NAHAWAN NATIONAL HIGH SCHOOL

MOVING UP
and
GRADUATION MASS
Honoring the Class of 2023

Wednesday, July 12, 2023 @7:00 AM

Clarin Sports Complex and Cultural Center
Pob. Norte, Clarin, Bohol
 THE ORDER OF THE MASS
Introductory Rites
Enter Rejoice
Enter, rejoice and come in
Open your hearts to the Lord
Today will be a joyful day
Enter, rejoice and come in
Sing alleluia, sing alleluia
Today will be a joyful day
Enter, rejoice and come in.

Sign of the Cross

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

Greeting

Priest: The Lord be with you

All: And with your spirit

Penitential Act

Priest: 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.
Priest: May the Almighty God have mercy on us and lead us, with our sins forgiven, to
eternal life.
All: Amen.

Kyrie

Lord have mercy3x

Christ have mercy3x
Lord have mercy3x

The Collect

Priest: Let us pray. (The priest then says the Collect of Opening Prayer at the end of which
the people acclaim.)
All: Amen.

LITURGY OF THE WORD

First Reading: (At the end of the reading, the reader acclaims)
 Genesis 41:55-57; 42:5-7A, 17-24A

When hunger came to be felt throughout the land of Egypt and the
people cried to Pharaoh for bread, Pharaoh directed all the Egyptians to go
Joseph and do whatever he told them. When the famine had spread
throughout the land, Joseph opened all the cities that had grain and
rationed it to the Egyptians, since the famine had gripped the land of
Egypt.

In fact, all the word came to Joseph to obtain rations of grain, for
famine had gripped the whole world. The sons of Israel were among those
who came to procure rations. It was Joseph, as governor of the country,
who dispensed the rations to all the people. When Jospeh’s brothers came
and knelt down before him with their faces to the ground, he recognized
them as soon as he saw them. But Jospeh concealed his own identity from
them and spoke sternly to them. With that, he locked them up in the
guardhouse for three days.
On the third day Joseph said to his brothers: “Do this, and you shall
live; for I am a God-fearing man. If you have been honest, only one of
your brothers’ needs be confined in this prison, while the rest of you may
go and take-home provisions for your starving families. But you must
come back to me with your youngest brother. Your words will thus be
verified, and you will not die.” To this they agreed. To one another,
however, they said: Alas, we are being punished because of our brother.
We saw the anguish of his heart when he pleaded with us, yet we paid no
heed; that is why this anguish has now come upon us.”

Reuben broke in, “Did I not tell you not to do wrong to the boy? But
you would not listen! Now comes the reckoning for his blood.” The
brothers did not know, of course, that Jospeh understood what they said,
since he spoke with them through an interpreter. But turning away from
them, he wept.

Reader: The Word of the Lord.

All: Thanks be to God.

Responsorial Psalm: (After the First Reading the psalmist or cantor sings or says the
Psalm, with the people making the response.)

Psalms 33:2-3, 10-11, 18-19

R. Lord, let your mercy be on us, as we place our trust in you.

Give thanks to the Lord on the harp; with the ten-stringed lyre chant
his praises. Sing to Him a new song; pluck the strings skillfully, with shouts
of gladness.

R. Lord, let your mercy be on us, as we place our trust in you.

 The Lord brings to nought the plans of nations; he foils the designs of
peoples. But the plan of the Lord stands forever; the design of His heart,
through all generations

R. Lord, let your mercy be on us, as we place our trust in you.

But see, the eyes of the Lord are upon those who fear him, upon those
who hope for His kindness, to deliver them from death and preserve them in
spite of famine.

R. Lord, let your mercy be on us, as we place our trust in you.

Gospel Reading: (The assembly stands to sing the Gospel Acclamation to welcome the
Gospel. They remain standing in honour of the Gospel reading , the high
point of the Liturgy of the Word. At the ambo, the Priest says: )

Priest: The Lord be with you

All: And with you spirit
Priest: A reading from the Holy Gospel according to….( He makes the Sign of the
Cross on the book and, together with the people, on his forehead, lips, and
breast. At the same time the people acclaim: )

Matthew 10:1-7

Jesus summoned His twelve disciples and gave them authority

over unclean spirits to drive them out and to cure every disease and
every illness. The names of the twelve Apostles are these: first, Simon
called Peter, and his brother Andrew; James, the son of Zebedee, and
his brother John; Philip and Bartholomew, the son of Alphaeus, and
Thaddeus; Simon the Cananean, and Judas Iscariot who betrayed
Jesus. Jesus sent out these twelve after instructing them thus, “Do not
go into pagan territory or enter a
Samaritan town. Go rather to the lost sheep of the house of Israel.
As you go, make this proclamation: ‘The Kingdom of heaven is at
hand.”

All: Glory to you, O Lord.

At the end of the Gospel

Priest: The Gospel of the Lord

All: Praise to you, Lord Jesus Christ.

Homily……..

Prayers of the Faithful (Bidding Prayers)

Response: Lord, hear our prayer
 LITURGY OF THE EUCHARIST

The Offertory: (The priest offers prayers of blessing quietly at the altar.)

Lord Here I am

Lord here I am to answer your call

Lord here I am to serve and love you
I have left everything just to follow you
Here is my heart, here is my mind
Here is my soul, here is my whole self
I am for you and you alone

I Offer My Life

All that I am, all that I have

I lay them down before you, O Lord
All my regrets, all my acclaim, the joy and the pain,
I’m making them Yours

Chorus
Lord, I offer my life to You, everything I’ve been through
Use it for Your glory. Lord, I offer my days to You
Lifting my praise to You as a pleasing sacrifice
Lord, I offer You my life

Things in the past, things yet unseen

Wishes and dreams that are yet to come true
All of my hopes, all of my pains, my heart and my hand
Are lifted to You (chorus)

What can we give that you have not given

And what do we have that is not already Yours
All we possess are these lives we’re living
And that’s what we give to you, Lord. (chorus)

Priest: Pray, 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.

Priest: (Then the Priest says the Prayer over the Offerings, at the end of which the people
acclaim:)

All: Amen
The Eucharistic Prayer

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

Holy, Holy, Holy Lord

Holy, holy, holy Lord

God of power and might
Heaven and earth are full of your glory
Hosanna, hosanna on high
Blessed is he who comes
In the name of the Lord
Hosanna in the highest
Hosanna, hosanna, on high

After the consecration, the priest says:

Priest: The mystery of faith

Memorial Acclamation

We remember how you loved us through your death

And still, we celebrate for You are with us here
And we believe that we will see You when You come
In Your glory Lord, we remember
We celebrate, we believe.

Priest: Through him, and with him, and in him, to you, O God, almighty
Father, in the unity of the Holy Spirit, is all honour and glory, for ever and
ever.
All: Amen….Amen….Amen

The Communion Rite

Priest: At the Saviours’ command and formed by divine teaching, we dare to

say.

The Lord’s Prayer

Our Father, who art in heaven hallowed be thy name

Thy kingdom come,
 Thy will be done on earth as it is in heaven.
Give us this day our daily bread
And forgive us our trespasses
As we forgive those who trespass against us
And lead us not into temptation
But deliver us from evil

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 wait the blessed hope, the
coming of our Saviour, Jesus Christ.

Doxology

For Thine is the kingdom, the power, and the glory forever. Amen.

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.
People: 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.

Breaking the Bread

During the breaking of the host the following is sung or said:

Lamb of God

Lamb of God, You take away the sins of the world, have mercy on us
Lamb of God, You take away the sins of the world, have mercy on us
Lamb of God, You take away the sins of the world, grant us peace.

Invitation to Communion

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 world and my soul shall be healed.

Communion…….

Power of Your love

Lord, I come to You, let my heart be changed, renewed

Flowing from the grace that I found in You
 And Lord I’ve come to know, the weaknesses I see in me
Will be stripped away by the power of your love

Chorus
Hold me close, let Your love surround me
Bring me near, draw me to Your side
And as I wait, I’ll rise up like the eagle
And I will soar with You, your spirit leads me on
In the power of Your love

Lord, unveil my eyes, let me see You face to face

The knowledge of Your love as You live in me
Lord renews my mind, as Your will unfolds in my life
In living every day, by the power of your love. (chorus)

And I will soar with You, your spirit leads me on

In the power of Your love.

Prayer after Communion

Priest: Let us pray (All stand and pray in silence. Then the priest says the Prayer after
communion, at the end of which the people acclaim: )
All: Amen…

Concluding Rites

Priest: The Lord be with you

All: And with your spirit
Priest: may the Almighty God bless you: the Father, the Son, and the Holy
Spirit
All: Amen
Priest: Go forth, the Mass is ended.
All: Thanks be to God

Give Thanks

Give thanks with a grateful heart

Give thanks to the Holy One
Give thanks because He’s given
Jesus Christ, His son

And now, let the weak say I am strong

Let the poor say I am rich
Because of what the Lord has done
For us, give thanks

Give thanks…Give thanks…. We give thanks…