BACCALAUREATE MASS

Elementary and High School Departments

Saint Joseph School Gymnasium
April 4, 2018 @ 8: 00 AM

INTRODUCTION (Elementary With High Honor)

ENTRANCE HYMN

GREETING

Priest: In the name of the Father, and of the Son,  and of the
Holy Spirit.

All: Amen.

Priest: The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ and the love of
God and the communion of the Holy Spirit be with
you all.

All: And with your spirit.

PENITENTIAL ACT

Priest: Brethren (brothers and sisters), let us acknowledge

our sins, and so prepare ourselves to celebrate the
sacred mysteries. (pause)

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Cantor: You were sent to heal the contrite of heart; Kyrie eleison.
All: Kyrie eleison.

Cantor: You came to call sinners son; Christe eleison.

All: Christe eleison.

Cantor: You are seated at the right hand of the Father to intercede for
us, to intercede for us; Kyrie eleison.
All: Kyrie eleison.

Priest: May almighty God have mercy on us, forgive us our

sins and bring us to everlasting life.
All: Amen.

GLORY TO GOD (sung)

OPENING PRAYER

Priest: Let us pray.

O God, who gladden us year by year

with the solemnity of the Lord’s Resurrection,
graciously grant that,
by celebrating these present festivities,
we may merit through them to reach eternal joys.
Through our Lord Jesus Christ, your Son,
who lives and reigns with you in the unity of the Holy
Spirit, one God, for ever and ever.
All: Amen.

LITURGY OF THE WORD

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FIRST READING Acts 3: 1-10

A reading from the book of the Acts of the Apostles

Peter and John were going up to the temple area

for the three o'clock hour of prayer.
And a man crippled from birth was carried
and placed at the gate of the temple called "the Beautiful Gate" every day 
to beg for alms from the people who entered the temple.
When he saw Peter and John about to go into the temple,
he asked for alms.
But Peter looked intently at him, as did John,
and said, "Look at us."
He paid attention to them, expecting to receive something from them.
Peter said, "I have neither silver nor gold,
but what I do have I give you: 
in the name of Jesus Christ the Nazorean, rise and walk."
Then Peter took him by the right hand and raised him up,
and immediately his feet and ankles grew strong.
He leaped up, stood, and walked around,
and went into the temple with them,
walking and jumping and praising God.
When all the people saw him walking and praising God,
they recognized him as the one
who used to sit begging at the Beautiful Gate of the temple,
and they were filled with amazement and astonishment
at what had happened to him. (pause)

The word of the Lord.

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All: Thanks be to God.

RESPONSORIAL PSALM

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Response: Ito ang araw na ginawa ng Panginoon;
Tayo'y magsaya at magalak!

1. Magpasalamat kayo sa Panginoon, Butihin S'ya,

Kanyang gawa'y walang hanggan. Sabihin ng
sambayanan ng Isarael, "Walang hanggan, Kanyang
awa!" (Response)

2. Kanang kamay ng Diyos sa 'ki'y humango. Ang bisig

N'ya sa 'kin ang tagapagtanggol. Ako'y hindi
mapapahamak kailanman. Ipahahayag ko l'walhati
N'ya! (Response)

3. Ang aking Panginoon, moog at buhay. S'ya ang batong

tinangihan ng tagapagtayo. Kahanga-hanga sa aming
mga mata, Gawain N'ya; Purihin S'ya! (Response)

GOSPEL ACCLAMATION (sung)

GOSPEL Lk 19:11-27

Priest: The Lord be with you.

All: And with your spirit.

Priest: A reading from the Gospel according to Saint Luke.

All: Glory to you, O Lord.

That very day, the first day of the week,

two of Jesus' disciples were going
to a village seven miles from Jerusalem called Emmaus,
and they were conversing about all the things that had occurred.

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And it happened that while they were conversing and debating,
Jesus himself drew near and walked with them,
but their eyes were prevented from recognizing him.
He asked them, 
"What are you discussing as you walk along?"
They stopped, looking downcast.
One of them, named Cleopas, said to him in reply,
"Are you the only visitor to Jerusalem
who does not know of the things
that have taken place there in these days?"
And he replied to them, "What sort of things?"
They said to him, 
"The things that happened to Jesus the Nazarene,
who was a prophet mighty in deed and word
before God and all the people,
how our chief priests and rulers both handed him over
to a sentence of death and crucified him.
But we were hoping that he would be the one to redeem Israel;
and besides all this,
it is now the third day since this took place.
Some women from our group, however, have astounded us:
they were at the tomb early in the morning 
and did not find his Body;
they came back and reported
that they had indeed seen a vision of angels
who announced that he was alive.
Then some of those with us went to the tomb
and found things just as the women had described,
but him they did not see."
And he said to them, "Oh, how foolish you are!
How slow of heart to believe all that the prophets spoke!

Was it not necessary that the Christ should suffer these things
and enter into his glory?"
Then beginning with Moses and all the prophets,
he interpreted to them what referred to him
in all the Scriptures.
As they approached the village to which they were going,

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he gave the impression that he was going on farther.
But they urged him, "Stay with us,
for it is nearly evening and the day is almost over."
So he went in to stay with them.
And it happened that, while he was with them at table,
he took bread, said the blessing,
broke it, and gave it to them.
With that their eyes were opened and they recognized him,
but he vanished from their sight.
Then they said to each other,
"Were not our hearts burning within us
while he spoke to us on the way and opened the Scriptures to us?"
So they set out at once and returned to Jerusalem
where they found gathered together
the Eleven and those with them who were saying,
"The Lord has truly been raised and has appeared to Simon!"
Then the two recounted what had taken place on the way
and how he was made known to them in the breaking of the bread

Priest: The Gospel of the Lord.

All: Praise to you, Lord Jesus Christ!

HOMILY

PRAYER OF THE FAITHFUL

Priest: Graduation is an end and a beginning. It

celebrates what was accomplished and welcomes
another stage of life. Let us pray that God
continue to be our guide and our friend.

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 Lord, hear our prayer.

1. duì yú jí jìang bì yè de xué sheng xī wàng ta men néng huān yíng

shēnghuó de měi yī ge xiāng yù hé fēn lí bìng fā xiàn shēnghuó shì duó
me de lìng rén xīng fèn hé chóng măn tiăo zhàn, wo men xiang shàng dì
qì dăo shàng dì yu wo men tóng zài

2. For our candidates for graduation that they may appreciate deeper their
accomplishment by using it for the goo of God’s kingdom and the good
of our country, let us pray to the Lord.

3. Para sa mga namumuno, mga guro, at lahat ng nagtatrabaho dito sa

paaralang ito, nawa’y sila ay patuloy na magkapag-bigay ng kaalaman at
abilidad sa paghubog ng mga tao na naaayon sa kagustuhan ng
Panginoon, manalangin tayo sa Panginoon.

4. Para sa gabos na tao na mayong kakayahan na makapag-adal, mga

nagsasakit huli sa kahelangan, kadukhaan, asin an mga hobenes na
nagiirok sa hararayong lugar na sinda man mabendisyon kan Dios nin
mga marahay na tawo na handing magsacrifisyo para sa saindang
pagtalubo asin karahayan, mamibi kita sa Kagurangnan.

5. For all of us, that as God’s children, we may continue to please God with
our lives by our constant display of compassion, wisdom, virtue, respect,
harmony and holiness, let us pray to the Lord:

Priest: Father in heaven, send us the Spirit of Wisdom

to purify our hearts, mind and soul and make us
fully human and truly your children, through
Christ our Lord.
All: Amen.

OFFERTORY PROCESSION AND HYMN

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FLOWERS

Reader: Lord, you have made these flowers to bring joy and happiness
to the creation. May we bring the same spirit of joy and
happiness to others.

MEDALS

Reader: Lord, these medals are the symbol of recognition of our

achievements; we humbly offer them to you. May they be our
inspiration in doing our duties at home, in our community and
our nation.

DIPLOMAS AND CERTIFICATES

Reader: Lord, these diplomas and certificates speak of our love,

gratitude and promise to fulfill the mission each of us received.
May they always remind us of the Christian values and ideals
set before us by our Alma Mater, Saint Joseph School.

OTHER GIFTS

Reader: We offer you, O Lord, the work of our hands all for your glory.
May we be aware that you are the sole provider of all these
things and without you, we can do nothing.

CRUETS, CIBORIUM AND CHALICE

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Reader: Lord God, we offer you the Bread and Wine, the symbol of
your presence among us whom you called to praise you and
thank you. May they be the food and drink that give us
strength in proclaiming your love in your Father’s kingdom.

LITURGY OF THE EUCHARIST

The priest does the following silently while the Offertory Song is sung.

Priest: Blessed are you, Lord God of all creation, for through
your goodness we have received the bread we offer
you: fruit of the earth and work of human hands, it
will become for us the bread of life.

All: Blessed be God for ever.

Priest: Blessed are you, Lord God of all creation, for through
your goodness we have received the wine we offer
you: fruit of the vine and work of human hands, it
will become our spiritual drink.

All: Blessed be God for ever.

Priest: Pray, brethren (brothers and sisters), that my sacrifice

and yours may be acceptable to God, the almighty
Father.

All: May the Lord accept the sacrifice at your hands for the praise and glory of
his name, for our good and the good of all his holy Church.

PRAYER OVER THE GIFTS

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Priest: Receive, we pray, O Lord
the sacrifice which has redeemed the human race
and be pleased to accomplish is us
salvation of mind and body.
Through Christ our Lord.

All: Amen.

PREFACE

Priest: The Lord be with you.

All: And with you spirit.

Priest: Lift up your hearts.

All: We lift them up to the Lord.

Priest: Let us give thanks to the Lord our God.

All: It is right and just.

Priest: It is truly right and just, our duty and our salvation,
at all times to acclaim you, O Lord,
but on this day above all
to laud you and yet more gloriously,
when Christ our Passover has been sacrificed.

For he is the true Lamb

who has taken away the sins of the world;

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 by dying he has destroyed our death,
and by rising, restored our life.

Therefore, overcome with paschal joy,

every land, every people exults in your praise
and even the heavenly Powers, with the angelic hosts,
sing together the unending hymn of your glory,
as they acclaim:

HOLY (sung)

EUCHARISTIC PRAYER II

Priest: You are indeed Holy, O Lord,

the fount of all holiness.
Make holy, therefore, these gifts, we pray,
by sending down your Spirit upon them like the
dewfall, so that they may become for us
the Body and  Blood of our Lord Jesus Christ.

At the time he was betrayed and entered willingly

into his Passion, he took bread and, giving thanks,
broke it, and gave it to his disciples, saying:

TAKE THIS, ALL OF YOU, AND EAT OF IT,

FOR THIS IS MY BODY, WHICH WILL BE
GIVEN UP FOR YOU.

In a similar way, when supper was ended, he took the

chalice and, once more giving thanks, he gave it to his
disciples, saying:

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 TAKE THIS, ALL OF YOU, AND DRINK FROM IT,
FOR THIS IS THE CHALICE OF MY BLOOD,
THE BLOOD OF THE NEW AND ETERNAL
COVENANT, WHICH WILL BE POURED OUT FOR
YOU AND FOR MANY FOR THE FORGIVENESS
OF SINS. DO THIS IN MEMORY OF ME.

Priest: The mystery of faith.

ANAMNESIS (sung)

Priest: Therefore, as we celebrate the memorial

of his Death and Resurrection,
we offer you, Lord,
the Bread of life and the Chalice of salvation,
giving thanks that you have held us worthy
to be in your presence and minister to you.

Humbly we pray that,

partaking of the Body and Blood of Christ,
we may be gathered into one by the Holy Spirit.

Remember, Lord, your Church,

spread throughout the world,
and bring her to the fullness of charity,
together with Francis our Pope and Rolando our
Archbishop and all the clergy.

Remember also our brothers and sisters

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 who have fallen asleep in the hope of the resurrection,
and all who have died in your mercy:
welcome them into the light of your face.
Have mercy on us all, we pray,
that with the Blessed Virgin Mary, Mother of God,
with the blessed Apostles,
and all the Saints who have pleased you throughout
the ages, we may merit to be coheirs to eternal life,
and may praise and glorify you through your Son,
Jesus Christ. (pause)

Through him, and with him, and in him,

O God, almighty Father,
in the unity of the Holy Spirit,
all glory and honor is yours,
for ever and ever.

AMEN (sung)

COMMUNION RITE (sung)

Priest: At the Savior’s command

and formed by divine teaching,
we dare to say:

OUR FATHER (sung)

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Priest: Deliver us, Lord, we pray, from every evil,
graciously grant peace in our days,
that, sustained by the help of your mercy,
we may be always free from sin
and safe from all distress,
as we await the blessed hope,
the coming of our Savior, Jesus Christ.

All: For the kingdom, the power, and the glory are yours, now and forever.

SING OF PEACE

Priest: Lord Jesus Christ,

who said to your Apostles,
Peace I leave you, my peace I give you,
look not on our sins,
but on the faith of your Church,
and graciously grant her peace and unity
in accordance with your will.
Who live and reign forever and ever.

All: Amen.

Priest: The peace of the Lord be with you always.

All: And with your spirit.

Priest: Let us offer each other the sign of peace.

LAMB OF GOD (sung)

INVITATION TO COMMUNION

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Priest: Behold the Lamb of God,
behold him who takes away the sins of the world.
Blessed are those called to the supper of the Lamb.

All: Lord, I am not worthy that you should enter under my roof, but only say
the word and my soul shall be healed.

COMMUNION

PRAYER AFTER COMMUNION

Priest: Let us pray.

We pray, O Lord,
that the reverent reception of the
Sacrament of your Son
may cleanse us from our old ways
and transform us into a new creation.
Through Christ our Lord.

All: Amen.

THANKSGIVING PRAYER (High School With High Honor)

BLESSING OF MEDALS, DIPLOMAS AND CERTIFICATES

Priest: Our help is in the name of the Lord,

All: who made heaven and earth.

Priest: O Lord, hear our prayer.

All: and let our cry come unto you.

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Priest: The Lord be with you.

All: And with your spirit.

Priest: Let us pray…

O Lord,
we ask you to † bless
these medals, diplomas and certificates.
Graciously help these graduates
to put into practice
the teachings of Saint Joseph School
for your greater glory
and for the service of their fellowmen.
Grant this through Christ our Lord.

All: Amen.

FINAL BLESSING

Priest: The Lord be with you.

All: And with your spirit.

Priest: And may almighty God bless all of you, who are
gathered here, the Father, and the Son,  and the Holy
Spirit.

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All: Amen.

DISMISSAL

Priest: Go in peace, glorifying the Lord by your life.

All: Thanks be to God.

RECESSIONAL

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