2:00 AM
May 8th
We cannot as yet move Imelda. She is still spotting. Dr. Gloria Aragon says the chances of keeping the baby is less than 50%.
But I am fiercely optimistic although still in a state of shock that this could happen to us.
Helicoptered at 9:00 AM to Antipolo for the “Misa de tres” at the cathedral for “National Day for Prayer for Peace.”
The Antipolo Hotel of 200 rooms of Gene Baltao was a revelation.
Windy where we returned by heli at 1:30 PM.
A nap and golf at [Bahay] Pangarap then the Santa Cruzan at the Nayong Pilipino with [Juan] Johnny and Cristina Ponce Enrile’s Katrina (12 yrs) as Reyna Elena and Gen. [Romeo] Espino’s [Baby?] as Reyna Imperatriz.
Official Gazette for May 7, 1972: THE PRESIDENT led the faithful at the concelebrated Mass for universal peace at the Church of Our Lady of Peace and Good Voyage in Antipolo, Rizal.
In a message he issued on this special day, the President said:
“I am privileged to lead our people in observing this special day, a National Day of Prayer for Peace, with the deepest sense of the importance of this occasion and of the ideal that we hope to make a living reality in our time, the all too elusive ideal of peace, for which paradoxically men fought wars to attain. And yet today after all the wars for peace have been fought, mankind still searches for this dream.
“In a world which professes an abiding desire for peace, the goal has been lost in the confusion of conflicting interests, bitter prejudice, unreasoning fear, and other flaws of human nature. But more than ever, men of goodwill seek to bring a lasting and just peace to our world. In our own country, we have been witness to bitterness, dissension and meaningless violence, all of which place just beyond our reach the tranquility that all of us desire.
“It is my hope that on this day of prayer, we shall reaffirm our commitment to the human dream of universal peace by participating wholeheartedly, from the strongest compulsion, in the prayer which asks of Providence the healing of all men’s wounds and the coming together of the human family in peace and brotherhood.”
Mrs. Fernando Lopez, leaders of both chambers of Congress headed by Senate President Gil J. Puyat and Speaker Cornelio T. Villareal, members of the Cabinet, former President and President of the Constitutional Convention and Mrs. Diosdado Macapagal, and people from all walks of life attended the Mass, with Julio Cardinal Rosales and Bishops Mariano Gaviola and Vicente Ataviado, officiating.
Others who were at the concelebrated Mass were Secretaries Vicente Abad Santos of justice, Conrado F. Estrella of agrarian reform, Troadio Quiazon of commerce and industry and Clemente S. Gatmaitan of health; Senators Lorenzo Sumulong, Rene Espina and Ambrosio Padilla; Assistant Executive Secretaries Flores Bayot and Ronaldo Zamora; Undersecretary Manuel Collantes of foreign affairs; Commissioners Faustino Sy-Changco of budget and Misael P. Vera of internal revenue; and Mayor Jose Oliveros and Vice Mayor Daniel Garcia of Antipolo.
The President returned to Manila at 2:00 p.m. after a brief conference with provincial and municipal officials of Rizal who presented him with some of their pressing local problems.
The President devoted the rest of the day to paper work.
Have been working on the briefing for the Security Council tomorrow.