The Attapadi chapel

The chapel in Attapadi

We came back from our tour of the place and had the noon prayer led by Rambachen at the blessed chapel in Attapadi. This chapel is especially blessed because it is the venue of the celebration of Holy Qurbana every morning. Every day Holy Liturgy is celebrated at the altar. This was a practice that began at the Ashram since a few years ago, and by the amazing providence of God, the Ashram has been taken care of every day. The children of the Balabhavan participate in the Holy Qurbana and are well versed in the prayers, I am told, even though they are not baptized.

The blessed altar

Later in a conversation, I got a perspective of the dangers of living in the midst of a jungle that this place was. Paul achen mentioned one day when he was coming to the chapel for morning prayer, an elephant standing in the courtyard. It was early dawn and the animal might have come in search of food. Achen then called the others and it took them a lot of effort to send the huge animal on its way without it harming anyone. It was usual there to hear of damages to trees and plants on the property by elephants.

outside the chapel