude of his room.”
This priest from India serving in a Muslim country was in the news several months ago when he was captured, but how it would end, no one could say, not even himself when he was a prisoner.
A photograph of this priest right after his liberation is provided at http://www.catholicherald.co.uk/content/uploads/2017/09/fr-tom-800x500.jpg
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