Catholic book center revisited

Remember the little Catholic book center I visited about a month ago?

I dropped by again two weeks after that first visit to browse through a few more books and in particular read a little more of Celine Martin's My Sister, Saint Therese.

Soon after that second visit, I checked the Internet again to see if the books for sale on line were still available and was delighted to see that My Sister, Saint Therese and a few other new books had just been put up for sale. It was then that I decided to purchase the book myself so that I could read it at my leisure.

Given my hectic schedule at work in the past few weeks, I only got to drop by today around 4pm to inquire if I could order the book directly rather than online. Naturally, I was happy when the young fellow there informed me that it was possible and handed me an order form to fill up.

Then he mentioned that tomorrow would be the last day that the center would be open and that the center would be operating exclusively online from then on.

I was stunned. I had long feared that that would happen, seeing that hardly anybody visited the place. At the same time, I realized that it was a good thing that I had decided to drop by today to place my order instead of next week.

Anyway, while filling up the order form, I glanced at the bookshelves at the back of the shop and told him that it was pity because there were a lot of books there that I wanted to read. To my surprise, he said that the center might reopen, that it was closing only because there was no one available to keep watch since he couldn't be around because he was returning to the seminary.

I was slightly relieved upon learning this but just the same the thought that the shop would not be there whenever I felt like dropping by to read was depressing.

But at least I have the books I ordered--I also decided to order Saint Therese: Her Last Conversations--to look forward to. I was told that I would be contacted via email once the books were ready for pick-up. Now I simply can't wait for that day to come.