Anthony and Francis

News of deaths. Anthony Thekkel and Francis Kharjia have gone to their eternal reward. I might have met Francis, who belonged to the Mumbai Province, but I don't remember him well. It was a great shock to the Mumbai confreres, because it was a sudden death. Probably he succumbed to a massive heart-attack. But Anthony, belonged to the Guwahati Province.. I've known him well. He was my Assistant (Regent) for some time at Bosco Mount, Tura. A person whom I'll remember for his maturity. The last few years of his life, he was suffering a lot.... with a very rare disease: "stage 4 pulmonary sarcoidosis with end-stage lung disease." He was not even 49 years old when he died. Can't believe he's no more. Though we expected this, we can't believe this has happened. So soon he's gone to his eternal reward. Lord, without you mortal frailty can do nothing!