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Easter Sunday - April 4, 2021

Easter Sunday
April 4, 2021

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 Eastertide 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.

Easter is a moveable feast, meaning it is not fixed in relation to the civil calendar. The First Council of Nicaea (325) established the date of Easter as the first Sunday after the full moon (the Paschal Full Moon) following the northern hemisphere's vernal equinox. Ecclesiastically, the equinox is reckoned to be on March 21 (even though the equinox occurs, astronomically speaking, on March 20 in most years), and the "Full Moon" is not necessarily the astronomically correct date. The date of Easter therefore varies between March 22 and April 25. Eastern Christianity bases its calculations on the Julian calendar who’s March 21 corresponds, during the 21st century, to April 3 in the Gregorian calendar, in which the celebration of Easter therefore varies between April 4 and May 8.

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)

Kyrie:
1. Ginoo Kaloy-I Kami
2. Panginoon Maawa Ka (Francisco)
3. Lord, Have Mercy (Francisco-Reyes)

Gloria:
1. Himaya sa Dios (Villanueva)
2. Papuri sa Dios (Francisco-Reyes-Torres)
3. Glory To God (Francisco-Agatep)

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 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 Acclamation:
1. Aleluya (chord of A D Bm E-E7)
2. Aleluya Lamdag Ka
3. Salubong
4. Aleluya, Wikain Mo
5. Salamat Sa Dios (Hontiveros)
6. Sing Alleluia to the Lord
7. Sing 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.

Today there would be no Profession of the Creed; instead: the Renewal of Baptismal Vows. After the vows, singing is typical.

Renewal of Baptismal vows: Isang Pananampalataya (Santos & Hontiveros)

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.

Sanctus:
1. Santos (Mass 21 Villanueva)
2. Santos (Fernandez) chord G C G D7
3. Santo, Santo, Santo (Francisco-Arboleda-Torres)
4. Santo, Santo, Santo (Francisco)
5. Holy, Holy, Holy (Dufford-Schutte)

Acclamation:
1. Si Kristo Namatay
2. Si Kristo’y Namatay (Hontiveros)
3. Christ Has Died (Bayogos)
4. Christ Has Died (Wise)

Amen:
1. 7 Amen
2. Amen Pagdaygon Ang Dios
3. Dakilang Amen (Francisco)
4. Amen Alleluia (Bayogos)

Pater Noster:
1. Amahan Namo
2. Ama Namin (Francisco-Arboleda-Torres)
3. Ama Namin (Hontiveros 1)
4. Our Father (Malotte)

Doxology:
1. Kay Imo Man Ang Gingharian
2. Sapagkat Sa’yo ang Kaharian (Francisco-Arboleda-Torres)
3. For the Kingdom

Agnus Dei:
1. Kordero sa Dios (Set III Fernandez)
2. Kordero ng Diyos (Arboleda-Francisco)
3. Lamb of God (Folk)

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 😊

1st Sunday of Lent (Year 1 Cycle B) - February 21, 2021

February 21, 2021
1^st Sunday of Lent

LENT is a short season of six weeks intended to prepare us for the great celebrations of Easter. The word Lent comes from the old Anglo-Saxon and Old German words for spring marked by days that lengthen. The idea of penitence and fasting during Lent may have begun in earlier, hungrier times as a means of spiritualizing real shortages of food at this time of year.

Entrance:

1. Tun-I Kami Ginoo

2. Pasaylo, Ginoo

3. Alay sa Kapwa (Esteban & Hontiveros)

4. Buksan ang aming puso (Tinio & Hontiveros)

5. Save us, O Lord (Dufford)

6. Though the mountains may fall (Schutte)

Kyrie:

1. Kaloy-I Kami Ginoo

2. Panginoon Maawa Ka (Francisco)

3. As we Prepare

No Gloria

First Reading Gn 9:8-15

God said to Noah and to his sons with him:
“See, I am now establishing my covenant with you
and your descendants after you
and with every living creature that was with you:
all the birds, and the various tame and wild animals
that were with you and came out of the ark.
I will establish my covenant with you,
that never again shall all bodily creatures be destroyed
by the waters of a flood;
there shall not be another flood to devastate the earth.”
God added:
“This is the sign that I am giving for all ages to come,
of the covenant between me and you
and every living creature with you:
I set my bow in the clouds to serve as a sign
of the covenant between me and the earth.
When I bring clouds over the earth,
and the bow appears in the clouds,
I will recall the covenant I have made
between me and you and all living beings,
so that the waters shall never again become a flood
to destroy all mortal beings.”

Responsorial Psalm Ps 25:4-5, 6-7, 8-9

R. (cf. 10) Your ways, O Lord, are love and truth to those who keep your covenant.
Your ways, O LORD, make known to me;
teach me your paths,
Guide me in your truth and teach me,
for you are God my savior.

R. Your ways, O Lord, are love and truth to those who keep your covenant.
Remember that your compassion, O LORD,
and your love are from of old.
In your kindness remember me,
because of your goodness, O LORD.

R. Your ways, O Lord, are love and truth to those who keep your covenant.
Good and upright is the LORD,
thus he shows sinners the way.
He guides the humble to justice,
and he teaches the humble his way.
R. Your ways, O Lord, are love and truth to those who keep your covenant.

Second Reading 1 Pt 3:18-22

Beloved:
Christ suffered for sins once,
the righteous for the sake of the unrighteous,
that he might lead you to God.
Put to death in the flesh,
he was brought to life in the Spirit.
In it he also went to preach to the spirits in prison,
who had once been disobedient
while God patiently waited in the days of Noah
during the building of the ark,
in which a few persons, eight in all,
were saved through water.
This prefigured baptism, which saves you now.
It is not a removal of dirt from the body
but an appeal to God for a clear conscience,
through the resurrection of Jesus Christ,
who has gone into heaven
and is at the right hand of God,
with angels, authorities, and powers subject to him.

Verse Before the Gospel Mt 4:4b

One does not live on bread alone,
but on every word that comes forth from the mouth of God.

Gospel Acclamation:

1. Ang mga Pulong mo

2. Pagdayeg Alang Kanimo

3. Alalahanin mo Panginoon

4. Wika Mo

5. Glory and Praise

6. Words of Life

Gospel Mk 1:12-15

The Spirit drove Jesus out into the desert,
and he remained in the desert for forty days,
tempted by Satan.
He was among wild beasts,
and the angels ministered to him.

After John had been arrested,
Jesus came to Galilee proclaiming the gospel of God:
“This is the time of fulfillment.
The kingdom of God is at hand.
Repent, and believe in the gospel.”

Offertory:

1. O Dios Dawata (Koro Viannista)

2. Kini Mao Akong Lawas

3. Alay Kapwa (Tinio & Hontiveros)

4. Kung ‘Yong nanaisin (Francisco)

5. Take and Receive

6. Prayer of Rupert Mayer

Sanctus:

1. Santos (Mass 4 Villanueva)

2. Santos (Bukas Palad)

3. Sanctus (pwede yung latin chant or yung English translation)

Acclamation:

1. Manluluwas sa Kalibutan

2. Si Kristo’y Namatay (Hontiveros)

3. Dying

Amen:

1. Amen (chord of A D)

2. Amen (Francisco, Arboleda, Reyes, Torres)

Pater Noster:

At your choice… If the congregation can participate to sing this, that would be better.

Doxology:

1. Kay Imo Man (Chord of Am)

2. Sapagkat

3. For the Kingdom

Agnus Dei:

1. Kordero sa Dios IV (chord of Dm-B)

2. Kordero ng Dios (Que)

3. Lamb of God (Folk)

Communion:

1. Misyon sa Tawo

2. Ang Atong Tulubagon

3. Ang Tawo Niining kalibutan

4. O Krus Kaluwasan

5. Awit ng Paghilom

6. Halina’t Lumapit sa Akin

7. Maging Akin Muli (Aquino)

8. Pagkabighani

9. Sa Dapit Hapon (Tabuena and Hontiveros)

10. Manatili Ka (Francisco)

11. Now we remain (Haas)

12. God of silence (Francisco)

13. Holy Darkness (Schute)

14. Anima Christi (Arboleda)

Recessional:

1. Asin ug Kahayag

2. Kinsa?

3. Sinong Makapaghihiwalay (Anunciata)

4. Maliban sa Mahulog sa Lupa

5. (See entrance song)

Suggested Mass Line-Up for November 27, 2011 (1st Sunday of Advent)

November 27, 2011

1st Sunday of Advent in Year B

Liturgical Color: Purple

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WHAT IS ADVENT?

Advent (from the Latin word adventus meaning "coming") is a season observed in many Western Christian churches, a time of expectant waiting and preparation for the celebration of the Nativity of Jesus at Christmas. It is the beginning of the Western liturgical year and commences on Advent Sunday, called Levavi. The Eastern churches' equivalent of Advent is called the Nativity Fast, but it differs both in length and observances and does not begin the church year, which starts instead on September 1.

The progression of the season may be marked with an Advent calendar, a practice introduced by German Lutherans. At least in the Roman Catholic, Anglican, Lutheran and Methodist calendars, Advent starts on the fourth Sunday before December 25, the Sunday from November 27 to December 3 inclusive.

Latin adventus is the translation of the Greek word parousia, commonly used in reference to the Second Coming of Christ. For Christians, the season of Advent serves as a reminder both of the original waiting that was done by the Hebrews for the birth of their Messiah as well as the waiting of Christians for Christ's return.

Advent wreaths are used to mark the passage of the season

The theme of readings and teachings during Advent is often to prepare for the Second Coming while commemorating the First Coming of Christ at Christmas. With the view of directing the thoughts of Christians to the first coming of Jesus Christ as savior and to his second coming as judge, special readings are prescribed for each of the four Sundays in Advent.

The usual liturgical colour in Western Christianity for Advent is purple or blue. The purple colour is often used for hangings around the church, on the vestments of the clergy, and often also the tabernacle. On the 3rd Sunday of Advent, Gaudete Sunday, rose may be used instead, referencing the rose used on Laetare Sunday, the 4th Sunday of Lent. In some Christian denominations, blue, a colour representing hopefulness is an alternative liturgical colour for Advent, a custom traced to the usage of the Church of Sweden (Lutheran) and the medieval Sarum Rite in England. In addition, the colour blue is also used in the Mozarabic Rite (Catholic and Anglican), which dates to the eighth century. This colour is often referred to as "Sarum blue". The Lutheran Book of Worship lists blue as the preferred colour for Advent while the Methodist Book of Worship identifies purple or blue as being appropriate for Advent. There has been an increasing trend to supplant purple with blue during Advent as it is an hopeful season of preparation that anticipates both Bethlehem and the consummation of history in the second coming of Jesus Christ. Proponents of this new liturgical trend argue that purple is traditionally associated with solemnity and somberness, which is fitting to the repentant character of Lent. During the Nativity Fast, red is used among the denominations of Eastern Christianity, although gold is an alternative colour.

In Advent, the Advent Prose, an antiphonal plainsong, may be sung. The "Late Advent Weekdays", December 17–24, mark the singing of the Great Advent 'O antiphons'. These are the antiphons for the Magnificat at Vespers, or Evening Prayer (in the Roman Catholic and Lutheran churches) and Evensong in Anglican churches each day and mark the forthcoming birth of the Messiah. They form the basis for each verse of the popular Advent hymn, "O come, O come, Emmanuel".

From the 4th century the season was kept as a period of fasting as strict as that of Lent(commencing in some localities on 11 November; this being the feast day of St. Martin of Tours, the fast became known as "St. Martin's Lent", "St. Martin's Fast" or the "forty days of St. Martin"). The feast day was in many countries a time of frolic and heavy eating, since the 40-day fast began the next day. In the Anglican and Lutheran churches this fasting rule was later relaxed, with the Roman Catholic Church doing likewise later, but still keeping Advent as a season of penitence. In addition to fasting, dancing and similar festivities were forbidden in these traditions. The third Sunday in Advent was a Rose Sunday, when the color of the vestments was changed and a relaxation of the fast was permitted. The Eastern Orthodox and Oriental Orthodox churches still hold the tradition of fasting for 40 days before the Nativity Feast.

In many countries Advent was long marked by diverse popular observances, some of which still survive. In England, especially in the northern counties, there was a custom (now extinct) for poor women to carry around the "Advent images", two dolls dressed to represent Jesus and the Blessed Virgin Mary. A halfpenny coin was expected from everyone to whom these were exhibited and bad luck was thought to menace the household not visited by the doll-bearers before Christmas Eve at the latest.

In Normandy, farmers employed children under twelve to run through the fields and orchards armed with torches, setting fire to bundles of straw, and thus it is believed driving out such vermin as are likely to damage the crops. In Italy, among other Advent celebrations, is the entry into Rome in the last days of Advent of the Calabrian pifferari, or bagpipe players, who play before the shrines of Mary, the mother of Jesus, the Italian tradition being that the shepherds played these pipes when they came to the manger at Bethlehem to pay homage to the infant Jesus.

In recent times the commonest observance of Advent outside church circles has been the keeping of an advent calendar or advent candle, with one door being opened in the calendar, or one section of the candle being burned, on each day in December leading up to Christmas Eve.

End of the liturgical year

In Anglican churches the Sunday before Advent is sometimes nicknamed Stir-up Sunday after the opening lines of the Book of Common Prayer collect for that day. In the Roman Catholic Church since 1969, and in most Anglican churches since at least 2000, the final Sunday of the liturgical year before Advent has been celebrated as the Feast of Christ the King. This feast is now also widely observed in many Protestant churches, sometimes as the Reign of Christ. In consequence, the collect for the first Sunday of Advent in the Episcopal Church USA is no longer "stir up". Since the 1979 revision of the Book of Common Prayer that collect is read on the third Sunday of the season.

Entrance:

Ayaw Paglangan Ginoo
Andama Ang Dalan
Bayan magsiawit na (Song #33)
Advent is about, among others, anticipation for Christ’s coming. Naturally being repetitive, this song’s refrain would have an adventish touch and begin very strongly that mission to arouse the congregation’s anticipation for the coming JC when one sings: “Dakilang biyayang pangako Niya sisilay na” rather than “sumilay” na. Kung baga ang lakas ng pasok/dating nito. Parang the film outfit would be creating a teaser dahel may ilo-launch na big budget film! Most sincere apologies po to Father Arnel if binastardo ko yung song niya.
Halina, Jesus, aming Mananakop (Isidro, Que)
Dinggin Mo (Esteban, Hontiveros) "Ama nami't Panginoon" is so 1R.
Seek the Lord (especially Stanza 1) (Song #289)
Advent is not only about anticipation for the Christ’s first coming. It is also about preparedness for the Second Coming. (Traces of 32nd and 33rd Sundays in Ordinary Time.)
Blest be the Lord (Schutte)
All the Ends of the Earth (Dufford)

Kyrie:

Kaloy-I Kami Ginoo
Maawa Ka (Francisco-Reyes)
As We Prepare

For Advent, there should no Gloria. Omit Gloria.

First Reading

Is 63:16b-17, 19b; 64:2-7

You, LORD, are our father,

our redeemer you are named forever.

Why do you let us wander, O LORD, from your ways,

and harden our hearts so that we fear you not?

Return for the sake of your servants,

the tribes of your heritage.

Oh, that you would rend the heavens and come down,

with the mountains quaking before you,

while you wrought awesome deeds we could not hope for,

such as they had not heard of from of old.

No ear has ever heard, no eye ever seen, any God but you

doing such deeds for those who wait for him.

Would that you might meet us doing right,

that we were mindful of you in our ways!

Behold, you are angry, and we are sinful;

all of us have become like unclean people,

all our good deeds are like polluted rags;

we have all withered like leaves,

and our guilt carries us away like the wind.

There is none who calls upon your name,

who rouses himself to cling to you;

for you have hidden your face from us

and have delivered us up to our guilt.

Yet, O LORD, you are our father;

we are the clay and you the potter:

we are all the work of your hands.

Responsorial Psalm

Ps 80:2-3, 15-16, 18-19

R. (4) Lord, make us turn to you; let us see your face and we shall be saved.

O shepherd of Israel, hearken,

from your throne upon the cherubim, shine forth.

Rouse your power,

and come to save us.

R. Lord, make us turn to you; let us see your face and we shall be saved.

Once again, O LORD of hosts,

look down from heaven, and see;

take care of this vine,

and protect what your right hand has planted

the son of man whom you yourself made strong.

R. Lord, make us turn to you; let us see your face and we shall be saved.

May your help be with the man of your right hand,

with the son of man whom you yourself made strong.

Then we will no more withdraw from you;

give us new life, and we will call upon your name.

R. Lord, make us turn to you; let us see your face and we shall be saved.

Second Reading

1 Cor 1:3-9

Brothers and sisters:

Grace to you and peace from God our Father

and the Lord Jesus Christ.

I give thanks to my God always on your account

for the grace of God bestowed on you in Christ Jesus,

that in him you were enriched in every way,

with all discourse and all knowledge,

as the testimony to Christ was confirmed among you,

so that you are not lacking in any spiritual gift

as you wait for the revelation of our Lord Jesus Christ.

He will keep you firm to the end,

irreproachable on the day of our Lord Jesus Christ.

God is faithful,

and by him you were called to fellowship with his Son,

Jesus Christ our Lord.

Alleluia:

Ang Ginoo, Among Kahayag (D12)
Aleluya! Ang Pulong Mo (D9)
Aleluya Wikain Mo
Alleluya (Francisco-Arboleda-Reyes)

Gospel

Mk 13:33-37

Jesus said to his disciples:

"Be watchful! Be alert!

You do not know when the time will come.

It is like a man traveling abroad.

He leaves home and places his servants in charge,

each with his own work,

and orders the gatekeeper to be on the watch.

Watch, therefore;

you do not know when the Lord of the house is coming,

whether in the evening, or at midnight,

or at cockcrow, or in the morning.

May he not come suddenly and find you sleeping.

What I say to you, I say to all: 'Watch!'"

Important Ideas: Anticipation, waiting, preparedness, some degree of eschatology

PERSONAL REFLECTION:

We mark the passing of time by celebrating special occasions such as birthdays and anniversaries. Some days are more special for us than other days. Wedding days are special days and wedding anniversaries are special days. In one sense those special days are the same as every other day because the sun rises and sets in the same way and everybody else goes about their business in the normal way, but for the happy couple such a day is a special day, a day to be celebrated, a day for which to be thankful and grateful.

Today is a special day, and not just a day, but the beginning of a special season, Advent. During Advent we focus on waiting, waiting for the Second Coming of Jesus, and during the week before Christmas our waiting changes to waiting for our celebration of the birth of Jesus. Anytime we wait we do so because we expect something to happen; we wait for a bus or train because we expect it to arrive. When we are wait for a bus or train we cannot see it coming but hope it will come. During Advent we are waiting for the Second Coming of Jesus because the Second Coming of Jesus will bring all God’s plans for the world to completion. As we wait in hope for the Second Coming of Jesus we know he is with us in so many ways especially in the sacraments. So during Advent we are conscious of the fact that God is present with us while we wait for the fulfillment of God’s plans.

The words of Jesus in the Gospel today express the mood of this early part of the Advent season,

“Be on your guard, stay awake, because you never know when the time will come.” (Mark 13:33)

In the first reading today the Jews expressed hope in God even when going through a difficult time and so we heard glimpses of hope in that reading,

“Return, for the sake of your servants….
Oh that you would tear the heavens open and come down
- at your presence the mountains would melt.” (Isa 63:17; 64:2 JB)

In the second reading Paul reminds his listeners of the many gifts they have received from God which will support them until the Second Coming of Jesus,

“you will not be without any of the gifts of the Spirit while you are waiting for our Lord Jesus Christ to be revealed.” (1 Cor 1:7)

For those who are finding these times difficult for one reason or another the message of Advent is “Wait for God in patient hope.” God has not abandoned us, God is with us though sometimes our lack of faith prevents us from seeing him. Remember Jesus in the womb of Mary for nine months; Mary could not see Jesus but she knew that the Word had been made flesh and she was waiting in hope for his birth. Wait in patient hope for God to fulfill his plans in his own way in his own time. Remember the Jews in our first reading waiting in patient hope for God,

“Return, for the sake of your servants….
Oh that you would tear the heavens open and come down
- at your presence the mountains would melt.” (Isa 63:17; 64:2 JB)

Remember Jesus in our Gospel advising never to give up waiting,

“Be on your guard, stay awake, because you never know when the time will come.” (Mark 13:33)

Remember Paul,

“you will not be without any of the gifts of the Spirit while you are waiting for our Lord Jesus Christ to be revealed.” (1 Cor 1:7)

If you find these times difficult remember the message of Advent, “Wait for God in patient hope.”

Offertory:

Gasa sa Gugma (Koro Viannista) good choice
Daygon Ikaw, Ginoong Dios
Gasa Namo Kanimo
Pag-aalay ng Puso (Minsan Lamang) (Nemy & Que) as advent (at least the earlier part) has an eschatological notion. Traces of 32nd and 33rd Sundays in Ordinary Time yata ito.
Ang Tanging Alay Ko Prioritize Stanza 3. One reinforces the more common message of Advent even more when in Stanza 3 this is sung: “Aking hinihintay ang ‘Yong pagdarating, Jesus” rather than “pagbabalik, Jesus.” Nevertheless, pagbabalik can certainly remain, as again this season also has an eschatological notion.
Unang Alay (best choice) We can instantly make this song have an Adventish notion: The last line originally runs: “...Ngayo’y nananalig, nagmamahal sa ‘Yo.” Sing instead, “Ngayo’y umaasa, naghihintay sa ‘Yo.” You then reinforce the message re: anticipation.
Now if your choir sings the Koda, you deliver one solid message if you sing: “Ngayo’y nananalig (umaawit), dumudulog (sumasamba), umaasa (naghihintay) sa ‘Yo.”
I will be so excommunicated by Fr. Rey Magnaye.
Prayer for Generosity (Arboleda)
Take our Bread (Wise)
To Be Your Bread (Haas)

Sanctus:

1. Santos (Mass III Villanueva)

2. Santo, Santo, Santo (Francisco-Arboleda-Torres)

3. Holy, Holy, Holy (Dufford-Schutte)

Acclamation:

1. Si Kristo atong Handumon (Cebuano version of Si Kristo ay Gunitain)

2. Si Kristo’y Namatay (Hontiveros)

3. Memorial Acclamation (Marcelo-Fenomeno)

Amen:

1. Amen Pagdaygon ang Dios

2. Dakilang Amen (Francisco)

3. Amen Alleluia (Bayogos)

Pater Noster:

1. Amahan Namo

2. Ama Namin (Francisco-Arboleda-Torres)

3. Our Father (Pat-Martell)

Doxology:

1. Kay Imo Man

2. Sapagkat Sa’yo ang Kaharian (Francisco-Arboleda-Torress)

3. For The Kingdom

Agnus Dei:

1. Kordero sa Dios (Pastorella version by Fr. Villanueva)

2. Kordero ng Diyos (Hontiveros)

3. Lamb of God (Folk)

Communion:

1. Panahon na Karon sa Pagbag-o, literally Christians repent during Advent and Lent season. So this is a good choice

2. O Dios, Ikaw Haduol

3. Andani, Pag-andam sa Ani, the main keyword is Pag-andam. For his coming we should prepare.

4. Ginoo, Sayud Ka sa Tanan (Ad-7)

5. Awit ng Paghahangad (Cenzon) Our response to be watchful: Ika’y pagmamasdan sa dakong banal, nang Makita ko ang ‘Yong pagkarangal.

6. Awit ng Paghilom (Aquino). “Hanap-hanap Ka ng puso”

7. Hesus na Aking Kapatid (Hontiveros) Focus on “Tulutan Mo aking mata” Lentish admittedly though.

8. Liwanag ng Aming Puso: Lentish but (“...sa amin manahan Ka...”)

9. O Diyos, Iniibig Kita (Rodrigo & Hontiveros)

10. Pagsibol (Aquino)

11. Panginoon Aking Tanglaw (Ramirez)

12. Sa Dapit Hapon (Tabuena & Hontiveros) Sing stanza 1 repeatedly.

13. Patience People (Foley)

14. The Face of God (Francisco)

15. God of Silence (Francisco)

16. Holy Darkness “As we await You” pero some consider this for the Easter Vigil mas apt.

17. Hosea (Norbet) Lentish mas kilala, pero if you consider its links to eschatology...

18. Love is the answer (Hannisian)

19. One Thing I Ask (Tirol)

20. This Alone (Manion)

21. We Remember (Haugen)

Recessional:

1. Pagpangatagak na Yamog

2. Balang Araw
Suggestion ko lang ‘toh; anyone can very well disagree: consider changing yung ‘Narito na’ng Manunubos, luwalhatiin ang Diyos!’ into ‘Darating na’ng Manunubos, luwalhatiin ang Diyos!’ I just think it will be more faithful to the chronology, na for this season of advent, we should all help build up the anticipation for His coming. Technically Christ already came 2000 years ago, but we do have a liturgical year—every year and time, events that happened 2000 years ago are ever more renewed and ever more recalled to mind, and akma yung message mo when you hit the right pamanahon ng pandiwa (tenses of verbs).

3. Tanda ng Kaharian ng Diyos (Morano & Francisco)

4. Any Marian Song (kasi Nov 27 is Our Lady of the Miraculous Medal)

A Time Will Come for Singing (Schutte)
Wait for the Lord
Life Forever More (Ellerton & Francisco)

Have a happy weekend Brothers and Sisters… For more questions and suggestions please send me SMS at +639089741495… God Bless Us All

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