Aquino Family attends holy mass in commemorating the late Ninoy Aquino

Manila Bulletin

The Aquino family, including Viel Aquino, former Senator Bam Aquino, and supporters, celebrated a holy mass at the Aquino mausoleum in Manila Memorial Park on Wednesday, August 21, marking the 41st death anniversary of Ninoy Aquino. (MB Video by Noel B. Pabalate)  Subscribe to the Manila Bulletin Online channel! - https://www.youtube.com/TheManilaBulletin  Visit our website at http://mb.com.ph Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/manilabulletin  Twitter: https://www.twitter.com/manila_bulletin Instagram: https://instagram.com/manilabulletin Tiktok: https://www.tiktok.com/@manilabulletin  #ManilaBulletinOnline #ManilaBulletin #LatestNews

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00:00Dear friends, I chose this reading about the weed that dies because this calls us to a lot of dying.

00:10If you do not die, if you cannot let go of your ego, then it would be very difficult for us to find life.

00:21Where true gladness is found.

00:24To our Lord Jesus Christ, your Son, who lives and reigns with you,

00:28the unity of the Holy Spirit, one God, forever and ever. Amen.

00:33Can you be seated for the liturgy of the word.

00:36Liturgy of the word.

00:39We are here from 1983, from August 21, 1983.

00:46And there are a lot of us here.

00:48There, on August 21, 1983, thank you very much for joining us today.

00:54Father Flavie said that he remembered the day that his father encouraged him to go out and see the weed here in Illinois.

01:03That's actually August 31, if I'm not mistaken.

01:06But many of us remember August 21, 1983.

01:10And for me, it was seeing my mother at the door of our house.

01:15Because I was 6 years old.

01:18You know me when I was a kid, I was a bit fat, right Jackie?

01:22So my mom told me, if you mess up at the airport, I won't pick you up, you're too heavy.

01:29So I was the one who was left at home.

01:32And I remember August 21, 1983, they went home.

01:37My father was with Uncle Ninoy in the van where Uncle Ninoy's body was.

01:44So my mother and two brothers went home.

01:47And I have a core memory of his face at the door of our house.

01:53How long his face was, and the feeling that Uncle Ninoy was already dead.

01:59Everyone here, all of us here, has an August 21, 1983 memory.

02:04I hope we don't forget to tell that story to our friends, relatives, children, grandchildren.

02:14Let's not get tired of telling that story, because it's a story that every Filipino should know.

02:21When young people ask me, did Ninoy die because he was killed?

02:28I say, no, that's not the reason why he was a hero.

02:33He was a hero because he chose to go home, he chose to be alone in the country.

02:39He chose a peaceful, peaceful life in America to be alone with us.

02:45At the end of it all, he chose the Philippines.

02:49And I know that all of us here choose the Philippines.

02:54Every day of our lives, until the day we die.

02:58At this time, our President is the son of President Ferdinand Marcos.

03:05What can he say?

03:06I thought about that answer for a long time.

03:09And I thought of what he would say.

03:12Continue my fight.

03:14And that is what we are doing.

03:16We continue Ninoy Aquino's fight.

03:20Thank you very much.

03:22Long live all of us.

03:23Long live our fight.

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