Suggested Songs for April 22, 2012 Mass

April 22, 2012

3rd Sunday of Easter in Year B

Liturgical color: White

Good day brothers and sisters. We are now on the 3^rd Sunday of Easter. I hope you are doing fine. And I’m so happy to know that this blog really works, that a lot of Christians (Catholic) visits this blog weekly. And I really appreciate that. But I will be more happy if you will introduce yourself to us in D’MECC. Kindly email us at dmecchoir@yahoo.com to know your stories. The stories of your choir and etc.

Entrance:

1.      Diosnong Magtutudlo

2.      Diha sa Halaran (Koro Viannista)

3.      Kasaulogan sa Kinabuhi (Fernandez)

4.      Daygon ta ang Ginoo

5.      Magpasalamat kayo sa Panginoon (Ramirez) prioritize stanza 2

6.      Purihi’t Pasalamat (Esteban, Hontiveros)

7.      Sumigaw sa galak (Que)

8.      Water of Life (Haas)

9.      Sing to the Mountains (Dufford) prioritize stanza 1 and 3

10.  Sing a New Song (Schutte)

Kyrie:

1.      Ginoo Kaloy-I Kami (Set IV)

2.      Panginoon Maawa Ka (Francisco)

3.      Maawa Ka (Francisco-Reyes)

4.      Lord, Have Mercy (Francisco-Reyes)

5.      As We Prepare

Gloria:

1.      Himaya sa Dios (C7)

2.      Luwalhati sa Dios (Sengson)

3.      Glory to God (Francisco-Agatep)

First Reading...

"At the Temple gate, Peter addressed the people: 'The God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob, the God of our ancestors has glorified his servant Jesus, whom you handed over and rejected in the presence of Pilate though he had decided to release him.

But you rejected the Holy and Righteous One and asked to have a murderer given to you, and you killed the Author of life, whom God raised from the dead. To this we are witnesses.

And now, friends, I know that you acted in ignorance, as did also your rulers. In this way God fulfilled what he had foretold through all the prophets, that his Messiah would suffer.

Repent therefore, and turn to God so that your sins may be wiped out.'" [Acts 3:13-5, 17-9]

Responsorial Psalm Ps 4:2, 4, 7-8, 9

R. (7a) Lord, let your face shine on us.
When I call, answer me, O my just God,
you who relieve me when I am in distress;
have pity on me, and hear my prayer!
R. Lord, let your face shine on us.
Know that the LORD does wonders for his faithful one;
the LORD will hear me when I call upon him.
R. Lord, let your face shine on us.
O LORD, let the light of your countenance shine upon us!
You put gladness into my heart.
R. Lord, let your face shine on us.
As soon as I lie down, I fall peacefully asleep,
for you alone, O LORD,
bring security to my dwelling.
R. Lord, let your face shine on us.

Second Reading...

"My little children, I am writing these things to you so that you may not sin. But if anyone does sin, we have an advocate with the Father, Jesus Christ the righteous; and he is the atoning sacrifice for our sins, and not for ours only but also for the sins of the whole world.

Now by this we may be sure that we know him, if we obey his commandments. Whoever says, 'I have come to know him,' but does not obey his commandments, is a liar, and in such a person the truth does not exist; but whoever obeys his word, truly in this person the love of God has reached perfection. By this we may be sure that we are in him." [1 Jn. 2:1-5]

Gospel Acclamation:

1.      Aleluya, Lamdag Ka

2.      Aleluya, Mao Kini ang Adlaw

3.      Aleluya sa ‘Tong Ginoo

4.      Aleluya, Wikain Mo (Francisco)

5.      Aleluya, Kami ay Gawin mong Daan (Francisco)

6.      Aleluya (Francisco-Arboleda-Torres)

7.      Sing Aleluia to the Lord

Gospel Reading...

"The two disciples told the eleven and their companions what had happened on the road to Emmaus and how Jesus had been made known to them in the breaking of the bread.

While they were talking about this, Jesus himself stood among them and said to them, 'Peace be with you.' They were startled and terrified, and thought that they were seeing a ghost. He said to them, 'Why are you frightened, and why do doubts arise in your hearts? Look at my hands and my feet; see that it is I myself. Touch me and see; for a ghost does not have flesh and bones as you see that I have.

And when he had said this, he showed them his hands and his feet. While in their joy they were disbelieving and still wondering, he said to them, 'Have you anything here to eat?' They gave him a piece of broiled fish, and he took it and ate in their presence.

Then he said to them, 'These are my words that I spoke to you while I was still with you - that everything written about me in the law of Moses, the prophets, and the psalms must be fulfilled.' Then he opened their minds to understand the scriptures, and he said to them, 'Thus it is written, that the Christ is to suffer and to rise from the dead on the third day, and that repentance and forgiveness of sins is to be proclaimed in his name to all nations, beginning from Jerusalem. You are witnesses of these things." [Lk. 24:35-48]

Homily/Reflections of the Readings:

My brothers and sisters in Christ, today, all three readings from the Holy Scriptures echo that Jesus suffered for the forgiveness of sins.

During the First Reading, you heard the words, "God fulfilled what he had foretold through all the prophets, that his Messiah would suffer. Repent therefore, and turn to God so that your sins may be wiped out." [Acts 3:18-9]

During the Second Reading, you heard, "He is the atoning sacrifice for our sins, and not for ours only but also for the sins of the whole world." [1 Jn. 2:2]

And, during the Gospel, you heard me read, "Thus it is written, that the Messiah is to suffer and to rise from the dead on the third day, and that repentance and forgiveness of sins is to be proclaimed in his name to all nations, beginning from Jerusalem." [Lk. 24:46-7]

When reflecting on the atoning sacrifice of Our Lord Jesus for our sins, what comes to my mind is the model life of St. Maximilian Kolbe who was canonized in October, 1982. Born in Poland in 1894, when he was old enough to answer God's calling, Maximilian joined the religious congregation of the Franciscans. By 1927, he had founded a house for those who wished to enter the religious life. 

In 1941, while appointed as the superior of the Polish community, he was arrested by the Gestapo and imprisoned at Auschwitz. Twelve weeks after his arrival at the prison camp, a prisoner escaped. In retaliation, ten men were chosen at random to die of starvation. One of the chosen men was a young father. Shining in the love of Jesus, Father Maximilian offered to take the place of the young man. The offer was accepted and on August 14, 1941, Fr. Maximilian died of starvation.

In this act of self-sacrifice, we perceive true Christian love. Here, one man gave his life for another on the day of judgment, when the young father was condemned to death. With Jesus, it was different. Rather then waiting for us to be condemned to death on Judgment Day because of the sinful nature that we have inherited from our first parents and the personal sins that we have committed against our Lord, Jesus offered Himself as our atoning sacrifice before we were born. Now, when we will appear before the Lord God on Judgment Day, Jesus shall be our Mediator. He shall testify on our behalf that He who was sinless, washed away our sins through His Blood as the Lamb of God.

As was foretold through all the prophets of the Old Testament, the Author of life, our Messiah Jesus was called to suffer for our sins. To this, the disciples of Jesus were witnesses.

Having died for our sins, for the sins of the whole world, each and everyone of us has a free will to turn to Jesus in order to accept His sacrifice as our substitute or to reject the grace of God. If we accept the atoning sacrifice of Jesus, we must repent of our sins with a sincerity of heart. Then, we must obey the Commandments of God that are found in the Holy Bible and that are placed before us through the teachings of the Holy Catholic Church. 

Those who obeyed the commandments of God as Father Maximilian obeyed them, they have come to know God. In them, the love of God has reached perfection. By embracing the same obedience to the Commandments in the love of Jesus Christ, we know that we are in Jesus and that Jesus is in us.

When Jesus appeared to His disciples to command them to proclaim repentance and the forgiveness of sins to all nations, beginning from Jerusalem, the disciples were startled and terrified. They thought that they were seeing a ghost."

But no, the disciples were not seeing a ghost. They were in the presence of Jesus glorified. As Jesus said, "A ghost does not have flesh and bones as you see that I have." Nor can a ghost, having a spiritual body, eat food that is physical in nature. But, in the presence of His disciples, Jesus did eat. Therefore, it is certain that the presence of Jesus was not the presence of His Spirit.

Today's reading from the Gospel of Luke is an interesting passage because it gives us a spiritual perception of the nature of the Holy Ghost who was given to the world on Pentecost Day.

Throughout the Holy Bible, in the Old and New Testament, numerous references are found to the Holy Spirit as being the Spirit of God. Some of these passages are found in: Gen. 41:38; Mt. 3:16; Rom. 8;9; 1 Cor. 2:11; Eph. 4:30; 1 Pet. 4:14; and 1 Jn. 4:2. There are also a reference to the Spirit of the living God. [2 Cor. 3:3] 

Elsewhere in the Holy Bible, a reference is found to the Holy Spirit as being the Spirit of the Father. [Mt. 10:20]

There are references to the Spirit of the Lord. [Is. 61:1; Lk. 4:18; Acts 8:39; 2 Cor. 3:17, 8] Some of these references are to the Spirit of the Lord God of the Old Testament (God the Father) while others refer to the Spirit of the Lord as Jesus. In another passage, the Holy Spirit is called the Spirit of God's Son. [Gal. 4:6]

There are also references to the Spirit of Christ. [Rom. 8:9; 1 Pet. 1:11] One Bible passage refers to the Holy Spirit as the Spirit of Jesus Christ. [Phil. 1:19]

By perceiving that the Holy Ghost, the Spirit of God is the same Spirit of the Lord Jesus, we have a greater appreciation of the nature of the Divine Presence of the Holy Spirit who continues the ministry of Christ on earth.

Jesus commanded us to proclaim repentance and the forgiveness of sins throughout the whole world. This calling can only be achieved by the grace of God the Father and the power of the Holy Spirit in the Most Holy Name of Jesus.

As we continue with the celebration of the Holy Mass, let us keep in mind that Jesus suffered in our place for the forgiveness of our sins. Let us call upon the Spirit of Christ to teach us to perceive the atoning sacrifice of Jesus, the tremendous love that Jesus has for each and everyone of us.

Offertory:

1.      Nagahalad Kami

2.      Palihug Dawata Ginoo

3.      Daygon Ikaw Ginoong Dios (Koro Viannista

4.      Isang Pagkain, Isang Katawan, Isang Bayan (San Pedro)

5.      Panalangin sa Pagiging Bukas Palad

6.      One Bread, One Body (Foley)

Sanctus:

1.      Sanctus Mass IV (Villanueva)

2.      Santos Pastorela (Villanueva)

3.      Santo, Santo, Santo (Que)

4.      Santo, Santo, Santo (Francisco)

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

Acclamation:

1.      Among Gihandum

2.      Si Kristo Namatay

3.      Si Kristo ay Gunitain (Ramirez)

4.      Sa Krus Mo at Pagkabuhay

5.      Memorial Acclamation (Marcelo-Fenomeno)

6.      Dying

Amen:

1.      7 Amen

2.      Dakilang Amen

3.      Great Amen

Pater Noster:

Please choose the best Amahan Namo/Ama Namin/Our Father which all the people in the church can sing with you.

Doxology:

1.      Kay Imo Man

2.      Sapagkat

3.      For Thine (Mallote)

Agnus Dei:

1.      Kordero sa Dios Pastorella (Villanueva)

2.      Agnus Dei Mass VIII (Villanueva)

3.      Kordero ng Dios (Ryan Cayabyab)

4.      Kordero ng Dios (Que)

5.      Lamb of God (Folk)

6.      Lamb of God (Arboleda-Francisco)

Communion:

1.      O Dios Ikaw Haduol

2.      Kalig-on sa Pagtoo

3.      Kahanga-hanga (Corpuz, Hontiveros)

4.      Kapayapaan (Aquino)

5.      Pagsibol (Aquino)

6.      Tubig ng Buhay (Valdellon)

7.      One thing I ask

8.      I seek you for I Thirst

9.      The Face of God, swak sa RP

10.  Here in this Place (Haas) best choice.

11.  I am the Bread of Life (Toolan)

Recessional:

1.      Ang Kalinaw Ibilin ko Kaninyo

2.      Pagbanwag

3.      Ang Tawag

4.      Humayo’t Ihayag

5.      O Bayan ng Dios

6.      I Will Sing Forever

Have a nice weekend ahead J

Suggested Songs for January 29, 2012 Mass

Sunday, January 29, 2012

4^th Sunday in Ordinary Time

Kung Hei Fat Choi! Masasabi kong mas lalong maswerte ako sa taong ito dahil sa mismong kaarawan ko (January 23, 2012) ang Chinese New Year. Dati na akong maswerte simula nang magbalik-loob ako sa ating Poong Maykapal. Dahil sa kanya nakilala ko ang aking sarili. Nasagot niya ang mga katanungang bumabagabag sa akin noong nasa kadiliman pa ako ng buhay at hindi ko pa siya nakilala. Naging mabuti siya sa akin kahit na akong isang makasalanang tao. Totoo nga ang sinabi niya sa ebanghelyo niya noong nakaraang linggo na “Ako’y pumarito para sa mga makasalanan” at ako’y isa na doon.  Ipinagpasalamat ko at natagpuan niya ako at natagpuan ko rin siya.

I just want to say thanks to Annie, Mark Amihan, Ate Bambie Moran, Leoner Rosales, Noel Banday, Ellen, Tessa at kay Diding sa Haranita na ginawa n’yo ngayong gabi… Napaiyak n’yo ako!

Heto na po ang mga suhestiyon kong kanta para sa darating na linggo…

Entrance:

1.      Pag-inambitay

2.      Diosnong Magtutudlo ,swak sa 1^st and 2^nd Reading

3.      Purihin ang Panginoon (Isidro, Ramirez)

4.      Halina at Lumapit (Habito) prioritize stanza 3

5.      Sing to the Mountains (Dufford)

6.      Blest be the Lord (Schutte)

Kyrie:

1.      O Ginoo, Kaloy-I Kami (Set 4)

2.      Ginoo, Kaloy-I Kami (Neniel)

3.      Maawa Ka (Francisco-Reyes)

4.      Panginoon, Maawa Ka (Cayabyab)

5.      As we Prepare

6.      Lord, Have Mercy (Francisco-Reyes)

Gloria:

1.      Himaya sa Dios (Nars Fernandez)

2.      Himaya sa Dios III

3.      Luwalhati sa Dios (Sengson)

4.      Papuri sa Dios (Francisco-Reyes-Torres)

5.      Give Glory to God

6.      Glory to God (Francisco-Agatep)

First Reading:

Deuteronomy 18:15-20

Moses spoke to all the people that God shall send a prophet like Moses, one who will tell them all that He (God) commands. 

Responsorial Psalm:

Psalm 95:1-9

If today you hear His voice, harden not your hearts. 

Second Reading:

1 Corinthians 7:32-35

Be free from anxieties. 

Gospel Acclamation/Alleluia:

1.      Pangitaa ang Gingharian

2.      Alleluia Himoa Kami nga Dalan

3.      Alleluia 17

4.      Sing Alleluia (Marcelo)

Gospel:

Mark 1:21-28

Teaching with Authority 
The people were astonished at the way Jesus taught, for He spoke as One having authority, and not like the teachers of the Law. Here Jesus also drove out the evil spirit from a man who was in the synagogue.

Homily by Fr. Charles Irvin:

Two words in the Gospel account you just heard captured my attention… “astonished” and “amazed.” St. Mark reports that the people in Capernaum’s synagogue were astonished at Jesus’ teaching and all were amazed. So the question arises: Why? Why were they so astonished and amazed? After all they thought Jesus was a rabbi, someone who speaks God’s word, and they were, after all, in a synagogue, a place where one would expect to be hearing about what God had to say. So why were they so astonished and amazed?  

First of all we need to notice that this event occured at the very beginning of Our Blessed Lord’s public ministry. St. Mark reports this event in the first chapter, twenty-first verse of his Gospel account. Jesus has just finished gathering His twelve apostles and was now “going public,” so to speak. Jesus had not as yet performed His dazzling miracles. He had not as yet cured the blind, healed the lepers, healed the crippled, and raised people from the dead. The most astounding miracle of all -- His own resurrection from the dead -- had not yet occurred.

Why then was there astonishment and amazement at His first words here, at the beginning of His public ministry? It was common, we know, for rabbis to have followers and to move from synagogue to synagogue. What was so amazing about Jesus? Wasn’t He teaching the way rabbis taught? Wasn’t Jesus proclaiming the word of God to His people – something all rabbis did?

What I want to point out is the particular the style of speech used by Jesus and to note the way He taught. He did not say “The Lord’s words for you today are…” Nor did He say: “The God who sent me says this…” No. Jesus spoke in His own name, on His own authority. There is, you see, a big difference in Jesus’ speech here. He is telling everyone what He, the Christ is declaring to them. He is not speaking on behalf of God -- He is speaking as God!

In another gospel account, St. Matthew, reports Jesus as saying:

      "You have heard the commandment imposed on your forefathers, 'You shall not commit murder; every murderer will be liable to judgment.' What I say to you is …everyone who grows angry with his brother shall be liable to judgment. "You have heard the commandment, 'You shall not commit adultery.' What I say to you is: anyone who looks lustfully at a woman has already committed adultery with her in his thoughts. "You have heard the commandment imposed on your forefathers, 'Do not take a false oath; rather, make good to the Lord all your pledges.' What I tell you is: do not swear at all. Say, 'Yes' when you mean 'Yes' and 'No' when you mean 'No.' Anything beyond that is from the evil one."

The Ten Commandments were revered by the Israelites. Those commandments and the tablets upon which they were written connected them -- directly connected them -- with God Himself. To alter or tamper with them was, for the Jews, absolutely unthinkable. To hear Jesus expand on those commandments was, to say the very least, astonishing and amazing. What Jesus taught was marvelous. It was luminous, enlightening, and brilliant. But how He taught was mind boggling because the way Jesus spoke was as God speaking. He didn’t speak about God. He didn’t begin by saying: Thus says the Lord…” No. He simply and directly spoke as only God would speak. Nothing could be more astonishing than that. Either Jesus is who He claimed to be and demonstrated Himself to be, or else He was a charlatan, a fraud, and a liar. He is either God the Son made human flesh, or He is not. One has to choose. One cannot escape making that choice.

Have you ever heard it stated that it really doesn’t matter what religion you belong to since they’re all leading us to God? When you hear that said you should realize that sort of thinking flies in the face of what we just heard about Jesus Christ, both in today’s passage as well as in many others. Because if it is true that Our Blessed Lord is God made flesh for us, then it really does matter what religion we have. The devils themselves recognized Him. Why do those who claim to be religious people refuse to acknowledge who He really is? It wasn’t the devils that gave Jesus a bad time. They simply vacated; they simply fled from His presence and went elsewhere to do their dirty work. It was the religious know-it-alls who gave Jesus a hard time. The more they realized that Jesus of Nazareth was really Someone, the more they understood what He was claiming to be, the more they wanted to rid themselves of Him. He spoke with God’s own authority. He was a terrible threat to the claimed authority of the big know-it-alls.

            Now there are many ways people try to rid themselves of Christ. They tried to kill Him, bury Him in a tomb and then post a detail of soldiers to guard that tomb. We know, however, how useless that was. Another way is to simply ignore Him. Many have done that, are doing it now, and will do it in the future. The danger about ignoring Him is equivalent to the danger of ignoring the instructions on drug prescriptions, or ignoring the directions on how to fly an airplane.

           

Still another way is to claim that Jesus is just another interesting religious figure in human history. You simply decide that Buddha or Mohammed, or some guru from the Far East is just as good as Jesus it comes to journeying to God. But if that’s true then why bother with going to church? Why not simply start your own church? I mean, after all, if you really believe that one religion is just as good as another you can probably do a better a job with organizing a religion than the ones we’ve got. But when you do, let’s see you cure people with various diseases, make the blind see, restore crippled limbs, and raise people from the dead. Finally, and most importantly, let us see you rise from the dead three days after you’ve been buried.

So is it really true that one religion is just as good as another? Do we take the words and teachings of Jesus with ultimate seriousness or do we just relativize His life, death, resurrection and teachings? Is His voice just one of many? Or is He the Word of God spoken for us?

Now I’m quite aware that all of you here today do not dismiss Jesus. You wouldn’t be here listening to His words and receiving His Body and Blood if your hearts and souls were elsewhere. But I’ll bet you have heard members of your families reduce religion to something equal to a cafeteria choice by declaring it doesn’t really matter what you pick and choose. Will you simply let those statements pass by unchallenged? Will you let your children, your grandchildren and members of your family, as well as your friends who say these things, go on without responding with your own convictions about Jesus Christ? We need to love them enough to call them to take Jesus of Nazareth seriously. After all, He really does speak with authority, and not like the others.

We’ve all heard a lot of talk about evangelizing. Evangelizing doesn’t mean that we have to go around town knocking on doors and preaching at others about our religion. It can be something far less difficult and far less offensive than that. Evangelizing can be as easy as simply and clearly stating the truth about Jesus and telling folks “We have never heard anyone else speak with such authority.”       

Offertory:

1.      Dios Nia Ko (swak sa 2^nd reading “magtugyan sa inyong kaugalingon ngadto sa pag-alagad sa Ginoo”)

2.      O Dios Dawata (Koro Viannista)

3.      Ginoo Walay Sukod (Juris of MYMP) “I don’t know if pang offertory ba jud siya but the lyrics seems to be for offertory”

4.      Diyutay Lang Kini (Koro Viannista)

5.      Mugna sa Dios (Koro Viannista)

6.      Panalangin sa Pagiging Bukas Palad (Arboleda, Francisco)

7.      Narito Ako (San Andres)

8.      Narito Ako, Panginoon (Que)

9.      Prayer for Generosity (Arboleda)

Sanctus:

1.      Santos (Pastorela)

2.      Santos V (Villanueva)

3.      Santo, Santo, Santo (Que)

4.      Santo, Santo, Santo (Francisco)

5.      Holy, Holy, Holy (Benitez)

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

Acclamation:

1.      Si Kristo (Chord of Am)

2.      Si Kristo (Chord of E)

3.      Si Kristo’y Namatay (Hontiveros)

4.      Si Kristo ay Namatay (Dying)

5.      Memorial Acclamation (Marcelo-Fenomeno)

6.      When We Eat this Bread

Amen:

1.      Amen

2.      Dakilang Amen

3.      Amen (World Youth Day ’95)

4.      Amen Alleluia (Bayogos)

Pater Noster:

1.      Amahan Namo I (Set 1) chord of D

2.      Ama Namin (Marcelo)

3.      Aman Namin (Hontiveros 1)

4.      Our Father (Alipio)

Doxology:

1.      Kay Imo Man

2.      Sapagkat

3.      For Thine (Mallote)

Agnus Dei:

1.      Kordero sa Dios IV (Chord of Dm-Bb)

2.      Agnus Dei (R. Villanueva Mass 8)

3.      Kordero ng Diyos (Cayabyab)

4.      Kordero ng Diyos (Que)

5.      Lamb of God (Folk)

Communion:

1.      Kini Maong Akong Lawas (Koro Viannista)

2.      Natawag ko na Ikaw (swak sa 2^nd reading)

3.      Ang Kinabuhing Mahinungdanon (swak sa 2^nd Reading)

4.      Kalig-on sa Pagtoo

5.      Awit ng Paghilom (Aquino) 

6.      Awit ng Paghahangad (Cenzon)

7.      H’wag Mangamba (Francisco)

8.      Manatili Ka (Francisco)

9.      O Hesus, Hilumin Mo (Francisco)

10.  Pagkakaibigan (Cenzon, Abad-Santos)

11.  God of Silence (Francisco)

12.  Here I Am, Lord (Schutte)

13.  On Eagle’s Wings (Joncas)

14.  You are mine (Haas)

15.  Your Heart Today (Francisco)

Recessional:

1.      Ang Tawag (Koro Viannista version)

2.      Kinsa? (sibo sa 2^nd reading)

3.      Ang Atong Tulubagon

4.      O Bayan ng Diyos (Aquino) Prioritize Stanza 2

5.      I am the Bread of Life (Toolan). Prioritize Stanza 5

Have a nice weekend everyone… J

Suggested Line-up of Songs for January 22, 2012 Mass

Sunday, January 22, 2012

3^rd Sunday in Ordinary Time

Naisip ko lang… If we can feature a choir each month on our blog… Pwede kaya ‘yun? Sinong una? ‘Yung choir ni Kuya Troy Fredrick Lim ng Cavite o kaya ‘yung choir ni Bro. Duffy Mark Cabanas ng Pampanga? Pwedeng i-feature natin ‘yung mga activity ng choir o kahit mga beautiful moments… Please post your ideas, comments and suggestions below or email us at dmecchoir@yahoo.com. Ahmmm… Pwedeng paki-like naman po ninyo ang page namin sa Facebook… Please……

Heto na po ang mga suhestiyong kanta para sa ngayong linggo … J

Entrance:

1.      Kon Magkatigum Ta

2.      Pag-inambitay

3.      Pag-aalaala (Francisco) “pagliligtas niya sa atin”

4.      Halina, Lumapit sa Akin (Isidro, Que)

5.      Sing to the mountains (Dufford)

6.      City of God (Schutte)

Kyrie:

1.      O Ginoo, Kaloy-I Kami (Set 4)

2.      Ginoo, Kaloy-I Kami (Neniel)

3.      Maawa Ka (Francisco-Reyes)

4.      Panginoon, Maawa Ka (Cayabyab)

5.      As we Prepare

6.      Lord, Have Mercy (Francisco-Reyes)

Gloria:

1.      Himaya sa Dios (Nars Fernandez)

2.      Himaya sa Dios III

3.      Luwalhati sa Dios (Sengson)

4.      Papuri sa Dios (Francisco-Reyes-Torres)

5.      Give Glory to God

6.      Glory to God (Francisco-Agatep)

First Reading:

Jon 3:1-10 Jonah’s preaching
God told Jonah that He will soon destroy the great city of Nineveh. The people of Nineveh repented for their evil ways, and God did not carry out the destruction that He had threatened upon them.

Responsorial Psalm:

Psalm 25:4-9

Teach me Your ways, O Lord. 

Second Reading:

1 Cor 7:29-31

Time is short
Time is running out. The order of this world is vanishing.

Gospel Acclamation:

1.      Pangitaa ang Gingharian

2.      Alleluia Himoa Kami nga Dalan

3.      Alleluia 17

4.      Sing Alleluia (Marcelo)

Gospel:

Mk 1:14-20

Time of Fulfillment
This is the account where Jesus calls His first disciples: Simon Peter, Andrew, James, John. 

Reflection for the Readings:

The Bible is made up of many kinds of literature – we have songs, love poetry, myths, tales, histories, chronologies, and even comedies.  It may not seem so to us, but we need to realize that our first reading today was very funny to the Hebrews. I will try to explain why this is so.

In the story of Jonah, of which we get only a minuscule portion here,  God asked Jonah to be a prophet – he called him. But Jonah, knowing what horrors many of the prophets went through, told God ‘no – he didn’t want to’. God was adamant, though and kept asking him.  So Jonah decided to run from God.  God wanted him to go east – Jonah thought he would go west. He took off. But on his journey he was swallowed by a big fish, and when he was spit out, he found himself exactly where God wanted him to go – in the east, – so Jonah finally he gave in. God wanted him to go to the great city of Ninevah – we are told it was huge, so huge it even took three days to cross it.  He was to tell the people of Nineveh much the same message that all prophets told – God says to reform yourself and repent – or you will be destroyed. Jonah was desperate – he knew that he would be preaching to the wind, that they, the Ninevites, wouldn’t listen. How many stories had he read with the same plot – the prophet warns the city, the city doesn’t listen and the city is destroyed?  But he does it anyway; he goes out through the city and warns the people to repent. Except, totally out of the blue, they do repent, and he is flabbergasted. They actually listen to him.  He is amazed, but also disappointed. It actually saddens Jonah because any self-respecting prophet would know that God should have destroyed them.  They weren’t supposed to listen to him! Who do they think they were?  But God does not destroy the city. Happy ending. Comedy.

In our second reading Jesus is also at the beginning of his career, immediately after John the Baptist is silenced, and continues the work of the Baptist and tells his listeners to repent. “This is the time of fulfillment. The kingdom of God is at hand. Repent and believe in the good news.”

A few minutes on the words “Repent and believe in the good news.”  I am not sure we all remember what repent means. I know it is a little different from what I had originally thought it meant.  To repent means to ‘change one’s mind’, to open it up, to turn it around.  I always thought it just meant to be sorry for sin, but that is not the original Greek meaning.  We are to turn back, change our mind and believe in the good news.  Again, the original meaning is important.  It doesn’t mean to believe in the Holy Scriptures, the Gospels, as it is sometimes translated. No, it means to change your mind and trust in the good news that Jesus is bringing, and the good news that is Jesus himself.

Too long in the Catholic church and in many fundamentalist churches the good news has really been the bad news.  People were leaving church guilty, feeling bad, fearful for their souls and wondering if they would ever get to heaven. So many rules, so many things to avoid.  But that isn’t what the good news is about. The good news is that Jesus has come, God himself has come to earth, and by his life and death has made it possible for us to experience heaven in the future and even a little bit of heaven right now. We have already been redeemed. Jesus has already died for our sins. It has already happened and that is the good news! Over the time I have been with you, this has been a constant theme in my preaching, because I believe it to be so true and so important.  My job as pastor is to bring you the good news. And your job, according to Jesus is to open your minds, change your minds, turn back and come to trust and believe in his message that He is good news. Simple, right! I’m not so sure.

The last part of the Gospel reading is about the calling of the Apostles. Until  Ash Wednesday, the Gospel we read will be Mark’s. It is the first Gospel to have been written.  Mark’s Gospel is the shortest, most succinct, and contains the most human portrait of Jesus. In this Gospel, as in no other, we see the humanity of Jesus as he expresses compassion, strong anger, surprise, deep sighs, indignation and even ignorance of when history will end. But his powerful and mysterious presence always create wonder and make us question along with the people he meets: Who is this man!

Today’s reading is Mark’s introduction of Jesus.  Mark’s Gospel is so short; it has no birth narrative. Jesus arrives after John has been arrested, he proclaims the good news of God: that this is a privileged time, when God’s care for his people is almost here. He then calls them to a change of heart, take a new look at what they are doing, and trust in his good news.

But Jesus is not a solitary prophet like Jonah in the first reading. He wants company – companions; he knows he will need to be encouraged and supported, and so he enters the lives of four people with the simple command: “Follow me”. He calls ordinary people, people who in Mark never quite get it. They are almost always clueless. But, they do drop everything and follow him in any case. They become disciples.  And what does that word “disciple” mean? It means being with, accompanying Jesus, and doing the things of Jesus. There is a lesson here for all of us, too. If Jesus needed a community to support him, how much more do we need our community of St. Andrew’s to support us. It is not easy having Christian values in our society today.  Seeing our fellow parishioners as role models who share our values can be instrumental to helping us live out our own faith as well.

As I took on my calling to be the pastor to this parish three years ago today, those were the two things I hoped to bring to you. In the Eucharist I can bring Jesus to you in a very special way, and I hope in my actions as well, that you will see Jesus. Secondly, I have asked you to repent, to look at your lives and to do the things of Jesus – for as Jesus himself said – “You are my disciples!” I intend to keep bringing you the ‘good’ news and I will try my best not to be like Jonah and run, but to be here and serve you in the best way I can. As we begin another church year together, I hope you will take the time to reflect on what you have been called to, not to run away from it, like Jonah, but to embrace it, and to grow in your awareness of how you can participate in bringing the reality of the kingdom of heaven to this parish, this community and this world.

And this is definitely the good news I bring to you today

Offertory:

1.      O Dios, Dawata (Koro Viannista)

2.      Uban ning Pan ug Bino (Cubillas)

3.      Panalangin sa Pagiging Bukas Palad (Arboleda, Francisco)

4.      Pag-aalay ng Puso (Nero, Que) “minsan lamang”

5.      Prayer for Generosity (Arboleda) “Teach me”

6.      One Bread, One Body (Foley)

Sanctus:

1.      Santos (Pastorela)

2.      Santos V (Villanueva)

3.      Santo, Santo, Santo (Que)

4.      Santo, Santo, Santo (Francisco)

5.      Holy, Holy, Holy (Benitez)

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

Acclamation:

1.      Si Kristo (Chord of Am)

2.      Si Kristo (Chord of E)

3.      Si Kristo’y Namatay (Hontiveros)

4.      Si Kristo ay Namatay (Dying)

5.      Memorial Acclamation (Marcelo-Fenomeno)

6.      When We Eat this Bread

Amen:

1.      Amen

2.      Dakilang Amen

3.      Amen (World Youth Day ’95)

4.      Amen Alleluia (Bayogos)

Pater Noster:

1.      Amahan Namo I (Set 1) chord of D

2.      Ama Namin (Marcelo)

3.      Aman Namin (Hontiveros 1)

4.      Our Father (Alipio)

Doxology:

1.      Kay Imo Man

2.      Sapagkat

3.      For Thine (Mallote)

Agnus Dei:

1.      Kordero sa Dios IV (Chord of Dm-Bb)

2.      Agnus Dei (R. Villanueva Mass 8)

3.      Kordero ng Diyos (Cayabyab)

4.      Kordero ng Diyos (Que)

5.      Lamb of God (Folk)

Communion:

1.      Kini Maong Akong Lawas

2.      Kalig-on sa Pagtoo

3.      Natawag ko na Ikaw

4.      Ang Tawo niining kalibutan

5.      O Hesus, Hilumin Mo (Francisco)

6.      Pananatili (Miranda)

7.      Huwag Mangamba (Francisco)

8.      Hiram sa Dios (swak sa 2R)

9.      Panunumpa (Gonzales). This is not a song exclusively for weddings. This could be for holy orders, basta when the apostles are involved.

10.  God of Silence (Francisco)

11.  Lead Me Lord (De Pano)

12.  Teach My Heart

13.  Here I am Lord (Schutte)

Recessional:

1.      Ang Atong Tulubagon

2.      Kinsa?

3.      Humayo’t Ihayag (Francisco-Catalan-Go)

4.      Magpasalamat kayo sa Panginoon (Ramirez) Prioritize Stanza 2. 

5.      Life Forevermore (Ellerton, Francisco)

6.      I Will Sing forever (Francisco) “A song of forgiveness” is so 1R.

7.      Pilgrim’s Theme (Go, Francisco)

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