Nace Bilby
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"Hail Holy Queen Enthroned Above. Oh Maria. Hail Queen of Mercy and of Love. Oh Maria. Triumph all ye Cherubim. Sing with us ye Seraphim." the Choir sang, "Heaven and Earth resound the Hymn. Salve. Salve. Salve Regina."
Nace lightly closed his eyes as he heard the song at Mass that Sunday morning of 5 June 2005. Two days earlier he had actually done it. He had asked Evey Hammond, from Information Technology, out on a date earlier in the week. And that song of celebration resonated through his mind.
"Almighty God," Nace prayed to himself after receiving Communion and returning to his particular pew, "I am truly grateful. I have fallen in love with a wonderful woman and I pray to you that I am the man she deserves in her life."
"The cause of joy to us below. Oh Maria. The spring through which all Graces flow. Oh Maria. Angels all your praises bring. Earth and Heaven with us sing. All creation echoing. Salve. Salve. Salve Regina."
On that Saturday evening of 3 June 2006, before going to the pub where his family and Evey waited to congratulate him on his latest achievement, earning the winged dagger beret of 21 Special Air Service Nace stopped by the nearest church. He could hear the hymn as the choir rehearsed.
He could still feel the ache in his shoulders and that his legs still felt vaguely gelatin-like as he recalled the Long Drag's sixty four kilometers of marching through the roughest terrain of the Welsh countryside with over fifty-five pounds of backpack and a rifle. How by not even halfway he had been clinically exhausted but finding an unknown strength to keep going.
Kneeling as he heard the Choir's rehearsal, Nace crossed himself. "Blessed Mother, I am truly thankful for your Holy Intercession. God has blessed me with new found success in my endeavor to join 21 SAS and of course having fallen in love with a wonderful woman. The latter I am far more grateful of. I humbly ask for your Intercession to our Heavenly Father for His blessing for Evey. I know she hasn't lived the best of lives, may I be the man to give her the love she deserves."
"Oh Gentle Loving Holy One. Oh Maria." the hymn echoed through the sanctuary, "The God of light became your Son. Oh Maria! Triumph all ye Cherubim. Sing with us ye Seraphim." the Choir sang, "Heaven and Earth resound the Hymn. Salve. Salve. Salve Regina."
It was 23 June 2012. Not even 24 hours earlier Evey Hammond had passed from the world. She had been in terrible pain. He remembered the sigil he had given her over six years earlier pressed into his hand which now rested between the palms of his hand as he knelt in prayer.
Crossing himself. Remembering Evey's last words. Remembering her tears and the choked sobs from both physical and emotional pain, "Nace, I don't want you to mourn the rest of your life. I want you to live, to be the wonderful man I love, to be a husband and father..."
"Blessed Mother, I pray for strength." Nace said, "I pray for a strength I don't know I possess. I ask again for Your Intercession that I find that strength to keep going. I don't understand why I loved a wonderful woman only to lose her. I may never know or understand. I pray only for strength, strength I don't think I possess..."
Crossing himself and walking from the pew. Making a decision sometime later to seek another assignment, elsewhere. There are too many memories in the United Kingdom for him, namely memories of a lost love.
Boarding a plane for San Francisco to start life anew. A brief orientation and work once again. And now in one more week he is to go on a mission to Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. It is the last Sunday before 1 March 2014 when he walks into the chapel yet again, crossing himself and celebrates Mass. The song for celebration of Holy Communion was Hail Holy Queen.
It had been an interesting time arriving in San Francisco. For the first time in over a year has he felt those same butterflies in the stomach for a woman without the stab of guilt. Dr. Freeman had said that was a good thing and to explore those feelings.
Crossing himself once again at the end of Mass and walking from the chapel...
Nace lightly closed his eyes as he heard the song at Mass that Sunday morning of 5 June 2005. Two days earlier he had actually done it. He had asked Evey Hammond, from Information Technology, out on a date earlier in the week. And that song of celebration resonated through his mind.
"Almighty God," Nace prayed to himself after receiving Communion and returning to his particular pew, "I am truly grateful. I have fallen in love with a wonderful woman and I pray to you that I am the man she deserves in her life."
"The cause of joy to us below. Oh Maria. The spring through which all Graces flow. Oh Maria. Angels all your praises bring. Earth and Heaven with us sing. All creation echoing. Salve. Salve. Salve Regina."
On that Saturday evening of 3 June 2006, before going to the pub where his family and Evey waited to congratulate him on his latest achievement, earning the winged dagger beret of 21 Special Air Service Nace stopped by the nearest church. He could hear the hymn as the choir rehearsed.
He could still feel the ache in his shoulders and that his legs still felt vaguely gelatin-like as he recalled the Long Drag's sixty four kilometers of marching through the roughest terrain of the Welsh countryside with over fifty-five pounds of backpack and a rifle. How by not even halfway he had been clinically exhausted but finding an unknown strength to keep going.
Kneeling as he heard the Choir's rehearsal, Nace crossed himself. "Blessed Mother, I am truly thankful for your Holy Intercession. God has blessed me with new found success in my endeavor to join 21 SAS and of course having fallen in love with a wonderful woman. The latter I am far more grateful of. I humbly ask for your Intercession to our Heavenly Father for His blessing for Evey. I know she hasn't lived the best of lives, may I be the man to give her the love she deserves."
"Oh Gentle Loving Holy One. Oh Maria." the hymn echoed through the sanctuary, "The God of light became your Son. Oh Maria! Triumph all ye Cherubim. Sing with us ye Seraphim." the Choir sang, "Heaven and Earth resound the Hymn. Salve. Salve. Salve Regina."
It was 23 June 2012. Not even 24 hours earlier Evey Hammond had passed from the world. She had been in terrible pain. He remembered the sigil he had given her over six years earlier pressed into his hand which now rested between the palms of his hand as he knelt in prayer.
Crossing himself. Remembering Evey's last words. Remembering her tears and the choked sobs from both physical and emotional pain, "Nace, I don't want you to mourn the rest of your life. I want you to live, to be the wonderful man I love, to be a husband and father..."
"Blessed Mother, I pray for strength." Nace said, "I pray for a strength I don't know I possess. I ask again for Your Intercession that I find that strength to keep going. I don't understand why I loved a wonderful woman only to lose her. I may never know or understand. I pray only for strength, strength I don't think I possess..."
Crossing himself and walking from the pew. Making a decision sometime later to seek another assignment, elsewhere. There are too many memories in the United Kingdom for him, namely memories of a lost love.
Boarding a plane for San Francisco to start life anew. A brief orientation and work once again. And now in one more week he is to go on a mission to Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. It is the last Sunday before 1 March 2014 when he walks into the chapel yet again, crossing himself and celebrates Mass. The song for celebration of Holy Communion was Hail Holy Queen.
It had been an interesting time arriving in San Francisco. For the first time in over a year has he felt those same butterflies in the stomach for a woman without the stab of guilt. Dr. Freeman had said that was a good thing and to explore those feelings.
Crossing himself once again at the end of Mass and walking from the chapel...
