In God's Time, Not Ours Part 2: Heaven's Time

Miguel Tuazon Jr. was a brilliant, grounded, and deeply spiritual young man who left behind a life of privilege to follow his calling into the priesthood. Alongside him were Philip Sison, the focused son of a poor family whose grit earned him top of the class, and Jake Estrella, a wealthy and free-spirited seminarian with a hidden depth of loyalty and intelligence.

What started as a story of formation became a layered journey of friendships forged in fire, tests of character, and the slow-burning, forbidden love between Miguel and Brother Riley Lucero, a parish priest whose devotion to God was rivaled only by his unspoken affection for Miguel.

Through youth camps, seminary trials, family crises, and life-altering choices, the three seminarians grew into men of faith. Miguel, torn again and again between duty and desire, ultimately chose his priestly vows over the man he loved - twice. Riley did the same. And while they walked parallel paths, they remained distant, both quietly aching in the shadow of God's call.

In the end, Miguel rose to become the youngest bishop in the diocese. He carried the weight of unfulfilled love in silence, until he wrote a private, vulnerable prayer - a confession of longing never meant to be sent, addressed not to Riley but to God.

And yet... heaven was still listening. (In Heaven's Time)