Sunday, November 15, 2009

The Very Reverend Jason Selvaraj

I heard the story today of how when the Reverend Jason (the Dean at St Mary's Cathedral KL) is called upon to visit a member of his congregation who may be ill in hopital, he will do so.

In doing so he reads to them from the bible and says a small prayer for them.

On opening his eyes he sees patients in the beds in the ward looking at him with 'longing in their eyes'.

Being the man he is and not wishing to impose, he always simply asks whether anyone else would like a prayer said for them.

Many hands always go up.

And many are the hands of non-Christians.