It has been a month since Father Joseph D’Souza, commonly known as Joe D’Souza, parish priest of St. John the Evangelist Church at Ballard Estate, Fort, was admitted to hospital with Covid-19 and subsequently discharged, but he never forgets to reinforce his message, “Life, family and friends are worth more than all the money in the world.”

Along with stories of doom and gloom, Coronavirus has accounts of sunshine and light too — mere chances that have turned into life-saving opportunities. That is the story of Father Joe D’Souza, who said, “A few days before April 11, I started feeling sluggish and had a loss of appetite. When my oxygen saturation was at 93 for two days consecutively, another priest, Father Tarsi, saw a red flag. We contacted Holy Family Hospital in Bandra West and I was taken straight to the ICU. My battle against the virus had started.”