Meet Me In Your Sanctuary
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If being devoted to public worship's a part of the criteria to be considered as a religious person, then Sharina Aerika Villares long crossed that out of the rubric. She's the type of person who finds eucharistic celebrations irrelevant for she would rather pray on her own. Kung hindi lang siya pinipilit ng magulang niya na magsimba tuwing pasko ay hindi pa siya papasok sa loob ng simbahan.
Until one Christmas day, her eyes accidentally laid on the tall and sharp-featured sacristan named Juancho Benedict Maniago in front of the entrance procession. That simple and quick gaze dawned and awakened her inner desire to see that man in a white cassock as often as possible.
The problem is... she's not a regular churchgoer. Dahil ba sa lalaking 'yon ay mapapadalas na ang nakasanayang taon-taong pagsisimba niya?
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