Liturgical Participants

(Baccalaureate Mass)

Celebrant : Rev. Fr. Audie Mozo

Date : April 10, 2019
Processional : 8:30 am
Mass Proper : 9:00 am
Commentator : Mr. Richard C. Calimbas
Choir : St. Benilde Arts & Letters Performing Artist led by
Mr. Michael Sagun

Liturgy of the Word

First Reading :
Responsorial Psalm :
Prayers of the Faithful :
Symbolic Gifts
Candles :
Flowers :
Institutional Logo :
Gifts :
Rosary :
Bible :

Diploma & Certificates :

Stipend :
Water and Wine :
Ciborium :
Thanksgiving Prayers
Parent :
Graduate :
 PROCESSIONAL SONG 1
TABLE OF PLENTY

CHORUS
Come to the feast of heaven and earth!
Come to the table of plenty!
God will provide for all that we need,
here at the table of plenty.

VERSE 1
O come and sit at my table
where saints and sinners are friends.
I wait to welcome the lost and lonely
to share the cup of my love. (CHORUS)

VERSE 2
O come and eat without money;
come to drink without price.
My feast of gladness will feed your spirit
with faith and fullness of life. (CHORUS)

VERSE 3
My bread will ever sustain you
through days of sorrow and woe.
My wine will flow like a sea of gladness
to flood the depths of your soul. (CHORUS)

VERSE 4
Your fields will flower in fullness;
your homes will flourish in peace.
For I, the giver of home and harvest,
will send my rain on the soil. (CHORUS)
Introduction:

Good morning, Brothers and Sisters. We are gathered today to celebrate the Holy Sacrifice of the Mass to entrust
the Graduating Class 2018 - 2019 to our Lord, and as an act of thanksgiving for the success of the Academic Year,
as it comes to a close.

Fellow Graduates, Brothers and Sisters, our celebration today is more than just a thanksgiving. We stand before the
Lord, willing and ready to give our lives to him in the service of others. In fact, the commissioning of the graduates
take place in this celebration as a petition for blessing that in our life giving, we too may be living a life of love.

A special duty binds us to make ourselves the neighbor of every person, and to actively help him when he comes
across our path. We want to do exactly this because in our times, the ideals we hold dear come to very little. And
yet we ask: how can we live a life of love?

This is the challenge that faces us today, the question that only each of us can answer in our own way. But as we
respond to this challenge, we also pray that God may give us enough strength of purpose to hang on our vision, to
be realistic about what we can achieve now while we work earnestly to build a world in which people forget about
themselves and remember others. But then again we tell ourselves: there must be something we can do today.
Today, this something finds fulfillment in our expression of love today for one another.

May the wisdom of God the Father fill our minds. May the love of Christ fill our hearts. May the inspiration of the
Holy Spirit move us to action.

Let us all rise and welcome our celebrant, Reverend Father Audie Mozo and as the Arts and Letters Performing
Artist headed by Mr. Michael Sagun leads us in the singing of the Entrance Hymn.

ENTRANCE SONG
AMARE ET SERVIRE (TO LOVE AND SERVE)

In omibus amare
In omibus servire
In omibus amare et servire domino
In everything love and serve the Lord (REPEAT)

GREETINGS

Celebrant : In the name of the Father, and of the son, and of the Holy Spirit.
All : Amen
Celebrant : The grace and peace of God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ be with you.
All : And with your spirit.

Penitential Rite

Celebrant : Brothers and sisters, let us acknowledge our sins that we may prepare ourselves to
celebrate the sacred mysteries.
All : I confess to almighty God and to you, my brothers and sisters that I have greatly
sinned in my thoughts and in my words, in what I have done and in what I have
failed to do, through my fault, through my fault, through my most grievous fault;
therefore I ask blessed Mary ever-Virgin, all the Angels and Saints, and you, my
brothers and sisters, to pray for me to the Lord our God.
Celebrant : May almighty God have mercy on us and lead us, with our sins forgiven, to eternal
life.
All : Amen
Celebrant : Lord, when we fail to love You with all our hearts and soul, lead us back to You
and forgive us.
LORD, HAVE MERCY.
All : Lord, have mercy.
Celebrant : For the many opportunities we have refrained to promote peace among ourselves.
CHRIST, HAVE MERCY.
All : Christ, have mercy.
Celebrant : Lord, when we say we love you but do not make that authentic by loving those
entrusted to us, help us to give ourselves completely. LORD, HAVE MERCY.
All : Lord, have mercy.
Celebrant : May our Almighty God have mercy on us, forgive us our sins and bring us to
eternal life.
All : Amen.

Opening Prayer

Celebrant : Let us pray.

O God, who give constant increase to your Church by new offspring,
grant that your servants may hold fast in their lives to the Sacrament they have
received in faith. 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.
Commentator : Please be seated.

Liturgy of the Word

First Reading

A READING FROM THE BOOK OF DANIEL 3:14-20, 91-92, 95

King Nebuchadnezzar said:

"Is it true, Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego,
that you will not serve my god,
or worship the golden statue that I set up?
Be ready now to fall down and worship the statue I had made,
whenever you hear the sound of the trumpet,
flute, lyre, harp, psaltery, bagpipe,
and all the other musical instruments;
otherwise, you shall be instantly cast into the white-hot furnace;
and who is the God who can deliver you out of my hands?"
Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego answered King Nebuchadnezzar,
"There is no need for us to defend ourselves before you
in this matter.
If our God, whom we serve,
can save us from the white-hot furnace
and from your hands, O king, may he save us!
But even if he will not, know, O king,
that we will not serve your god
or worship the golden statue that you set up."
King Nebuchadnezzar's face became livid with utter rage
against Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego.
He ordered the furnace to be heated seven times more than usual
and had some of the strongest men in his army
bind Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego
and cast them into the white-hot furnace.

Nebuchadnezzar rose in haste and asked his nobles,

"Did we not cast three men bound into the fire?"
"Assuredly, O king," they answered.
"But," he replied, "I see four men unfettered and unhurt,
walking in the fire, and the fourth looks like a son of God."
Nebuchadnezzar exclaimed,
"Blessed be the God of Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego,
who sent his angel to deliver the servants who trusted in him;
they disobeyed the royal command and yielded their bodies
rather than serve or worship any god
except their own God."

Responsorial Psalm

RESPONSE
I love the Lord, He is filled with compassion.
He turned to me on the day that I called.
From the snares of the dark, O, Lord, save my life,
Be my strength. (REPEAT)

VERSE 1
Gracious is the Lord, and just.
Our God is mercy, rest to the weary.
Return my soul to the Lord our God who bids tears away.
I love the Lord. (RESPONSE)

VERSE 2
How can I repay the Lord for all the goodness He has shown me?
I will raise the cup of salvation and call on His name.
I love the Lord. (RESPONSE)

VERSE 3
I shall live my vows to You before Your people,
I am Your servant.
I will offer You my sacrifice of praise and of pray'r.
I love the Lord. (RESPONSE)

CODA
From the snares of the dark, O, Lord, save my life,
Be my strength.

Commentator : Please all rise to honor the Holy Gospel

“But the seed on good soil stands for those with a noble and good heart,
who hear the word, retain it, and by persevering produce a crop”
 LENTEN GOSPEL ACCLAMATION
THY WORD

Thy word is a lamp unto my feet,

and a light unto my path. (REPEAT)

GOSPEL READING JN 8:31-42

Celebrant : The Lord be with you.

All : And with your spirit.
Celebrant : A reading from the Holy Gospel according to John
All : Glory to You, O Lord

Jesus said to those Jews who believed in him,

"If you remain in my word, you will truly be my disciples,
and you will know the truth, and the truth will set you free."
They answered him, "We are descendants of Abraham
and have never been enslaved to anyone.
How can you say, 'You will become free'?"
Jesus answered them, "Amen, amen, I say to you,
everyone who commits sin is a slave of sin.
A slave does not remain in a household forever,
but a son always remains.
So if the Son frees you, then you will truly be free.
I know that you are descendants of Abraham.
But you are trying to kill me,
because my word has no room among you.
I tell you what I have seen in the Father's presence;
then do what you have heard from the Father."

They answered and said to him, "Our father is Abraham."

Jesus said to them, "If you were Abraham's children,
you would be doing the works of Abraham.
But now you are trying to kill me,
a man who has told you the truth that I heard from God;
Abraham did not do this.
You are doing the works of your father!"
So they said to him, "We were not born of fornication.
We have one Father, God."
Jesus said to them, "If God were your Father, you would love me,
for I came from God and am here;
I did not come on my own, but he sent me."

The Gospel of the Lord.

All : Praise to You, Lord Jesus Christ.

Commentator : Please be seated

HOMILY

Prayers of the Faithful

Celebrant : Knowing that the fear of the Lord is the beginning of knowledge, filled with paschal
joy, let us pray more earnestly to God that he, who graciously listened to the prayers
and supplications of his beloved Son, may now be pleased to look upon us in our
lowliness. For this we invoke: LORD, HEAR OUR PRAYER.
All : LORD, HEAR OUR PRAYER.
ABM Student : Through Christ the Good Shepherd, you guided the Church by the selfless
shepherding of your servant FRANCIS our Pope. Grant that we whom he thought
to seek Christ through our needy brethren, may always learn to emulate his example
of mercy and compassion, for this we pray:
All : LORD, HEAR OUR PRAYER.
GAS Student : God of Wisdom, We pray for the administration, staff, and faculty of
St. Benilde Center for Global Competence, Inc, who have taken part in our growth
from the start to the last days of our academic years in this institution. We ask that
you bless them with happiness in their endeavors. Let us pray to the Lord.
All : LORD, HEAR OUR PRAYER.
HE Student : God of Love, We pray for our parents, that they continue to guide and nurture us as
we grow and may they know how much we love and appreciate them. Let us pray to
the Lord All: Lord, hear our prayer
All : LORD, HEAR OUR PRAYER.
ICT Student : God of Hope, We pray that we, the graduating class of 2018 – 2019, may have the
courage to share our gifts with those who need them. May we be free to shape a future
of peace and justice for all. Let us pray to the Lord.
All : LORD, HEAR OUR PRAYER.
BMD Student : Gentle God, We pray for our friends who have shared with us, over these many
years, all the laughter, tears, heartaches and happiness: that they may know how much
we love and cherish them. Let us pray to the Lord.
All : LORD, HEAR OUR PRAYER.
ICTD Student : O God, who showered us with great love that though unworthy, we are called and
truly are your children; help us to use what we learn in order to perceive our goals
more clearly and to live it more fully. Let us pray to the Lord.
All : LORD, HEAR OUR PRAYER.
THD Student : In Christ your son, you gave us the model of your new creation, as he advanced in
wisdom, age, and grace. Grant that as we advance in the course of our academic life,
we too may grow through your grace. Let us pray to the Lord.
All : LORD, HEAR OUR PRAYER.
Academic Awardee : Grant to all of us gathered here, o Lord, that that as we celebrate the joyful
resurrection of Christ our Lord, our sorrow may be turned to gladness, and let our
hearts be filled with joy as we glorify you through this act of thanksgiving for all the
success we had throughout the academic year. Let us pray to the Lord.
All : LORD, HEAR OUR PRAYER.
Graduating Student : Healing God, We pray for the sick of our parish and for all our friends and relatives
who are ill. Help them to feel your healing presence. Let us pray to the Lord
All : LORD, HEAR OUR PRAYER.
Graduating Student : God of Compassion, We pray for those in our families and in our school and parish
community who have died and are now in God’s presence forever. Teach us to be
comforters of one another. Let us pray to the Lord
All : LORD, HEAR OUR PRAYER.
Parent : In your providence, you made mutual cooperation the means of human
development; grant that all those charged with the instruction of our children may
also teach us to work for the common good. Let us pray to the Lord.
All : LORD, HEAR OUR PRAYER.
Faculty / Staff : You are the author of human life and its dignity, grant that the benefits of a sound
education may be quickly extended to all people regardless of their state. Let us pray
to the Lord.
All : LORD, HEAR OUR PRAYER.
Priest : O God, who know that our life in this present age is subject to suffering and need,
hear the desires of those who cry to you and receive the prayers of those who believe
in you. Through Christ our Lord.
All : Amen.

BLESSING OF THE GRADUATION SYMBOLS

Commentator : Please remain standing for the blessing of the Graduation symbols.

(Selected Graduating Students carry the symbols to the sanctuary.) The symbols will be placed on a table designated
for this purpose.

Academic Awardee : Reverend Father Audie Mozo, with joy the graduating class 2018 – 2019 presents
these medals, diplomas and other ornaments which symbolize the fruits of our labor
during our academic years. We ask you to bless them and in our behalf invoke God’s
grace that he may send the Holy Spirit to inspire us to serve God and country with
loyalty.
Priest : Our help is in the Name of the Lord.
All : Who made heaven and earth.
Priest : The Lord be with you.
All : And with your spirit.
Priest : Let us pray. Blessed are you, Lord God, king of the universe: you have made all
things for your glory. Grant that these, your sons and daughters, whom you have
enriched with knowledge and wisdom may serve you and your people with unfailing
generosity and love. Bless these symbols to which they signify the fruits of their labor
and undying zeal to glorify your name with their achievements and grant that we may
use them in your service and for the good of all your people. Through Christ our
Lord.
All : Amen.

(The Priest sprinkles the symbols with Holy Water and incenses them.)

OFFERTORY PROCESSION

***Order of the Procession

1. Candles
2. Flowers
3. Gifts
4. Bible
5. Rosary
6. Cruets (water and wine)
7. Ciborium

OFFERTORY SONG 1
ISANG MUNTING PANALANGIN
 VERSE 1
Panginoon ito ang aming alay
Sa Iyong kabanalan
Tanggapin ang aming isip, buhay at kalayaan

VERSE 2
Sa Iyo ang aming katauhan
Pinagbuklod ng 'Yong katawan
Handog namin ang aming kalooban na sa 'Yo nagmumula

CHORUS
Dakila ang 'Yong puso
Dakila Ka, O Kristo
Sambayanan, kami'y nagpupuri
Sa 'Yong dugo at katawan

VERSE 3
Tunay ang pag-ibig mo Kristo
Liwanag ng aming puso
Awit namin ay aming alay
pasalamat sa 'ming buhay (CHORUS)

OFFERTORY SONG 2
PAGGUGUNITA

CHORUS
Aming alay sa’Yo Panginoon
Ang tinapay at alak na ‘Yong kaloob
Upang gunitain ang ‘Yong buhay na inialay
Nang tayo’y magdiwang bilang isang sambayanan

VERSE 1
Ang tinapay, ito ang Iyong laman
At ang alak, ito ang Iyong dugo
Laman Mo’y inihain upang lahat ay buhayin
Dugo Mo ang dumanak nang lahat ay mapatawad (CHORUS)

VERSE 2
Hinirang na ina ang Mahal na Birheng Maria
Una Mong luklukan ang kanyang sinapupunan
Sa ‘ming pagtanggap sa Iyo, Ikaw nawa ay manahan
Sa aming mga puso nang lumago sa kabanalan (CHORUS)

CODA
Nang tayo’y magdiwang bilang isang sambayanan

LITURGY OF THE EUCHARIST

Celebrant : Pray brothers and sisters that our sacrifice may be acceptable to God our Almighty
Father.
All : May the Lord accept this 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 OFFERINGS

Priest : Accept graciously, O Lord, we pray, the offerings of your peoples, that, renewed by
confession of your name and by Baptism, they may attain unending happiness.
Through Christ our Lord.
All : Amen.
Priest : The Lord be with you.
All : And with your 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 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; 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:
All : Holy, Holy, Holy Lord God of hosts… (To be sung)

SANCTUS
HOLY

Holy, Holy
Holy Lord God of hosts.
Heaven and earth are full,
Are full of your glory

Chorus:
Hosanna, Hosanna
Hosanna in the highest.

Blessed is he who comes,

Who comes in the name of the Lord. (Chorus)