Adeus Amigo
Adeus
amigo, adeus my friend. With deep grief and with my sorrowful heart, tears in
my eyes, I pen these few lines as a tribute to the late Fr. Jose Desidorio
Bismarque Dias, a great son of the soil of Santo Estevam.
It was our Alma Mater St. Theresa High School at Santo Estevam, as tiny tots to adolescent youth we passed out from the school with good and bad experiences and a cheerful life we had spent in school. We were also together in Dhempe College of Arts and Science at Miramar, where we did 12th Science.
Here in our own paradise we shared our views on different topics and you were a trustful counselor to me. You loved and praised our ancestors for giving us this paradise called Jua. We explored the whole island and every cornerstone by walking, talking and admiring the hard work of our ancestors which you always tried to protect. Your Kindness Manifesto (Doiea) during the elections in 2012 was the need of the hour for broken hearts and distressed minds in this materialistic world.
But like David you were fighting with the Goliaths who are standing next to our doors. David won many fights and he also had to surrender to God’s call, but David inherited a whole new world to us. The seed which you have sown will be a fruit-bearing tree of your hard work and the torture which you have gone through.
As the sun sets and there is the moon to give us light, we also have to remember that there are dark nights too. But with hope and grace of the Almighty God we prepare for the new rising dawn the next day.
You will always be remembered in the legacy of Santo Estevam. Adeus amigo, adeus a fearless servant of Christ.
- Jose Lucas Mattos
It was our Alma Mater St. Theresa High School at Santo Estevam, as tiny tots to adolescent youth we passed out from the school with good and bad experiences and a cheerful life we had spent in school. We were also together in Dhempe College of Arts and Science at Miramar, where we did 12th Science.
Here in our own paradise we shared our views on different topics and you were a trustful counselor to me. You loved and praised our ancestors for giving us this paradise called Jua. We explored the whole island and every cornerstone by walking, talking and admiring the hard work of our ancestors which you always tried to protect. Your Kindness Manifesto (Doiea) during the elections in 2012 was the need of the hour for broken hearts and distressed minds in this materialistic world.
But like David you were fighting with the Goliaths who are standing next to our doors. David won many fights and he also had to surrender to God’s call, but David inherited a whole new world to us. The seed which you have sown will be a fruit-bearing tree of your hard work and the torture which you have gone through.
As the sun sets and there is the moon to give us light, we also have to remember that there are dark nights too. But with hope and grace of the Almighty God we prepare for the new rising dawn the next day.
You will always be remembered in the legacy of Santo Estevam. Adeus amigo, adeus a fearless servant of Christ.
- Jose Lucas Mattos
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