Pope Francis remembers Blessie in his prayer

Friday, June 6th, 2014

The family Blesilda “Blessie” Gotingco who was murdered on her way home from work last month has received a message of support from the Vatican.

Father Craig Dunford, who presided at her requiem mass on Thursday said he had sent a message to the Vatican this week asking that Pope Francis remember her in prayer.

He said the family had received a call last night from the Vatican to be told by a papal official that the Pope had Blessie in his thoughts and in his prayers.

On his Face Book page, the Catholic Bishop of Auckland, Patrick Dunn invited people to remember Blessie’s family.

“Let us keep in our hearts and our prayers the Gotingco family as they come to terms with the tragic loss of their beloved wife, mother and grandmother,” Blessie, he said.

“Blessie now knows the fullness of God’s love and life. May that knowledge, and the love and support of all our prayers ease their pain, and be a sign to them of God’s boundless, healing love.”

300 to 400 people attended a requiem mass for Blessie at St Mary’s Catholic Church in Northcote, Auckland New Zealand.

At the mass Dunford told her grieving family “there will never be a time when she does not exist”.

The outpouring of goodwill since Blessie’s death showed there was “incredible goodness in our community” and “one single act does not diminish the many acts of goodness”, he said.

The Gotingco family broke down in tears as Fr Dunford presented Antonio with his wife’s ashes at the end of the service.

The 56-year-old mother of three was found dumped at a North Shore cemetery after she disappeared on her way home from work on May 24.

A 27-year-old man has been charged with her murder.

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