The
readings for the 27th Sunday in Ordinary Time for Year A focus on discipleship
and our choice to follow Jesus or not. In the first reading Israel is warned
that they must be faithful. The psalm begs God to return to the vineyard and
care for it once again. The second reading encourages Christians to continue
along the path that Jesus has shown us. And in the gospel Jesus tells the
parable of the tenants, who rejected the landowner.
Theme:- Parable
of the Vineyard:
The parable of the vineyard highlights the theme of God’s ownership and
care over His creation. The vineyard symbolizes God’s kingdom, and the
tenants represent humanity’s responsibility to steward it.
- Rejection
of Messengers:
The theme of rejecting God’s messengers is evident as the tenants mistreat
and kill the servants sent by the owner. This reflects the historical
pattern of disregarding God’s messages and messengers.
- Sending
the Son:
The owner’s decision to send his son underscores the theme of God’s
ultimate outreach. Sending His Son, Jesus, reflects God’s desire to
restore the relationship with humanity through a new covenant.
- Crucial
Choice and Accountability:
The theme of choice and accountability emerges as the tenants plot to
seize the inheritance. Their decision leads to severe consequences,
highlighting the importance of right choices and their consequences.
- Transfer
of Responsibility:
The transfer of responsibility from unfaithful tenants to others
underscores the theme of God’s plan for redemption. This symbolizes the
transition from the Jewish covenant to the inclusion of the Gentiles in
God’s kingdom.
- Rejected
Stone and Cornerstone:
The reference to the stone rejected by the builders becoming the
cornerstone illustrates the theme of God’s sovereignty. This emphasizes
that God’s purposes will ultimately prevail, even if initially rejected by
people.
Entrance:
1. Diosnong
Magtutudlo
2. Tanang
Katawhan (Salmo 46)
3. Sa
Hapag ng Panginoon (Morano, Francisco) prioritize stanza 2
4. Purihi’t
Pasalamatan (Esteban, Hontiveros)
5. Magnificat
(Haas) stanza 2 is swak
6. All
my Days (Schutte, Murray) stanza 4 prioritize
Readings:- First
Reading – Isaiah
5:1-7: “: A friend cultivates a vineyard with great care but gets wild
grapes. He questions what more he could have done and decides to abandon
the vineyard, letting it turn into a wasteland. This vineyard is an
allegory for the house of Israel, where expected justice turns to chaos.
- Responsorial
Psalm – Psalm
80: The vineyard of the Lord is the house of Israel.
God planted a vine from Egypt,
cleared the land, and let it flourish. Then, its walls were broken, making it
vulnerable to beasts and trespassers. A plea is made for divine care and
restoration so that the vine, representing Israel, will thrive and its people
will be saved.- Second
Reading – Philippians
4:6-9: Don’t worry, but instead bring your concerns to God through
prayer. When you do, God’s peace will guard your heart and mind. Focus on
things that are true, honorable, just, pure, and lovely. By following this
guidance and emulating good examples, you’ll find peace.
- Gospel – Matthew
21:33-43: A landowner leases a vineyard but the tenants mistreat his
servants and kill his son. When asked, the elders agree that the owner
will evict these tenants and find new ones. Jesus warns that those who
reject the cornerstone will lose the kingdom of God.
Offertory:
1. Pagdaygon
Ka Dios (E1)
2. O
Dios Dawata (Koro Viannista)
3. Pag-aalay
(Francisco)
4. Ang
Tanging Alay Ko “buong buhay ko”
5. Prayer
for Generosity (Arboleda) “to fight and not to heed the wounds”
6. Take
and Receive
Communion:
1. Ang
Kinabuhing Mahinungdanon
2. Hain
Ka Gugma? “it’s a good choice”
3. Ama
Kong Mahal (Aquino)
4. Pagkakaibigan
(Cenzon, Abad-Santos) Best choice.
5. Sa
‘Yong Piling (Castro, Villaroman)
6. Likhain
Mong Muli (Alejo, Francisco)
7. Here
I am Lord (Schutte)
8. Now
We Remain (Haas)
9. Your
Heart Today (Francisco)
Recessional:
1. Pagbanwag
2. O
Rayna sa Rosaryo (since we are now on the month of Rosary)
3. Tanda
ng Kaharian ng Dios (Morano, Francisco)
4. Awit
sa Ina ng Santo Rosario
5. Stella
Maris (Borres, Francisco) stanza 3 prioritize it
6. O
Bayan ng Dios (Aquino) stanza 3 prioritize
7. Tell
the World of His Love (Bellamide)
8. Come
with Praise (Schutte)
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Easter (Old English: Ēostre) is a Christian feast and holiday celebrating the resurrection of Jesus Christ on the third day after his crucifixion at Calvary as described in the New Testament. Easter is preceded by Lent, a forty-day period of fasting, prayer, and penance. The last week of Lent is called Holy Week, and it contains Maundy Thursday, commemorating Maundy and the Last Supper, as well as Good Friday, commemorating the crucifixion and death of Jesus. Easter is followed by a fifty-day period called Easter tide or the Easter Season, ending with Pentecost Sunday. The festival is referred to in English by a variety of different names including Easter Day, Easter Sunday, Resurrection Day and Resurrection Sunday.
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Easter is linked to the Jewish Passover by much of its symbolism, as well as by its position in the calendar. In many languages, the words for "Easter" and "Passover" are etymologically related or homonymous. Easter customs vary across the Christian world, but decorating Easter eggs is a common motif. In the Western world, customs such as egg hunting and the Easter Bunny extend from the domain of church, and often have a secular character.
Entrance:
1. Saulogon Ta Karon
2. Daygon Ta Ang Ginoo
3. Magsiawit sa Panginoon (Isidro & Que)
4. Sumigaw sa Galak (Que)
5. Sing to the Mountains (Dufford)
6. Sing a new Song (Schutte)
7. City of God (Schutte)
First Reading Acts 10:34a, 37-43
Peter proceeded to speak and said:
“You know what has happened all over Judea,
beginning in Galilee after the baptism
that John preached,
how God anointed Jesus of Nazareth
with the Holy Spirit and power.
He went about doing good
and healing all those oppressed by the devil,
for God was with him.
We are witnesses of all that he did
both in the country of the Jews and in Jerusalem.
They put him to death by hanging him on a tree.
This man God raised on the third day and granted that he be visible,
not to all the people, but to us,
the witnesses chosen by God in advance,
who ate and drank with him after he rose from the dead.
He commissioned us to preach to the people
and testify that he is the one appointed by God
as judge of the living and the dead.
To him all the prophets bear witness,
that everyone who believes in him
will receive forgiveness of sins through his name.”
Responsorial Psalm Ps 118:1-2, 16-17, 22-23.
R (24) This is the day the Lord has made; let us rejoice and be glad.
or:
R Alleluia.
Give thanks to the LORD, for he is good,
for his mercy endures forever.
Let the house of Israel say,
“His mercy endures forever.”
R This is the day the Lord has made; let us rejoice and be glad.
or:
R Alleluia.
“The right hand of the LORD has struck with power;
the right hand of the LORD is exalted.
I shall not die, but live,
and declare the works of the LORD.”
R This is the day the Lord has made; let us rejoice and be glad.
or:
R Alleluia.
The stone which the builders rejected
has become the cornerstone.
By the LORD has this been done;
it is wonderful in our eyes.
R This is the day the Lord has made; let us rejoice and be glad.
or:
R Alleluia.
Second Reading Col 3:1-4
Brothers and sisters:
If then you were raised with Christ, seek what is above,
where Christ is seated at the right hand of God.
Think of what is above, not of what is on earth.
For you have died, and your life is hidden with Christ in God.
When Christ your life appears,
then you too will appear with him in glory.
OR:
I Cor 5:6b-8
Brothers and sisters:
Do you not know that a little yeast leavens all the dough?
Clear out the old yeast,
so that you may become a fresh batch of dough,
inasmuch as you are unleavened.
For our paschal lamb, Christ, has been sacrificed.
Therefore, let us celebrate the feast,
not with the old yeast, the yeast of malice and wickedness,
but with the unleavened bread of sincerity and truth.
Sequence
Victimae paschali laudes
Christians, to the Paschal Victim
Offer your thankful praises!
A Lamb the sheep redeems;
Christ, who only is sinless,
Reconciles sinners to the Father.
Death and life have contended in that combat stupendous:
The Prince of life, who died, reigns immortal.
Speak, Mary, declaring
What you saw, wayfaring.
“The tomb of Christ, who is living,
The glory of Jesus’ resurrection;
bright angels attesting,
The shroud and napkin resting.
Yes, Christ my hope is arisen;
to Galilee he goes before you.”
Christ indeed from death is risen, our new life obtaining.
Have mercy, victor King, ever reigning!
Amen. Alleluia.
Alleluia Cf. 1 Cor 5:7b-8a
R. Alleluia, alleluia.
Christ, our paschal lamb, has been sacrificed;
let us then feast with joy in the Lord.
R. Alleluia, alleluia.
Gospel Jn 20:1-9
On the first day of the week,
Mary of Magdala came to the tomb early in the morning,
while it was still dark,
and saw the stone removed from the tomb.
So she ran and went to Simon Peter
and to the other disciple whom Jesus loved, and told them,
“They have taken the Lord from the tomb,
and we don’t know where they put him.”
So Peter and the other disciple went out and came to the tomb.
They both ran, but the other disciple ran faster than Peter
and arrived at the tomb first;
he bent down and saw the burial cloths there, but did not go in.
When Simon Peter arrived after him,
he went into the tomb and saw the burial cloths there,
and the cloth that had covered his head,
not with the burial cloths but rolled up in a separate place.
Then the other disciple also went in,
the one who had arrived at the tomb first,
and he saw and believed.
For they did not yet understand the Scripture
that he had to rise from the dead.
Offertory:
1. Nagahalad Kami
2. Mugna sa Dios
3. Diyutay Lang Kini
4. Tinapay ng Buhay (justified for today’s celebration)
5. Unang Alay
6. Blessed be God
7. We Remember (Haugen) Use Stanza 2.
Communion:
1. Kini Maong Akong Lawas (Koro Viannista)
2. Ang Ginoo Nabanhaw Na (F82)
3. Nabanhaw si JesuKristo (F81)
4. Ang Huni sa Kinabuhi
5. Way Sukod ang Pagmahal
6. Daygon Ikaw Ginoong Dios
7. Bawat Sandali (Gan, Francisco)
8. Pagsibol (Aquino)
9. Tubig ng Buhay (Valdellon)
10. Tinapay ng Buhay (if hindi kinanta sa Offertory)
11. Far Greater Love (Go and Francisco)
12. I am the Bread of Life (Toolan)
13. On Eagle’s Wings (Joncas)
Recessional:
1. Ang Tawag
2. Pag-inambitay
3. Pagbanwag
4. Humayo’t Ihayag (Francisco, Catalan, Go)
5. Awit ng Pasasalamat (Hontiveros)
6. Life Forevermore (Ellerton and Francisco)
7. I am the Bread of Life (Toolan)
HAPPY EASTER EVERYONE :)
