Just received the terrible news that this world lost another kind soul to Covid. And from sadness, I found joy with this passage: 

“ For this is the will of My Father, that everyone who beholds the Son and believes in Him will have eternal life, and I will raise him up on the last day. “ John 6:40

My dear friend Butch Raquel was our quiet prayer warrior. This was just one of his endearing qualities. 

Without fail, he posted daily in our viber group, early in the morning, the day’s gospel, prayers and reflections. And like a bad habit, I open my phone first thing in the morning to read his post. It is my spiritual nourishment to begin my day. That I started to actually miss when he got sick last week. 

I joined his legion of friends in storming Heaven for his full recovery. We asked our prayer brigades to humbly ask the Lord to spare him. 

This passage, just shared by Fr Tito Caluag, just made me realize that yes, the Lord has granted us our petition. He has been completely healed by our Lord I know now that our God has shown Butch His guiding light. And that the angels came to lead him  to meet our Father in paradise, just about two hours ago