DOMINGO LACSON NATIONAL HIGH SCHOOL

Baccalaureate Mass 2019

DOMINGO LACSON NATIONAL HIGH SCHOOL

BACCALAUREATE MASS 2019
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Baccalaureate Mass 2019

INTRODUCTION OF TODAY’S LITURGICAL CELEBRATION

(to be read by the Commentator)
Good afternoon, Brothers and Sisters. We are gathered today to celebrate
the Holy Sacrifice of the Mass to entrust the Graduating Class to our Lord,
and as an act of thanksgiving for the success of the Academic Year, as it
comes to a close.

Fellow Graduates, Brothers and Sisters, our celebration today is more than
just a thanksgiving. We stand before the Lord, willing and ready to give our
lives to him in the service of others. In fact, the commissioning of the
graduates take place in this celebration as a petition for blessing that in our
life giving, we too may be living a life of love.

A special duty binds us to make ourselves the neighbor of every person, and
to actively help him when he comes across our path. We want to do exactly
this because in our times, the ideals we hold dear come to very little. And yet
we ask: how can we live a life of love?

This is the challenge that faces us today, the question that only each of us
can answer in our own way. But as we respond to this challenge, we also
pray that God may give us enough strength of purpose to hang on our vision,
to be realistic about what we can achieve now while we work earnestly to
build a world in which people forget about themselves and remember others.
But then again we tell ourselves: there must be something we can do today.
Today, this something finds fulfillment in our expression of love today for one
another.

May the wisdom of God the Father fill our minds. May the love of Christ fill
our hearts. May the inspiration of the Holy Spirit move us to action.

Let us all rise and join us in the singing of the Entrance Hymn.
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ENTRANCE HYMN

INTRODUCTORY RITES

Priest : In the name of the Father and of the Son

and of the Holy Spirit.
All : Amen

Priest : The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ,

and the love of God,
and the communion of the Holy Spirit
be with you all.
All : And with your spirit.

PENITENTIAL RITE

Priest : Brethren (brothers and sisters),

let us acknowledge our sins,
and so prepare ourselves
to celebrate the sacred mysteries. (Pause)
All : I confess to almighty God and to you, my brothers and sisters,
that I have greatly sinned, in my thoughts and in my words,
in what I have done and in what I have failed to do.
Through my fault, through my fault,
through my most grievous fault;
therefore, I ask blessed Mary ever-Virgin,
all the Angels and Saints, and you,
my brothers and sisters,
to pray for me to the Lord our God.

Priest : May almighty God have mercy on us,

forgive us our sins, and bring us to everlasting life.
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All : Amen.

KYRIE ELEISON (to be sung)

COLLECT

Priest : Let us pray.

God our Creator, we believe in Your Son, Jesus Christ.
Open our ears to listen to His word.
Open our hearts that we may experience His message
as a call addressed personally
to each one of us to go out
and do our part making this world
a better place to live in.
We ask this in the name of Jesus the Lord.
All : Amen

Commentator : Please be seated for the Liturgy of the Word.

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LITURGY OF THE WORD

Reading

Lector : Thus says the LORD:

Lo, I am about to create new heavens
and a new earth;
The things of the past shall not be remembered
or come to mind.
Instead, there shall always be rejoicing and happiness
in what I create;
For I create Jerusalem to be a joy
and its people to be a delight;
I will rejoice in Jerusalem
and exult in my people.
No longer shall the sound of weeping be heard there,
or the sound of crying;
No longer shall there be in it
an infant who lives but a few days,
or an old man who does not round out his full lifetime;
He dies a mere youth who reaches but a hundred years,
and he who fails of a hundred shall be thought accursed.
They shall live in the houses they build,
and eat the fruit of the vineyards they plant.

The Word of the Lord.

All : Thanks be to God.

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RESPONSORIAL PSALM

I will praise you, Lord, for you have rescued me.

I will extol you, O LORD, for you drew me clear

and did not let my enemies rejoice over me.
O LORD, you brought me up from the nether world;
you preserved me from among those going down into the pit.

Sing praise to the LORD, you his faithful ones,

and give thanks to his holy name.
For his anger lasts but a moment;
a lifetime, his good will.
At nightfall, weeping enters in,
but with the dawn, rejoicing.

"Hear, O LORD, and have pity on me;

O LORD, be my helper."
You changed my mourning into dancing;
O LORD, my God, forever will I give you thanks.

VERSE BEFORE THE GOSPEL

Seek good and not evil so that you may live,

and the LORD will be with you.
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GOSPEL

Priest : The Lord be with you.

All : And with your spirit.

Priest : A reading from the Holy Gospel according to St. John.

All : Glory to you, O Lord.

At that time Jesus left [Samaria] for Galilee.

For Jesus himself testified
that a prophet has no honor in his native place.
When he came into Galilee, the Galileans welcomed him,
since they had seen all he had done in Jerusalem at the
feast;
for they themselves had gone to the feast.

Then he returned to Cana in Galilee,

where he had made the water wine.
Now there was a royal official whose son was ill in
Capernaum.
When he heard that Jesus had arrived in Galilee from
Judea,
he went to him and asked him to come down
and heal his son, who was near death.
Jesus said to him,
"Unless you people see signs and wonders, you will not
believe."
The royal official said to him,
"Sir, come down before my child dies."
Jesus said to him, "You may go; your son will live."
The man believed what Jesus said to him and left.
While the man was on his way back,
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his slaves met him and told him that his boy would live.
He asked them when he began to recover.
They told him,
"The fever left him yesterday, about one in the
afternoon."
The father realized that just at that time Jesus had said
to him,
"Your son will live,"
and he and his whole household came to believe.
Now this was the second sign Jesus did
when he came to Galilee from Judea.

The Gospel of the Lord.

People : Praise to you, Lord Jesus Christ.

HOMILY

PRAYERS OF THE FAITHFUL

Presider : As Christ was sent to the world, we are also sent to build
a better world. Let us pray for the graces we need for
this mission. Let us pray:

SEND US AND BE WITH US, LORD.

1. For the Church, the People of God, that with the Gospel it proclaims,
it may be a voice and force promoting love and justice among peoples
and among nations, we pray to the Lord:
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2. For all those in position of authority and leadership, that they may not
become arrogant or dishonest or merely seek their own interest, that
they may love the people entrusted to them, we pray to the Lord:

3. For our parents, who have responded and are still responding to God’s
call to bring forth life, may the force of God’s love enable them to carry
on their responsibility of caring their families and nurturing love that
never ends, we pray to the Lord:

4. For our administrators and our teachers, that they may continue to
share their talents and ability in order to build a community according
to God's plan, we pray to the Lord:

5. For the world in which we live, that all people of goodwill may work
together to put an end to war and hatred, oppression and injustice;
and to seek peace, freedom and justice. Let us pray to the Lord:

6. For all of us, graduates, that we may never forget to look back and be
grateful to all who have touched our lives; may the Holy Spirit
enlighten our hearts and minds and guide our endeavors as we embark
on a journey to build the better world, we pray to the Lord:

Presider : Father, source of our life, You know our needs.

As we continue our mission to build a better world,
may we beheld by Your hands
and walk more readily in Your ways.
We ask You this through Jesus Christ,
our Lord now and forever.

All : Amen.
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Commentator : Please be seated as the gifts are being presented

for the Liturgy of the Eucharist.

PRESENTATION OF THE GIFTS

Presider : Pray, brethren (brothers and sisters),

that my sacrifice and yours
may be acceptable to God,
the Almighty Father.

All : May the Lord accept the sacrifice at your hands

for the praise and glory of His name,
for our good and for the good
of all His Holy Church.

EUCHARISTIC PRAYER

Presider: The Lord be with you.

All: And with your spirit.

Presider: Lift up your hearts.

All: We lift them up to the Lord.

Presider: Let us give thanks to the Lord our God.

All: It is right and just.

SANCTUS (to be sung)

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THE LORD’S PRAYER (to be sung)

Presider : Deliver us, Lord, from every evil,

and grant us peace in our day.
In Your mercy keep us free from sin
and protect us from all anxiety
as we wait in joyful hope
for the coming of our Lord, Jesus Christ.

All : For the kingdom the power

and the glory are Yours,
now and forever.

Presider : Lord Jesus Christ You said to Your apostles:

I leave you peace, my peace I give you.
Look not on our sins, but on the faith of Your Church,
and grant us peace and unity of Your Kingdom
where You live for ever and ever.
Al : Amen

Presider : The peace of the Lord be with you always

All : And with your spirit.

Presider : Let us offer each other the sign of peace

LAMB OF GOD (to be sung)

Presider : This is the Lamb of God

who takes away the sins of the world.
Happy are we who are called to partake in this banquet.
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All : Lord, I am not worthy that you should enter

under my roof but only say the word
and my soul shall be healed.

COMMUNION SONGS

PRAYER AFTER COMMUNION

Presider : Lord our God, we thank You for trusting us so much that
You have entrusted to us the very mission of Your Son
to the world that yearns for well-being and integrity.
May our loving service and unselfish giving show that
Christ is alive and His Spirit is continually present in the
life of the world. We ask You this through Christ,
our Lord. Amen.

FINAL BLESSING

Presider : The Lord be with you

All : And with your spirit

Presider : May the Almighty God bless you,

the Father, and the Son † and the Holy Spirit.
Al : Amen

Presider : The Mass is offered, go and be witnesses of God’s love

as you help build a better world.
All : Thanks be to God