I have been wanting to write about the trip to DAET and the youth camp at the Word of Life in Calauan, Laguna. But all those stories need to wait until I am able to get off my chest what I had been so anxious about the past couple of days.
The tragic experience of TED FAILON was something I would not want to wish on anyone.
Lord God, how everything could easily be taken away from us. Life could be shaken off under our feet and everything turned upside down.
I am a husband Lord, and I could only just imagine, if I am brave enough, the pain that Ted is going through right now.
Cover him with your love and peace. The suicide of a loved one could be so difficult because of the many painful questions left un-answered. All the “what could have beens and should have beens…”
Lord, I do not know what could have driven Trina to the conclusion that death is the only option left for her. Lord, I wished she saw you – when she was about to pull the trigger. Lord I wish she saw your face that is full of love and compassion.
God, we are grieving as well about how the whole scenario played out with the QCPD. The violence that occurred, the harshest way by which the relatives were treated, the inhumane treatment of the relatives at the hospital and the media circus that followed.
Today, Trina Etong Failon was cremated. Lord, hold the whole family together. They still have court cases to go through to dispute the accusations lodged against them. Here is a family, broken by the tragedy, yet still being beaten relentlessly by the police and other events.
Hold them still Lord. Don’t let them go. Thank you for crying with them. They will still go through the darkest of their grieving process -
Please be with them Lord. Embrace this very broken family. Lord, you are our only hope. If they could do this to someone who is considered a very public figure, we who are nothing, by society’s standards would have no one to defend us but YOU.
Be with Ted Failon. Give him your peace. Let Him see You Lord. Let Him know You in this darkest hour of grief.
Amen.
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