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    CHAPTER 25 MARTYRDOM AT BAGUMBAYAN

    Introduction

     After the court-martial, Rizal knew he was doomed to die. The official notice of
    his execution was read to him at 6:00 a.m., December 29, 1896 by Captain
    Rafael Dominguez. On the eve of his death, he was busy writing farewell letters
    to his family and best friend (Blumentritt), conversing with the Jesuit priests,
    preparing his soul for the life beyond the grave, and writing his farewell poem

    Last Hours of Rizal December 29, 1896

     6:00 am – Capt. Rafael Rodriguez was assigned to read Rizal’s death sentence.
     7:00 am – Rizal moved to the prison chapel, where he spent his last moments.
     7:15 am – Rizal reminded Fr. Luis Viza the statuette of the sacred heart of Jesus
    whom he carved during his Ateneo days.
     9:00 am – Fr. Federico Faura arrived. Rizal reminded him that he said that he
    said that (Rizal) would someday lose his head for writing the Noli . “Father, you
    are indeed a prophet.”.
     10:00 am – Fr. Jose Villaclara and Fr. Vicente Balaguar visited Rizal then
    discussed with his retraction letter. Santiago Mataix, a Spanish journalist,
    followed for the newspaper, El Heraldo de Madrid.
     11am- 3pm – Rizal stayed in his cell. He was busy writing poems and letters. He
    hid his farewell poem in an alcohol cooking slave. He also wrote his last letter to
    Professor Blumentritt.
     4:00 pm – Theodora Alonzo visited him. They had a very emotional encounter.
    Rizal gave the alcohol cooking stove to Trinidad which contains his farewell
    poem. Several priest visited him afterward.
     6:00 pm – Don Silvino Tunon, the Dean of the Manila Cathedral visited Rizal.
     8pm: Rizal had his last supper. He told Captain Dominguez that he forgave his
    enemies including the military judges.
     9:30pm – Rizal was visited by Don Gaspar Cestano, fiscal of the Royal Audience
    Manila.
     10:00 pm – The draft of the retraction letter sent by the anti-Filipino Archbishop
    Bernardo Nozaleda was given by Fr. Balaguerto
     Rizal for his signature. He had rejected It.
     Upon
     Rizal’s death, his supposedly Retraction Letter became of one of the most
    controversial documents in our history.
     This Retraction Letter allegedly contains his renunciation of the Masonry and his
    ‘anti Catholic Religious Ideas Depend in go you are on, some Realist’s claims
    that it is fake while some believe It to be genuine.

    December 30, 1896

     3:00 am–:Rizal heard Mass, confessed his sins and took Holy Communion.
     5:30am:He took his last breakfast. After which he wrote his last letters for his
    family. And his brother,Paciano.
     At 7 a.m. on December 30, 1896 at Luneta, Manila, the 35-year-old patriot was
    shot in the back by a firing squad. He hesitated, turned halfway around to face
    his executioners, and fell on his back to face the Philippine sun
     A Spanish military physician, Dr. Felipe Ruiz Castillo, asked his permission to feel
    his pulse. He was amazed to find it normal, showing that Jose Rizal was not
    afraid to die. The death ruffles of the drums filled the air. Above the drum beats,
    the sharp command “fire” was heard, and the guns of the firing squad barked.
    Rizal, with supreme effort, turned his bullet- riddled body to the right, and fell on
    the ground dead- with face upward facing the morning sun.
     It was exactly 7:03 in the morning aged 35, 5 months and 11 days.

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