Father Joeker

By Fr Joseph Panabang SVD

 ‘MOUTHED’ PRAYERS

A Catholic woman was bitten by a deadly poisonous snake at Njao, one of my outstations.  Rushed to the hospital she survived.  ‘While being carried what did you do?’ I asked her during the catechism class. ‘I placed my rosary in my mouth, Father.’

The catechist turned to me saying, ‘Now, I understand why she said a while ago she could not pray then’.

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I just brought home two puppies.  The curious one I named ‘Love’.  That afternoon, Love was sticking her head out looking at the woods nearby through the window.  ‘What are you doing there, Love?’ I asked.  ‘I went to the toilet,’ replied a boy who was passing by.  I could hear our cook giggling in the kitchen.