BEACON

One late afternoon, there was a lovely couple sitting by the beach. Franz looks at a very distant beacon that twinkles in a not so dark orange sky. He caresses the long black hair of his beautiful fiancée, Merci as he asks her about her plans for the two of them. Merci smiled and said that she wanted to have her own family soon.

Franz seized the moment and offered Merci to marry him. Merci was surprised; she did not expect the offering would come there on a slow Sunday afternoon. The lady accepted the offer. The couple embraced and family and friends were simultaneously informed about there upcoming matrimony. Franz called Merci’s father who lives in Paris with his new family to tell the good news. Merci’s mom passed away in Manila a few years back due to lymph nodes cancerous tumors. The French father went back to his homeland without Merci because the lady opted to stay in her first land to find her destiny. After all, she has already graduated as a Biologist since she wanted to know the root of what her mother’s demise had been.

The preparations for the wedding pushed through. The couple went to the bishop to confirm their Christianity since the records of their confirmation were lost, arranged legal documents together. With the protocol of marriage, confession went afterwards. A few days before the wedding, the Bride’s friends threw a shower party for their well-treasured flower. The guys had their own fun experiences as well. The day that has been much awaited came, and the marriage pushed through. The couple went in front of the altar to celebrate the Eucharist together as they promise each other that no one would leave the other come what may, even death won’t part any of them.

Things happened so fast that one morning, a loud cry of a baby was heard. Indeed, it was a healthy baby boy bore by Merci, herself. The enthusiastic couple was overwhelmed with friends and family as they celebrated the Christening of their child on the boy’s fourth week. It is a momentous event that food and drinks flooded the hall, picture-taking here and there, chattering, clapping and an unending flow of gifts and love. Merci feels overjoyed and fell asleep because of too much exhaustion.

One late afternoon, there was a lovely couple sitting by the beach. Franz looks at a very distant beacon that twinkles in a not so dark orange sky. He caresses the long black hair of his beautiful fiancée, Merci as he asks her about her plans for the two of them. Merci didn’t answer back and stays lying on Franz’s shoulder. Franz throttles Merci a bit. Merci did not respond to the stimulus. He throttles again, now with a more powerful effort. Franz goes berserk and starts weeping. He did not expect that Merci would be leaving him so soon. Merci has been diagnosed with Lymph Nodes Cancer. She planned to study Biology to detect the cause of her ailment which killed her mother as well but she is not able to do it anymore.

Franz promised himself that he is not going to love another woman anymore, as much as he loved Merci. Instead, he is going to divert his attention into serving God and aiding those who are in need to be loved. Hence, Franz embraces the priestly vows and led God’s flock into the beacon.

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