Feast of the Holy Family (Sagrada Familia) - Year C - December 29, 2024

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The Feast of the Holy Family Year C celebrates the family of Jesus, Mary, and Joseph. The readings for this feast highlight the importance of family and the virtues that sustain it. The theme are as follows:

• Respect for Parents: Sirach 3:2-6 emphasizes honoring and respecting parents. This respect strengthens family bonds and reflects God’s commandment.
• Compassion and Kindness: Colossians 3:12-13 calls for compassion, kindness, humility, and patience. These virtues help maintain harmony and love within the family.
• Forgiveness: Colossians 3:13 urges families to forgive one another. Forgiveness heals relationships and brings peace to the household.
• Love and Unity: Colossians 3:14 speaks about love as the bond of perfection. Love holds the family together and fosters unity.
• Teaching and Admonishing: Colossians 3:16 encourages teaching and admonishing one another with wisdom. Sharing wisdom and guiding each other helps the family grow in faith and virtue.
• Obedience and Understanding: Luke 2:51 shows Jesus being obedient to Mary and Joseph. Obedience and understanding in the family build trust and respect among members.
• Parental Responsibility: Sirach 3:12-14 reminds parents of their duty to care for their children. Parents have a responsibility to nurture and guide their children in faith.
• Patience and Gentleness: Colossians 3:21 warns fathers not to provoke their children. Patience and gentleness from parents foster a supportive and loving environment.
• Prayer and Worship: Luke 2:41-52 describes the Holy Family going to Jerusalem for the Passover. Regular prayer and worship together strengthen the family’s relationship with God.

The Feast of the Holy Family Year C highlights the virtues and values that create a strong and loving family. By following the examples from the readings, families can grow in faith and unity.

 

ENTRANCE:
1. Pag-inambitay
2. Diosnong Magtutudlo
3. Purihi’t Pasalamatan (Simplicio Esteban & Eddie Hontiveros SJ). Sing only Stanzas 1 & 2.
4. Bayan, Magsiawit Na! (Aquino) Prioritize Stanza 2.
5. Dinggin Mo “Bigyan Mo kami ng liwanag, tibay at pananalig”
6. Halina at Lumapit (Ruben Habito)
7. Magpuri sa Panginoon (Hontiveros)
8. Pagmamahal sa Panginoon (also Honti)
9. Pasko ng Paglaya (Arboleda-Francisco). Stanza 1's "Bayan magalak sa Mabuting Balita"
10. A Christmas Praise (Aquino & Agatep)
11. Hark! The herald angels Sing. Prioritize Stanzas 2 & 3. "Hail the Incarnate Deity" brings G to mind.
12. All the ends of the earth (kay Tito Bob toh) an echo of 1R.

 

Readings…

• First Reading – Sirach 3:2-6, 12-14: Respect and care for parents brings spiritual and personal benefits, including answered prayers and a long life.
• Alternate First Reading – 1 Samuel 1:20-22, 24-28: Hannah gave birth to Samuel after praying for a child. She dedicated him to the LORD at the temple in Shiloh once he was weaned.
• Responsorial Psalm – Psalm 128:  Blessed are those who fear the Lord and walk in his ways.

Honoring and following the Lord’s ways brings happiness, prosperity in one’s work, a fruitful family, and a blessed life.

• Alternate Responsorial Psalm – Psalm 84: Blessed are they who dwell in your house, O Lord.

My soul longs for the LORD’s sanctuary, finding joy and strength there. Those who live in God’s house are continually blessed and praise Him.

• Second Reading – Colossians 3:12-21: Embrace virtues like compassion and kindness, forgive each other, and let Christ’s peace rule your hearts. Teach, advise, and sing with gratitude, doing all in Jesus’ name.
• Alternate Second Reading – 1 John 3:1-2, 21-24: We are God’s children, loved deeply by Him. We remain in Him by obeying His command to believe in Jesus and love one another, confirmed by His Spirit within us.
• Gospel – Luke 2:41-52: At twelve, Jesus stayed behind in Jerusalem during Passover to discuss scripture with temple teachers, astounding many with his understanding, before returning home obediently.

 

OFFERTORY:
1. Pagdaygon ka Dios
2. Dawata kining among Halad
3. Narito Ako
4. We Remember
 
COMMUNION:
1. Natawag ko na Ikaw
2. Ama Kong Mahal (Aquino)
2. Pag-ibig Mo Ama (Ando Macalinao SJ & Honti)
3. Pagsibol (Aquino)
4. Isang Sanggol (Ramirez)
5. Bituin (Aquino) JC is “giliw ng Diyos” in Koro 1.
6. God with us (Dan Schutte) Consider making this as the 2nd Communion song.
 7. Lo, How a Rose E’er Blooming. Stanza 3's "True man, yet very God" is the very message of G No. 1.
  (Image Source: https://www.alamy.com/smiling-holy-family-nativity-scene-birth-of-christ-christmas-season-image547765568.html )
 
RECESSIONAL:
1. Ang Tawag
2. Paskoý Sumapit Na
3. The Work of Christmas
4. Carol of the Bells

Feast of the Holy Family of Jesus, Mary and Joseph - Year 2 Cycle C - December 26, 2021

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ENTRANCE:
1. Pag-inambitay
2. Diosnong Magtutudlo
3. Purihi’t Pasalamatan (Simplicio Esteban & Eddie Hontiveros SJ). Sing only Stanzas 1 & 2.
4. Bayan, Magsiawit Na! (Aquino) Prioritize Stanza 2.
5. Dinggin Mo “Bigyan Mo kami ng liwanag, tibay at pananalig”
6. Halina at Lumapit (Ruben Habito)
7. Magpuri sa Panginoon (Hontiveros)
8. Pagmamahal sa Panginoon (also Honti)
9. Pasko ng Paglaya (Arboleda-Francisco). Stanza 1's "Bayan magalak sa Mabuting Balita"
10. A Christmas Praise (Aquino & Agatep)
11. Hark! The herald angels Sing. Prioritize Stanzas 2 & 3. "Hail the Incarnate Deity" brings G to mind.
12. All the ends of the earth (kay Tito Bob toh) an echo of 1R.
 
FIRST READING SIR 3:2-6, 12-14
God sets a father in honor over his children;
    a mother’s authority he confirms over her sons.
Whoever honors his father atones for sins,
    and preserves himself from them.
When he prays, he is heard;
    he stores up riches who reveres his mother.
Whoever honors his father is gladdened by children,
    and, when he prays, is heard.
Whoever reveres his father will live a long life;
    he who obeys his father brings comfort to his mother.
 
My son, take care of your father when he is old;
    grieve him not as long as he lives.
Even if his mind fail, be considerate of him;
    revile him not all the days of his life;
kindness to a father will not be forgotten,
    firmly planted against the debt of your sins
    —a house raised in justice to you.
 
OR:
 
1 Sm 1:20-22, 24-28
 
In those days Hannah conceived, and at the end of her term bore a son
whom she called Samuel, since she had asked the LORD for him.
The next time her husband Elkanah was going up
with the rest of his household
to offer the customary sacrifice to the LORD and to fulfill his vows,
Hannah did not go, explaining to her husband,
“Once the child is weaned,
I will take him to appear before the LORD
and to remain there forever;
I will offer him as a perpetual nazirite.”
 
Once Samuel was weaned, Hannah brought him up with her,
along with a three-year-old bull,
an ephah of flour, and a skin of wine,
and presented him at the temple of the LORD in Shiloh.
After the boy’s father had sacrificed the young bull,
Hannah, his mother, approached Eli and said:
“Pardon, my lord!
As you live, my lord,
I am the woman who stood near you here, praying to the LORD.
I prayed for this child, and the LORD granted my request.
Now I, in turn, give him to the LORD;
as long as he lives, he shall be dedicated to the LORD.”
Hannah left Samuel there.
 
RESPONSORIAL PSALM PS 128:1-2, 3, 4-5.
R. (cf. 1)  Blessed are those who fear the Lord and walk in his ways.
Blessed is everyone who fears the LORD,
   who walks in his ways!
For you shall eat the fruit of your handiwork;
   blessed shall you be, and favored.
R. Blessed are those who fear the Lord and walk in his ways.
Your wife shall be like a fruitful vine
   in the recesses of your home;
your children like olive plants
   around your table.
R. Blessed are those who fear the Lord and walk in his ways.
Behold, thus is the man blessed
   who fears the LORD.
The LORD bless you from Zion:
   may you see the prosperity of Jerusalem
   all the days of your life.
R. Blessed are those who fear the Lord and walk in his ways.
 
OR:
 
Ps 84:2-3, 5-6, 9-10.
 
R. (cf. 5a)  Blessed are they who dwell in your house, O Lord.
How lovely is your dwelling place, O LORD of hosts!
    My soul yearns and pines for the courts of the LORD.
My heart and my flesh cry out for the living God.
R. Blessed are they who dwell in your house, O Lord.
Happy they who dwell in your house!
    Continually they praise you.
Happy the men whose strength you are!
    Their hearts are set upon the pilgrimage.
R. Blessed are they who dwell in your house, O Lord.
O LORD of hosts, hear our prayer;
    hearken, O God of Jacob!
O God, behold our shield,
    and look upon the face of your anointed.
R. Blessed are they who dwell in your house, O Lord.
 
SECOND READING COL 3:12-21 OR 3:12-17
Brothers and sisters:
Put on, as God’s chosen ones, holy and beloved,
heartfelt compassion, kindness, humility, gentleness, and patience,
bearing with one another and forgiving one another,
if one has a grievance against another;
as the Lord has forgiven you, so must you also do.
And over all these put on love,
that is, the bond of perfection.
And let the peace of Christ control your hearts,
the peace into which you were also called in one body.
And be thankful.
Let the word of Christ dwell in you richly,
as in all wisdom you teach and admonish one another,
singing psalms, hymns, and spiritual songs
with gratitude in your hearts to God.
And whatever you do, in word or in deed,
do everything in the name of the Lord Jesus,
giving thanks to God the Father through him.  
 
Wives, be subordinate to your husbands,
as is proper in the Lord.
Husbands, love your wives,
and avoid any bitterness toward them.
Children, obey your parents in everything,
for this is pleasing to the Lord.
Fathers, do not provoke your children,
so they may not become discouraged.
 
 
OR:
 
Brothers and sisters:
Put on, as God’s chosen ones, holy and beloved,
heartfelt compassion, kindness, humility, gentleness, and patience,
bearing with one another and forgiving one another,
if one has a grievance against another;
as the Lord has forgiven you, so must you also do.
And over all these put on love,
that is, the bond of perfection.
And let the peace of Christ control your hearts,
the peace into which you were also called in one body.
And be thankful.
Let the word of Christ dwell in you richly,
as in all wisdom you teach and admonish one another,
singing psalms, hymns, and spiritual songs
with gratitude in your hearts to God.
And whatever you do, in word or in deed,
do everything in the name of the Lord Jesus,
giving thanks to God the Father through him.  
 
OR:
 
1 Jn 3:1-2, 21-24
 
Beloved:
See what love the Father has bestowed on us
that we may be called the children of God.
And so we are.
The reason the world does not know us
is that it did not know him.
Beloved, we are God’s children now;
what we shall be has not yet been revealed.
We do know that when it is revealed we shall be like him,
for we shall see him as he is.
 
Beloved, if our hearts do not condemn us,
we have confidence in God and receive from him whatever we ask,
because we keep his commandments and do what pleases him.
And his commandment is this:
we should believe in the name of his Son, Jesus Christ,
and love one another just as he commanded us.
Those who keep his commandments remain in him, and he in them,
and the way we know that he remains in us
is from the Spirit he gave us.
 
ALLELUIA COL 3:15A, 16A
R. Alleluia, alleluia.
Let the peace of Christ control your hearts;
Let the word of Christ dwell in you richly.
R. Alleluia, alleluia.
 
OR:
 
Cf. Acts 16:14b
R. Alleluia, alleluia.
Open our hearts, O Lord,
to listen to the words of your Son.
R. Alleluia, alleluia.
 
GOSPEL LK 2:41-52
Each year Jesus’ parents went to Jerusalem for the feast
of Passover,
and when he was twelve years old,
they went up according to festival custom.
After they had completed its days, as they were returning,
the boy Jesus remained behind in Jerusalem,
but his parents did not know it.
Thinking that he was in the caravan,
they journeyed for a day
and looked for him among their relatives and acquaintances,
but not finding him,
they returned to Jerusalem to look for him.

After three days they found him in the temple,
sitting in the midst of the teachers,
listening to them and asking them questions,
and all who heard him were astounded
at his understanding and his answers.
When his parents saw him,
they were astonished,
and his mother said to him,
“Son, why have you done this to us?
Your father and I have been looking for you with great anxiety.”
And he said to them,
“Why were you looking for me?
Did you not know that I must be in my Father’s house?”
But they did not understand what he said to them.
He went down with them and came to Nazareth,
and was obedient to them;
and his mother kept all these things in her heart.
And Jesus advanced in wisdom and age and favor
before God and man.
 
OFFERTORY:
1. Pagdaygon ka Dios
2. Dawata kining among Halad
3. Narito Ako
4. We Remember
 
COMMUNION:
1. Natawag ko na Ikaw
2. Ama Kong Mahal (Aquino)
2. Pag-ibig Mo Ama (Ando Macalinao SJ & Honti)
3. Pagsibol (Aquino)
4. Isang Sanggol (Ramirez)
5. Bituin (Aquino) JC is “giliw ng Diyos” in Koro 1.
6. God with us (Dan Schutte) Consider making this as the 2nd Communion song.
 7. Lo, How a Rose E’er Blooming. Stanza 3's "True man, yet very God" is the very message of G No. 1.
 
 
RECESSIONAL:
1. Ang Tawag
2. Paskoý Sumapit Na
3. The Work of Christmas
4. Carol of the Bells