Introduction

Communicant: Our Dear parents, brothers and sisters in Christ.

This is the day that we will accept Jesus’s gift of
Himself to us as our food, the BREAD OF LIFE, for
the first time. We are happy because you are here
with us today to celebrate this meaningful event in
our lives. May this Eucharistic celebration be an
experience of love, life, joy and peace for us all.

COMMENTATOR: With great joy, let us all stand and join our Presider,
REV. FR. ROMMEL FELIZARDO, our SCHOOL
CHAPLAIN in worshiping the Lord in the opening
hymn.

ENTRANCE HYMN: I WILL SING FOREVER

I will sing forever of Your love, O Lord

I will celebrate the wonder of Your name
For the word that You speak is a song of forgiveness
And a song of gentle mercy and of peace

Let us wake at the morning and be filled with Your love

And sing songs of praise all our days
For Your love is as high as the heavens above us
And Your faithfulness as certain as the dawn

I will sing forever of Your love, O Lord

For You are my refuge and my strength
You fill the world with Your life-giving spirit
That speaks Your word
Your word of mercy and of peace

And I will sing forever of Your love, O Lord

Yes I will sing forever of Your love, O Lord

FR. ROMMEL : In the name of the Father, and of the Son and of
the Holy Spirit.
ALL: AMEN.

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FR. ROMMEL : The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ and the love of
God and the fellowship of the Holy Spirit be with
you all.

ALL: AND WITH YOUR SPIRIT.

PENITENTIAL RITE

FR. ROMMEL :My dear brothers and sisters, to prepare ourselves to

celebrate the sacred mysteries, let us call to mind our sins.

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.

FR. ROMMEL: May Almighty God have mercy on us, forgive us our sins
and bring us to everlasting life.

ALL: AMEN.

Kyrie: Lord have mercy (to be sung)

ALL: GLORY TO GOD IN THE HIGHEST (to be sung)

OPENING PRAYER

FR. ROMMEL: Let us pray.

Almighty ever-living God, who govern all things, both in
heaven and on earth, mercifully hear the pleading of your
people and bestow your peace on our times.  Through our
Lord Jesus Christ, your Son, who lives and reigns with you
in the unity of the Holy Spirit, God, for ever and ever.

ALL: AMEN.

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LITURGY OF THE WORD

COMMENTATOR: Please be seated to listen to the Word of God.

FIRST READING: A Reading from the Book of Hebrew

Melchizedek, king of Salem and priest of God Most High,

met Abraham as he returned from his defeat of the kings
and blessed him.
And Abraham apportioned to him a tenth of everything.
His name first means righteous king,
and he was also "king of Salem," that is, king of peace.
Without father, mother, or ancestry,
without beginning of days or end of life,
thus made to resemble the Son of God, he remains a priest forever.

It is even more obvious if another priest is raised up

after the likeness of Melchizedek, who has become so,
not by a law expressed in a commandment concerning physical descent
but by the power of a life that cannot be destroyed.
For it is testified:

You are a priest forever according to the order of Melchizedek.

THE WORD OF THE LORD.

ALL: THANKS BE TO GOD.

RESPONSORIAL PSALM

Response: Ang Panginoon ang aking pastol

Hindi ako magkukulang
Ako ay kanyang pinagpapahinga
Sa mainam niyang pastulan.

Inakay ako sa tahimik na batis

At dulot niya'y bagong lakas
Tapat sa pangakong
Ako'y sasamahan niya
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 Sa tuwid na landas. [Response]

Daan ma'y puno ng dilim o ligalig

Hindi ako mangangamba
Tungkod mo't pamalo
Ang siyang gagabay sakin at
Sasanggalang tuwina. [Response]

Ang Panginoon ang aking pastol

Hindi ako magkukulang
Ako ay kanyang pinagpapahinga
Sa mainam niyang pastulan.
Sa mainam niyang pastulan [Response]

COMMENTATOR: Let us all stand to honor the Gospel.

ALL: ALLELUIA! (To be sung)

Antiphon: Jesus preached the Gospel of the Kingdom

and cured every disease among the people.

FR. ROMMEL: The Lord be with you.

ALL: AND WITH YOUR SPIRIT.

FR. ROMMEL: A reading from the Holy Gospel according to St. Mark

ALL: GLORY TO YOU, O LORD.

Jesus entered the synagogue.

There was a man there who had a withered hand.
They watched Jesus closely
to see if he would cure him on the sabbath
so that they might accuse him.
He said to the man with the withered hand,
"Come up here before us."
Then he said to the Pharisees,
"Is it lawful to do good on the sabbath rather than to do evil,
to save life rather than to destroy it?"
But they remained silent.
Looking around at them with anger
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and grieved at their hardness of heart,
Jesus said to the man, "Stretch out your hand."
He stretched it out and his hand was restored.
The Pharisees went out and immediately took counsel
with the Herodians against him to put him to death.

THE GOSPEL OF OUR SALVATION.

ALL: PRAISE TO YOU, O LORD JESUS CHRIST.

HOMILY

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 RENEWAL OF BAPTISMAL PROMISES
(First Communicants)

COMMENTATOR: Dear children, during your baptism you received the

light of Christ through your parents. The candle that
you will receive is the Light of Christ. Keep them
for they will guide your paths.
PARENT: Our Dear Children, receive the light that comes from this
candle just like the light you received when you are
baptized. Always keep in mind and heart that Jesus Christ,
the Son of God and our Savior is our guide through our
journey called life.
(The Parents will be the first to light the candle from the Paschal Candle and then
give the lighted candles to their children.)

(Background song: sing the “Little Candle” while lighting the candles.)

“LITTLE CANDLE”
It is better to light
Just one little candle than to stumble in the dark
Better far that you light just one little candle
All you need I tiny spark
If we all say a prayer that the world would be free
A wonderful dawn of a new day we’d see
And if everyone lit just one little candle
What a bright world this would be.

When the day is dark and dreary

And we know not where to go;
Don't let your heart go weary,
Just keep this thought in mind...

It is better to light just one little candle

Than to stumble in the dark.
Better far that you light just one little candle,
All you need is a tiny spark.
If we'd all say a prayer that the world would be free,
A wonderful dawn of a new day we'd see...
And if everyone lit just one little candle,
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 What a bright world this would be.

(FR. ROMMEL will resume the renewal of promises when all the candles are
lighted.)

FR. ROMMEL: Dear children, you are going to renew your

baptismal promises. On the day of your Baptism you were
asked: “Do you renounce Satan?” You were too small
then, to answer for yourselves. Instead, your parents and
godparents answered for you.

Today, Mother Church will ask you the same

questions, and this time, you will make the promises
yourselves with your whole hearts and minds. Be ready to
answer in faith.

FR. ROMMEL: Do you believe in GOD, THE FATHER ALMIGHTY,

CREATOR OF HEAVEN and EARTH?

CHILDREN: I do believe.

FR. ROMMEL: Do you believe in JESUS CHRIST, His only Son,

our Lord, born of the Virgin Mary, suffered, died
and was buried and rose from the dead, and sits at
the right hand of the Father?

CHILDREN: I do believe.

FR. ROMMEL: Do you believe in the HOLY SPIRIT?

CHILDREN: I do believe.

FR. ROMMEL: Do you believe in the HOLY CATHOLIC CHURCH,

the COMMUNION OF SAINTS, the
FORGIVENESS of SINS, the RESURRECTION of
the body and life everlasting?

CHILDREN: I do believe.

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FR. ROMMEL: Do you believe that in HOLY COMMUNION, you
receive the BODY and BLOOD of JESUS CHRIST,
the LIVING GOD?

CHILDREN: I do believe.

FR. ROMMEL: Do you promise to obey what the church teaches?

CHILDREN: I do promise.

FR. ROMMEL: God, the All-Powerful Father of our Lord Jesus

Christ, has given us a new birth by water and the
Holy Spirit, and forgiven all our sins.
May He also keep us faithful to our Lord Jesus
Christ forever and ever.

CHILDREN: AMEN.

(FR. ROMMEL will go around sprinkling the communicants with Holy Water while
singing the “Isang Pananampalataya”)

“ISANG PANANAMPALATAYA”
KORO:
Isang pananampalataya, isang pagbibinyag
Isang Panginoon, angkinin nating lahat.
Habilin ni Hesus noong Siya’y lumisan
Kayo ay magkatipon sa pagmamahalan. (koro)
Ama pakinggan Mo ang aming panalangin
Dalisay na pag-ibig sa ami’y lumapit. (koro)
Mga alagad Ko pa’no makikilala
Tapat nilang pag-ibig wala nang iba pa. (koro)

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PRAYERS OF THE FAITHFUL

FR. ROMMEL:God the Father manifested his power and salvation of

mankind. He chose and blessed Mary to be the Mother of Jesus, the
Savior. Mary responded to the sublime will of the Father. She freely
accepted to be the instrument of salvation for humankind. In the spirit of
Mary’s firm trust in the will of the Father, let us pray:

YOUR WILL, FOR US, BE DONE.

COMMENTATOR: YOUR WILL, FOR US, BE DONE.

1. For all Christians the world over, like the Virgin Mary, may they
know and follow the will of God the Father so they may share Jesus with
their fellow beings. We pray to you, Father… (RESPONSE)

2. For all people the world over, like the Virgin Mary, may they value
life and respect the right of everyone to live, so they may offer to God a
clean and unblemished life. We pray to you, Father…… (RESPONSE)

3. For all married people the world over, like the Virgin Mary, may
they reflect in their lives the duties and obligations they solemnly
assumed in the Sacrament of Matrimony. Keep them true to their vows;
enable them to make their children constantly pleasing to God. We pray
to you, Father… (RESPONSE)

4. For our parents, like the Virgin Mary, may you entrust to them the
task of forming people with a holy fear of you. Strengthen the families
striving to live faithfully according to your laws so they may be little
reminders of your care. We pray to you, Father...… (RESPONSE)

5. For all of us here gathered, like the Virgin Mary, may purity of
mind and action be a constant quality of our life so that we may be able to
acknowledge the true will of God and serve him, as Mary did, totally and
faithfully. We pray to you, Father… (RESPONSE)

6. We pray also that we may see in the offering of bread and wine,
our own responsibility to offer ourselves to our fellow beings, especially
the poor and the oppressed, for the glory of God, we pray to you Father…
(RESPONSE)

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FR. ROMMEL: Our loving Father, you are constant and true in your
promises. You blessed Mary for her unconditional response to you. You
made her our Mother, too. Make her watch over us with the same love
and care that she gave her Son so we may obtain the graces we need in
our life. This we ask through Jesus our Lord.

ALL: AMEN.

LITURGY OF THE EUCHARIST

COMMENTATOR: Please be seated for the Offertory.

OFFERTORY HYMN: CHRISTIFY

Christify the gifts we bring to You,

bounty of the earth receive anew.
Take and bless the work of our hands.
Christify these gifts at Your command.

Sun and moon and earth and wind and rain:

all the world's contained in every grain.
All the toil and dreams of humankind,
all we are we bring as bread and wine.

Turn the bread and wine, our hearts implore,

to the living presence of the Lord.
Blessed and broken, shared with all in need;
all our hungers, sacred bread will feed

COMMENTATOR: Let us all stand.

FR. ROMMEL: Pray, brethren 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.

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PRAYER OVER THE GIFTS

FR. ROMMEL:Father, from all You give us we present this bread and
wine. As we serve You now, accept our offering and
sustain us with Your promise of eternal life. Grant this
through Christ our Lord.

ALL: Amen.

EUCHARISTIC PRAYER

FR.ROMMEL: The Lord be with you.

ALL: AND WITH YOUR SPIRIT.

FR. ROMMEL: Lift up your hearts.

ALL: WE LIFT THEM UP TO THE LORD.

FR.ROMMEL: Let us give thanks to the Lord our God.

ALL: IT IS RIGHT AND JUST.

FR. ROMMEL:It is truly right and just, our duty and our salvation, always
and everywhere to give You thanks, Lord, holy Father,
almighty and eternal God, and to praise, bless, and glorify
Your name on the Solemnity of the Immaculate Conception
of the Blessed ever-Virgin Mary.

You allowed no stain of Adam’s sin to touch the Virgin

Mary.

Full of grace, she was to be a worthy mother of your Son,

Your sign of favor to the Church at its beginning, and the
promise of its perfection as the bride of Christ, radiant in
beauty.

Purest of virgins, she was to bring forth Your Son, the

innocent lamb who takes away our sins. You chose her
from all women to be our advocate with You and our
pattern of holiness.

And so, with the Angels and all the Saints, we proclaim
your glory, as with one voice we acclaim:
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ALL (SUNG): HOLY, HOLY, HOLY

COMMENTATOR: Let us all kneel.

FR. ROMMEL:God our Father, you are holy indeed...

The mystery of faith…

ALL: Christ has died (to be sung)

FR. ROMMEL: Father....

Through Him, with Him and in Him, in the unity of the Holy
Spirit, all glory and honor is yours almighty Father, forever
and ever.

ALL: AMEN (to be sung)

ALL: THE LORD’S PRAYER (to be sung)

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

ALL: For the kingdom, the power and the glory... (to be sung)

FR. ROMMEL: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 for
ever and ever.

ALL: Amen.

FR. ROMMEL:The peace of the Lord be with you always.

ALL: AND WITH YOUR SPIRIT.

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FR. ROMMEL:Let us offer each other the sign of peace.

(Everybody gives the sign of peace. Then give time for the communicants to go
to their parents to kiss them peace while the choir sings)

ALL: LAMB OF GOD (to be sung)

COMMENTATOR: Let us all kneel.

FR. ROMMEL: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.

HOLY COMMUNION HYMN

“The Face of God”

Refrain:
To see the face of God is my heart’s desire
To gaze upon the Lord is my one desire
For God so loved the world.

He gave His Son, His only begotten Son

And they shall call Him Emmanuel
The Prince of peace, the hope of all the world.

Emmanuel, Emmanuel, Emmanuel

“At Home In Our Hearts”

You who welcomed Christ into your home

You who must have washed the Savior's feet
Are truly blest, you who fed the Lord when weary and
Forlorn
Blest are you who served the Lord's needs

You with whom He shared His wondrous deeds

You to whom He bared His broken dreams
Are truly blest, you whom Jesus sought before His lonely End
Blest are you whom Jesus called His friend
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 REFRAIN:
And so we pray, now and always
That we might serve the Lord as selflessly
By feeding those in need, their woes making our own
In our hearts may Jesus find a home

You who begged the Lord to raise His friend

You who knew our death He would amend
Are truly blest, You whom Jesus heard say, "You are the Messiah
The Son of God who comes into the world!" (REFRAIN)

THANKSGIVING PRAYER

Communicant:

ALMIGHTY GOD, we praise and thank You for making us

Your children. For giving us our family, friends and even our
foes; for our devoted and caring teachers and our school, San
Ildefonso College, where we are continuously being molded
and shaped with true Christian values.

We also thank You for all the blessings that our family
constantly received; and as we celebrate the Solemnity of the
Immaculate Conception of the Blessed Virgin Mary, we thank
you for choosing her to be our advocate with You and our
Mother, too; and above all, we thank You for giving us Your
beloved Son Jesus Christ that we received today for the first
time. For this, thank You, dear God for everything. AMEN.

PRAYER AFTER COMMUNION

COMMENTATOR: Please let us all stand.

FR. ROMMEL: Pour on us, O Lord, the Spirit of your love, and in your
kindness make those you have nourished by this one
heavenly Bread one in mind and heart.  Through Christ our
Lord.

ALL: AMEN.

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CONCLUDING PRAYER

FR. ROMMEL: Loving Father, You have shown us Your great

Love. With Jesus, we thank You because You are always
with us. Help us to think of one another and to love one
another. In this way, we shall always be united with Jesus
today, tomorrow and every day.

ALL: AMEN.

FR. ROMMEL: The Lord be with you.

ALL: AND WITH YOUR SPIRIT.

FR. ROMMEL: Let us bow our head to pray for God’s blessing…
May our Father, give you always your daily bread and may
you share your bread daily with one another.

ALL: Amen.

FR. ROMMEL: May Jesus be bread of your life and may you
become the bread of Jesus for others.

ALL: Amen.

FR. ROMMEL: May the Holy Spirit make you one with others, as
the grains of wheat are in one bread.

ALL: Amen.

FR. ROMMEL: May Almighty God bless you, the Father, the Son
and the Holy Spirit.

ALL: Amen.

FR. ROMMEL: The Mass is ended. Go in peace to love and serve

the Lord in one another.

ALL: Thanks be to God.

RECESSIONAL HYMN:
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 “Humayo’t Ihayag”
Humayo't ihayag (purihin Siya)
At ating ibunyag (awitan Siya)
Pagliligtas ng Diyos na sa krus ni Hesus
Ang S'yang sa mundo'y tumubos

Langit at lupa Siya'y papurihan

Araw at tala Siya'y parangalan
Ating pagdiwang pag-ibig ng Diyos sa tanan
(Aleluya)

Halina't sumayaw (buong bayan)

Lukso, sabay, sigaw (sanlibutan)
Ang ngalan Niyang angkin 'sing ningning ng bituin
Liwanag ng Diyos sumaatin

Langit at lupa Siya'y papurihan

Araw at tala Siya'y parangalan
Ating pagdiwang pag-ibig ng Diyos sa tanan
(Aleluya)

At isigaw sa lahat
Kalinga Niya'y wagas
Kayong dukha't salat
Pag-ibig Niya sa inyo ay tapat

COMMENTATOR: Please be seated for the Blessing and Distribution

of Certificates.

(FR. ROMMEL will bless and distribute the Certificates as the Grade Two
Advisers call the names of the communicants)

Teacher: As I call your name, please stand and receive your

Certificate.

(After the giving of certificates, the First Communicants together with

Rev. Fr. Rommel Felizardo will pose for a group picture.)

COMMENTATOR: Thank you very much for joining us in this

remarkable occasion …God bless us all.
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