The 40th Day-Celebration ofLife: Macrine Nieva Jambalos Katague

During Dave Katague ( my nephew) visit with David E ( my son), Me and Macrine, Fair Oaks, California, 2019

It is customary in the Catholic Philippines to celebrate the 9th Day and 40th Day anniversaries after Death. This custom is based on the pre-colonial folk belief that the soul of the departed enters the spirit world on the ninth day following death. 

This is followed by another celebration ( Masses and Rosaries) on the fortieth day after death to acknowledge the waksi, or death anniversary, when the soul is believed to end its earthly wandering and ascend to the afterlife.

So today is the 40th day after my wife's death ( Macrine Nieva Jambalos Katague). My nephew and namesake, Dave Katague from Sydney, Australia is preparing a special video for this occasion, but it is not ready. Instead I am reposting Ditas short video during Macrine's wake with Carenna singing Cohen's Hallelujah, Live.

https://www.facebook.com/ditas/videos/10157692912246270/

Macrine had lived well because she had touched the lives of others. Read Medical Mission write-up and Afterglows of the Sunset of Our Lives below:

 

https://hubpages.com/politics/medical-mission-of-love-to-marinduque

https://chateaudumer.blogspot.com/2011/04/afterglows-in-sunset-of-our-lives.html

Macrine with her Chateau Du Mer T-shirt, Boac, Marinduque, Philippines, 2011