St. Augustine once said, “Angel” is the name
of their office, not of their nature. If you seek the name of their
nature, it is “spirit”; if you seek the name of their office, it is “angel”…”
With their whole beings the angels are servants and messengers of God (CCC
#329).
We at Bosco Boys Home (BBH) Borivali began
with the Holy Eucharist celebrated by Fr Adolph Furtado sdb wherein we prayed
for all brothers in Practical Trainee especially to our guardian angel – Cl.
Jittin Varghese. In his homily, Dn Romero shed light on the presence of being a
Salesian to the mission entrusted by the congregation.
The children at BBH greeted brother with the
singing of Happy Feast at Breakfast and was welcomed with greetings from his
beloved community. There was a board kept where children wrote his qualities and
posted their comments of being gratuitous of his presence to them. Some of them
read as: You are Kind, You are Loving, You are Friendly…
In the evening, we had a family circle to
felicitate and honour our brother assistant in which the technical boys sang an
old melodious hindi remix song to thank brother for his kindness and
generosity. Then we had the senior high school boys who read the address as
well as composed chains of quotes (Shahiri) dedicated to our dear assistant.
Following them we had the working boys who sang a song thanking brother for his
presence and support and help. Finally, we had the benjamins (juniors of the
high school) whom I call mowgilis of BBH presented the song entitled “mumma ki
parchai” (the shadow of mother) from the forthcoming movie “Ella Helicopter”
which emphasized that he is their mom and dad – truly their guardian. 
On behalf of the community, Bro Michael
Codillac sdb had this to say of our Brother Assistant: “Brother has his
qualification in Engineering yet so humble that he is with you from morn till
night, everyday spends time listening to each of you and teaching some of you.
He even sees to your etiquette and hygiene and grooming and daily works. You
need to pray for him and thank God for giving you such a Guardian Angel who
takes care of you and protects you all.”
Later, Dn Romero thanked Cl. Jittin for not
only sharing his expertise, especially in the field of computers and
engineering, but more importantly for being a silent and humble, yet efficient hard
worker in the community, after the example and model of St Joseph.
The family circle ended with the ‘good night’
by Cl. Jittin who expressed his thankfulness to the community and the children
because of which his presence here at BBH would be a “mission impossible” task,
and with the help and trust in the Lord, who gives him the strength to be at
His service.
Indeed, the community of BBH has been blest
with a guardian angel in the form of Cl. Jittin. His good example and hard work
will enable many of his fellow companion brothers to follow in his footsteps
and be true guardian angels to those entrusted to their care.
Truly, we can say that Cl. Jittin is a servant
and messenger of God.
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