40 Masses for ex-President Noynoy’s 40 days to be streamed online

Forty Masses will be held in different parts of the country on Sunday to commemorate the 40 days of late former President Benigno “Noynoy” Aquino III.

“We’re having 40 Masses all over the Philippines for PNoy on his 40th day,” former senator Bam Aquino said in an ANC interview.

The Mass for Noynoy will be held on August 1 which is also the death anniversary of his mother, democracy icon and former President Corazon Aquino.

It was organized by various grassroots sector headed by Kaya Natin, which is chaired by the former senator.

Due to the rising Delta coronavirus variant cases in the country, the Mass in the National Capital Region will be held online. It will be presided by Father Manoling Francisco.

The Mass can be viewed on Kaya Natin's Facebook page, as well as the details of Masses

Vice President Leni Robredo will be delivering a message after the Mass. It will be followed by a candle-lighting ceremony.

The Mass for the late former president’s 40th day in other areas all over the country will be held either online or physically, depending on the quarantine restrictions imposed in the respective localities.

The former president’s famous quote “Kayo ang Boss ko” will be used as the theme for the commemoration.

“We used it as the theme for the 40th day commemoration, “Kayo ang boss ko” because napakarefreshing na may isang pinuno, pangulo na nagsasabing ‘Ang taumbayan ang boss ko. Ang taumbayan ang nasa ibabaw ko. Nandito ako para magsilbi para sa bayan.’ It’s so refreshing, six years after he stepped down kasi parang ibang iba talaga ang sitwasyon ngayon,” the former senator said.

(We used “Kayo ang Boss Ko” as the theme for the 40th day commemoration  because it is refreshing to remember a leader and a president who tells us that his countrymen are his bosses, that the welfare of his countrymen is the top priority. It’s so refreshing to hear it after six years since he stepped down because we are really in a different situation today.)

Last June 27, Aquino was laid to rest next to the grave of his parents at the Manila Memorial Park. His inurnment came two days after he died of renal disease secondary to diabetes. He was 61.—AOL, GMA News