#fascinating tho

Turns out it was a splinter of wood from the fishing boat of St. Peter the Apostle.

Isn't that fascinating? Elias and Ibarra's whole fraternity were centered around boats, water, fire and wood, starting with a reluctant steersman piloting the bancas were cooking was to be done, ending with the gunfight and the ultimate sacrifice on the Lake.

Even the El Filibusterismo started on the same theme with the Bapor Tabo steamboat. EF also ended with a lamp thrown in the lake and wooden jewel chest thrown in the sea.

Even the reliquary changed hands multiple times. It was father's gift to his beloved daughter, a woman's act of kindness to the outcast, a token of gratitude for the gift of healing, a symbol of romantic youhthful love and bethrothal, a payment for an instrument of justice and lastly a memory of one so dearly beloved.

Mark 1:16-20 “As Jesus walked beside the Sea of Galilee, he saw Simon and his brother Andrew casting a net into the lake, for they were fishermen. ‘Come, follow me,’ Jesus said, ‘and I will make you fishers of men.’ At once they left their nets and followed him."

Boat, wood, fire, water.

Love, friendship, family, kindness and justice.