Suggested Mass Line-Up of Songs for February 12, 2012 Sunday Mass

Sunday, February 12, 2012

6^th Sunday in Ordinary Time

More than in our society, the lepers in the time of Jesus were condemned to a terrible rejection by the rest of society. Unlike all the people in his time, Jesus let the lepers approach him and he healed many of them, renewing them in body and soul.

There are many types of “leprosy” in our society: physical leprosy, handicaps, drug addiction, extreme poverty, and ignorance. . . . As disciples of the Lord, we are expected to show to the many outcasts in our midst the same concern and practical love which he showed to the lepers of his time. May this Eucharistic celebration bring us ever closer to the divine Model and instill in all of us an active   compassion toward those who are marginalized.

Entrance:

1.      Lungsod nga Balaan, swak sa 1^st Reading

2.      Diha sa Halaran

3.      Bayan, Umawit (Borres, Baltazar, Francisco) “’Pagkat kailanma’y ‘di pababayaan minamahal Niyang kawan”

4.      Pag-aalaala (Francisco)

5.      Sing to the Mountains (Dufford) “You have answered my plea.”

6.      Come With Praise (Schutte) Prioritize Stanza 3.

Kyrie:

1.      O Ginoo, Kaloy-I Kami (Fernandez)

2.      Maawa Ka (Francisco-Agatep)

3.      As We Prepare

Gloria:

1.      Himaya sa Dios (Fernandez) with chords of D G F#m Em

2.      Papuri sa Dios (Hontiveros)

3.      Gloria (Acts and Potencies)

First Reading:

Lv 13:1-2, 44-46

is about Moses’ rules on leprosy. 

Responsorial Psalm

Psalm 32:1-11

I turn to You, Lord, in time of trouble, and You fill me with the joy of salvation. 

Second Reading:

1 Cor 10:31 – 11:1

is about Paul’s example. “Follow my example, as I follow the example of Christ.” 

Alleluia/Gospel Acclamation:

1.      Pangitaa ang Gingharian

2.      Aleluya (Francisco)

3.      Seek Ye First

Gospel:

Mk 1:40-45

is about the account when Jesus cures a leper. 
1. If You so will, You can make me clean.
2. I will; be clean.
3. Don’t tell anyone about this, but go and show yourself to the priest and for the cleansing, bring the offering ordered by Moses.
4. He began spreading the news everywhere. 

Reading Reflection/Homily:

Martin was a young soldier in the Roman army. Elegantly dressed, he was mounted on his horse one day when he was accosted by a leper begging for alms. The sight and the stench of rotting flesh was so repulsive to the sensitivities of young Martin that his first instincts were to ride off on his horse. But something inside him made his walk up to the beggar. Since all he had was his military coat, he cut it in two and gave half to the leper while he wrapped himself with the other half. It was a very cold winter day. That night in his dream he saw Christ clothed in a half coat saying to the angels around his throne, “Martin has clothed me with his garment.” This event was the turning point in the life of him who was to become St Martin of Tours.

The natural revulsion of Martin before leprosy is nothing compared with the ancient Hebrew attitude to leprosy. To the Hebrews leprosy was not only a most dreaded natural disease, it was also popularly seen as divine chastisement. The story of Miriam, sister of Moses, who was struck with leprosy as a result of her misconduct (Numbers 12) as well as that of Job who was afflicted with a leprosy-like skin disease reinforced their view of leprosy as divine punishment for sin. In the first reading (Leviticus 13) the dreadful practice of ostracising lepers is reported as God’s will: “The Lord spoke to Moses and Aaron, saying ....”

But the gospel paints a different picture. Was leprosy indeed divine chastisement? Was the dehumanizing treatment meted out to lepers as described in Leviticus God’s will? If indeed these things were God’s will, then there is no way Jesus, God’s Anointed, would want to heal a leper. If, on the other hand, leprosy is an unfortunate disease like any other, then there is a possibility that Jesus who had earlier healed many sick people would also heal a leper. The leper in the gospel decides to find out the truth once and for all. Ignoring the law that requires him to keep away from people, he gets close to Jesus and kneels before him. Instead of shouting “Unclean! Unclean!”he says to him, “If it is your will you can make me clean” (Mark 1:40). Jesus’ reply, “It is my will. Be made clean!”(verse 41) did two things. First, it restored the leprosy patient to health. Secondly it proved to him and to all that leprosy was not a divine chastisement after all but a disease like any other disease that prevents people from being fully alive as God wants all people to be.

According to ancient Hebrew belief, physical contact with lepers rendered a person unclean. Holy people in particular were expected to keep a safe distance from lepers. Against this background the gesture of Jesus who stretches out his hand and physically touches the leper becomes unthinkable. Has he no fear of being defiled? What is going on here? Jesus is challenging and redefining the traditional views of holiness and unholiness. Jesus is challenging traditional superstitions and prejudices that certain people are impure by the conditions of their health, social status or birth. An Indian friend told me that in his part of the country people of a higher caste would not sit together in church with those of a lower caste, the so-called untouchables. By reaching out and touching the leper and thereby making him pure again, Jesus is teaching us, his followers, to reach out and embrace the dehumanized and the outcasts among us. A deed of solidarity with the dehumanized does not dehumanize the doer, rather it restores full humanity to the dehumanized.

Pope John Paul II has declared February 11, feast of Our Lady of Lourdes, as the World Day of the Sick. Leprosy, thank God, has become a curable disease. Yet the tendency to see some diseases as divine punishment and to ostracise those who suffer from them is still with us. Is this not how many of us still see people with HIV-AIDS? Have you not heard tele-evangelists who teach that AIDS is divine punishment for sin? Jesus challenges us today to abandon such dehumanizing beliefs and reach out in solidarity with these modern-day lepers among us, just as he himself did in his own days.

Offertory:

1.      Gasa sa Gugma (Koro Viannista)

2.      Diyutay lang Kini (Koro Viannista)

3.      Dios Nia Ko

4.      Narito Ako (San Andres) Prioritize stanza 2

5.      Mula Sa’Yo (Francisco)

6.      Paghahandog ng Sarili

7.      Dwelling Place (Foley)

8.      Earthen Vessels (Foley)

Sanctus:

1.      Santos (Cubillas) with the chords of G C G

2.      Santo, Santo, Santo (Que) with the chords of Cm Bb Ab Eb Fm

3.      Holy, Holy, Holy (Benitez) with the chords of  A D E A

Acclamation:

1.      Among Gihandum

2.      Si Kristo ay Namatay (Brasil) with chords G-Dsus (intro) G D

3.      Dying

Amen:

1.      Amen, Aleluya with the chord of G Em C D7

2.      Amen Alleluia (Bayogos) with the chord of D-F#m-G-A (intro)

3.      Amen (World Youth Day ’95)

Pater Noster:

1.      Amahan Namo (Villanueva) with the chord of D-Em-Ddim-d (intro)

2.      Ama Namin (Vinteres) with the chord of G C G C D7

3.      Our Father (Alipio) chord of E G# A B7

Doxology:

1.      Kay Imo Man, chords of A D E7 A F#

2.      Sapagkat

3.      For the Kingdom

Agnus Dei:

1.      Cordero sa Dios (Villanueva) G C G C B7 Em G7 C

2.      Kordero ng Dios (Que)

3.      Lamb of God (Folk)

Communion:

1.      Gugma’g Paglaum (Fernandez)

2.      Ang Kinabuhing Mahinungdanon

3.      Natawag Ko na Ikaw

4.      O Hesus, Hilumin Mo (Francisco)

5.      Awit ng Paghilom (Aquino)

6.      Pagsibol (Aquino)

7.      Gabing Kulimlim (Arboleda, Francisco)

8.      Far Greater Love (Go, Francisco)

9.      God of Silence (Francisco)

10.  I Seek You for I Thirst (Valdellon)

11.  In Him Alone (Francisco)

12.  Lead me Lord (De Pano)

13.  Your Heart Today (Francisco)

Recessional:

1.      Kinsa?

2.      Ang Tawag

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

4.      Magpasalamat Kayo sa Panginoon (Ramirez) prioritize stanza 2

5.      I Will Sing Forever (Francisco)

6.      All My Days (Schutte, Murray)

7.      My Heart’s Thanksgiving (Aquino)

Don’t forget that this Saturday is the Feast of Our Lady of Lourdes and the Pope declared it as World Day of the Sick. So you can bring your sick brothers and sisters to attend the mass (it depends on your parish schedule) so that they can be receive the healing prayer from your priest. Just believe and have faith to GOD. Have a wonderful week everyone… J

Sugggested Mass Songs for February 5, 2012 Sunday Mass

Sunday, February 5, 2012

5^th Sunday in Ordinary Time

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Entrance:

1.      Diha sa Halaran, swak sa Psalm “Dagyga ang Ginoo”

2.      Daygon ta ang Ginoo, swak pa rin sa Psalm “Dagyga ang Ginoo”

3.      Awit ng Pasasalamat (Hontiveros)

4.      Pag-aalaala (Francisco) Prioritize Stanza 2.

5.      All I ask of you (Norbet)

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:

Job 7:1-7

A life of hardship. This is about broken-hearted Job’s sorrows that man’s life on earth is a thankless job. 

Responsorial Psalm:

Psalm 147:1-6

Praise the Lord, Who heals the broken hearted. 

Second Reading:

1 Corinthians 9:16-23

Duty to Preach 

Alleluia/Gospel Acclamation:

1.      Pangitaa ang Gingharian

2.      Alleluia Himoa Kami nga Dalan

3.      Alleluya, Lamdag ka

4.      Aleluya Wikain Mo (swak sa 2^nd Reading)

5.      Alleluia 17

6.      Sing Alleluia (Marcelo)

Gospel:

Mark 1:29-39

Jesus’ Ministry 

Jesus heals Peter’s sick mother-in-law and many others: the ill and the demonized. Jesus preached throughout Galilee, healed the sick, and casted out demons. 

Homily

What I would like to talk to you about today and what seems to be the major theme of the day is HEALING. In his own time Jesus was known predominately as a prophet and a healer. The Gospel accounts describe many healing miracles to him, and indeed, Jesus said he passed this gift of healing on to his disciples, where we read in Acts of the Apostles that they also were able to go around healing people. In today’s Gospel of Mark we hear of one such healing – the healing of Peter’s mother.

On the one hand, a modern woman might think it a little suspect that Jesus healed Peter’s mother-in-law just  so that she could get up and make them dinner and serve them. On the other hand, the idea of hospitality in the Middle East was such that for her to be sick and not be able to provide for her guests would have been a huge disappointment to a woman of that era.

In passing, I must say that it has bothered me that this gift of healing hasn’t been much passed down to us today.  Rarely, if ever,  do we hear of a priest who is known for his ability to heal.  Is it because we really don’t believe in miracles in our modern society? Or that they, in their medical ignorance, ascribed everything to miraculous healings?

 Jesus’ healings often involved the forgiveness of sins as well, leading me to believe that perhaps there is a relationship between sickness and  of not being happy with ourselves, so with the resolution of guilt, we can be healed physically as well as mentally.

There is something which makes me think the Church does think that Peter’s mother-in-law’s problems were psychological though. They have paired this healing with the first reading from the Book of Job. In the first reading, which is enough to drive anyone to depression, we meet Job at his most depressed. This section of Job is a real downer!  “When I lie down I say “When shall I rise?” But the night is long, and I am full of tossing until dawn. My days… come to their end without hope.” This man is in bad shape.

If you remember the story, God has allowed Satan to test Job to see whether or not he will get angry and curse God. So Satan sends this good man all sorts of miseries, and while he does get depressed about it – as we certainly see here, he never gives up on God, and he comes to realize that “God gives and God takes away. Blessed be the name of God!”

While disaster and despair might not be common in our own lives, certainly worry and lack of focus are not – and these can bring us low and to depression as well. The pace of modern society and the lack of time to get everything done that we want to do can also leave us feeling depressed, or if not depressed, bored with our lives.

Perhaps our young people see this in us. They sense a tedium and a staleness about our lives and our religious practices. “Mass is so boring” they might say.  While it’s true a young person is not going to find much entertainment here – especially if you compare it to the 150 cable channels and all the rest of pop culture today – but often our worship together can become rote and lifeless. Is Church just concerned with itself – a symptom of depression – or are we really excited about the message of Christ as Paul was.

Know this: With the coming of Christ, God has in fact, healed all of us.  Jesus provides the antidote to original sin, he opens up the heavenly kingdom for all men and women, and he provides the one thing that we need if we are to get out of sickness and depression – and that things is HOPE. In our Gospel acclamation today this is summed up nicely:  “Christ took away our infirmities and bore our diseases”. This is the ultimate healing.

And besides the physical healing and the hope God has given us gifts whereby we can be forgiven of our transgressions. We never have to feel a lack of hope because Jesus is with us when we are gathered to together, Jesus is with us in the Eucharist, his gift to us, and God is present as the Spirit in our daily lives.

I find it also interesting, that although Jesus cured Peter’s mother and the many ill people who came to Peter’s home, Jesus did not see that as his first mission.  According to today’s reading from Mark, Jesus saw his first mission as preaching the good news of the coming kingdom. And that is what ties our second reading today to the Gospel.  St. Paul also talks about the importance of his preaching. He sees his preaching as an obligation, and sees in it his role of stewardship – service to the Lord.  Like priests in the Catholic Apostolic Church today, St. Paul wants no financial recompense for his preaching, but sees his ability to preach through Jesus, as reward enough. And perhaps through his preaching he can excite people and get them out of themselves.

So service and healing become the dominate themes we want you to think about today. They are intertwined in an interesting psychological way as well. When we serve others, we go outside of ourselves and that alone can heal depression.  Thinking of others, devoting time to others, visiting the sick, feeding the hungry, calling up friends on the phone – all these things can take us away from ourselves – and strangely, our depression can lift.  We are healed. Jesus the Psychiatrist, the healer, the giver of Hope.

These qualities Jesus brings to us and that we can use in our daily lives to make them better is the GOOD NEWS I bring to you today.

Offertory:

1.      O Dios Dawata (Koro Viannista)

2.      Diyutay lang Kini

3.      Ang Tanging Alay Ko

4.      Narito Ako (San Andres) Prioritize Stanza 2.

5.      Narito Ako, Panginoon (Que)

6.      Prayer for Generosity (Arboleda) 

7.      To Be Your Bread (Haas)

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.      Ang Kinabuhing Mahinungdanon, swak sa 2^nd Reading. Prioritize stanza 2

2.      Ang Tawo niining Kalibutan

3.      Kini maong Akong Lawas

4.      Awit ng Paghilom (Aquino) 

5.      Kaibigan

6.      Halina, Lumapit sa Akin (Isidro, Que) Best choice.

7.      Hesus ng Aking Buhay (Aquino)

8.      Huwag Kang Mangamba (Pagsanghan, Francisco)

9.      Huwag Limutin (Aquino)

10.  H’wag Mangamba (Francisco)

11.  Far Greater Love (Go, Francisco)

12.  God of Silence (Francisco)

13.  Here I Am, Lord (Schutte)

Recessional:

1.      Ang Atong Tulubagon

2.      Kinsa?

3.      Ang Tawag

4.      Magpasalamat sa Kanya (Ramirez)

5.      O Bayan ng Dios (Aquino)

6.      My Heart’s Thanksgiving (Aquino)

Enjoy and have a nice weekend everyone J