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ANU LAL

Drama Classics Inspirational

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ANU LAL

Drama Classics Inspirational

Silence

Silence

12 mins
286


Father Pius saw the woman the third time in the month. Standing still on the opposite curb of the road, her eyes, which seemed hollow on a pale face, were fixed on the statue of Christ on top of the porch. 




After the mass, Father Pius decided to confront the lady but was uncertain as he stepped outside the gate of the church. He saw at a distance in the junction, some men grouping as they had been doing every day whenever the church opened for mass. They were staring at him with violence in their eyes. He said a silent prayer to the Sacred Heart of Christ, withdrawing into his haven, among the people he most cared for, inside the precincts of the church. Someone patted on his back

and he turned, trying to forget the woman and the distant conspirators. 




It was Joseph and his family, the ones whose smiles reminded him of the bright mornings of early August, the month of the Holy Mother. 




“We invite you, Father, to visit our house today. My mother wants to receive her communion. Due to the protocols, we couldn’t bring her to church,” Joseph said. 




Father Pius thought for a moment without taking his eyes off the woman across the street. She was in a dull saree, lean, seemed weak and to be in her fifties.


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