Eucharistic Celebration

on

My First Holy
Communion

Montessori Children’s House of Learning,Inc.

Dayangdang St., Naga City

Rev. Fr.Wilfred V. Almoneda

Main Celebrant
 St. Francis of Assisi Parish Church
Friday, January 27, 2022 (9:00 AM)
INTRODUCTORY RITES
Commentator: A pleasant morning to all. We celebrate today a very special occasion for our dear
Grade III and some grade IV and V pupils of Montessori Children’s House of Learning
who will be receiving their first holy communion.

Please rise as we begin our liturgical celebration with Rev. Fr.Wilfred V. Almoneda as
main celebrant.

THE PROCESSIONAL
The First Communicants with their Parents
Lectors/ Teachers
Rev. Fr. Wilfred V. Almoneda

Commentator: We All stand as we sing the entrance song

Entrance Hymn
As We Gather
As we gather may Your Spirit
works within us.
As we gather may we glorify Your Name;
Knowing well that as our hearts
begin to worship,
We’ll be blest because we came,
We’ll be blest because we came.
The steadfast love of the Lord
never ceases
His mercies never come to an end.
They are new every morning,
new every morning,
Great is Thy faithfulness O Lord,
Great is Thy faithfulness.
 As we gather may Your Spirit
works within us.
As we gather may we glorify Your Name;
Knowing well that as our hearts
begin to worship,
We’ll be blest because we came,
We’ll be blest because we came.

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, let us acknowledge our sins, and so 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 almighty God have mercy on us, forgive us our sins, and bring us to everlasting
life.

All: Amen.

GLORY TO GOD IN THE HIGHEST

 Glory to God,
Glory to God,
Glory to God in the highest!
And on Earth,
Peace on Earth,
Peace to people of good will.

We praise you,
We bless you,
We adore you,
We glorify you.

We give you thanks for your great glory.

Lord God, Heavenly King,
O God, Almighty Father!

Glory to God,
Glory to God,
Glory to God in the highest!
And on Earth,
Peace on Earth,
Peace to people of good will.

Priest: May our prayer of petition rise before you, we pray, O lord, that, with purity
unblemished we, your servants, may come, as we desire, to celebrate the great mystery
of the Incarnation of your Only Begotten Son. Who lives and reigns with you in the
unity of the Holy Spirit, one God, forever and ever.

All: Amen

Commentator: Please be seated for the Liturgy of the Word.

LITURGY OF THE WORD
Cedd Kenneth Paninsoro
A reading from the letter to the Hebrews
 Hebrews 10:32-39

Recall the days gone by when you endured a great contest of suffering after you had been enlightened. At
times you were publicly exposed to insult and trial; at other times you associated yourselves with those who
were being so dealt with. You even joined in the sufferings of those in prison and joyfully assented to the
confiscation of your goods, knowing that you had better and more permanent possessions. Do not, then,
surrender your confidence; it will have great reward. You need patience to do God’s will and receive what he
has promised. For, just “a brief moment, and he who is to come will come; he will not delay. My just man
will live by faith,” and “if he draws back I take no pleasure in him.” We are not among those who have faith
and live.

This is the word of the Lord.

All: Thanks be to God.

RESPONSORIAL PSALM
Jazmine Michelle R. Dela Rama
Mary Kate Aubrey Amith

Reader: *The salvation of the just comes from the Lord. Please repeat response

Trust in the LORD and do good,

that you may dwell in the land and enjoy security.
Take delight in the LORD,
and he will grant you your heart’s requests.

All: *The salvation of the just comes from the Lord.

Reader: Commit to the LORD your way;

trust in him, and he will act.
He will make justice dawn for you like the light;
bright as the noonday shall be your vindication.

All: *The salvation of the just comes from the Lord.

Reader: By the LORD are the steps of a man made firm,

and he approves his way.
Though he fall, he does not lie prostrate,
for the hand of the LORD sustains him.

All: *The salvation of the just comes from the Lord.

Reader: The salvation of the just is from the LORD;

he is their refuge in time of distress.
And the LORD helps them and delivers them;
 he delivers them from the wicked and saves them,
because they take refuge in him.

All: *The salvation of the just comes from the Lord.

Commentator: Please rise for the Gospel Acclamation.

Allelu, Allelu, Alleluia (2x)
Sing praise to the Lord. Alleluia (2x)

Priest: The Lord be with you.

All: And with your spirit.

Priest: A reading from the holy Gospel according to Mark.

All: Glory to you, O Lord

GOSPEL

Mark 4:26-34

Jesus said to the crowd: “This is how it is with the reign of God. A man scatters seed on the ground. He goes
to bed and gets up day after day. Through it all the seed sprouts and grows without his knowing how it
happens. The soil produces of itself first the blade, then the ear, finally the ripe wheat in the ear. When the
crop is ready he “wields the sickle, for the time is ripe for harvest.”

He went on to say: “What comparison shall we use for the reign of God? What image will help to present it?
It is like mustard seed which, when planted in the soil, is the smallest of all the earth’s seeds, yet once it is
sown, springs up to become the largest of shrubs, with branches big enough for the birds of the sky to build
nests in its shade.” by means of many such parables he taught them the message in a way they could
understand. To them

The Gospel of the Lord

All: Praise to You. Lord Jesus Christ.

Commentator: Please be seated for the Homily.

HOMILY
(After the Homily is the Renewal of Baptism)
Commentator: The First Communicants will now rise for the renewal of their Baptismal promises.
Assigned parents will light the candles from the Paschal Candle. The Paschal Candle
symbolizes Christ, the Light of the World.
 RENEWAL OF BAPTISMAL PROMISES
Priest: My dear children, we are happy to accept you into the Christian Community. You are
our younger brothers and sisters. Today you will begin your Christian Life that was
given to you through the Church when you were baptized.

Priest: Do you reject Satan and all his work?

Children: Yes, I do.

Priest: Do you reject Satan and all his empty promises?

Children: Yes, I do.
Priest: Do you believe in God, the Father Almighty, Creator of Heaven and earth?
Children: Yes, I do.
Priest: Do you believe in Jesus Christ, His only Son, our lord, who was born of the Virgin
Mary, was crucified, died and was buried, rose from the dead, and is seated at the right
hand of the Father?
Children: Yes, I do.
Priest: Do you believe in the Holy Spirit, the Holy Catholic Church, the communion of saints,
the forgiveness of sins, the resurrection of the body and life everlasting?
Children: Yes, I do.
Priest: This is what we believe, what our Mother Church believes through Christ our Lord.
Children: Amen.
Priest: It is not only the children who will renew their Baptismal Promises today, but we, as a
community of God, will likewise renew our promises especially the parents of the First
Communicants.
Commentator: The First Communicants may now sit while the Parents will now rise to make their
promises.

OATH OF PARENTS
Mr. Montenegro
God, the Father, we thank You for giving us our children. We offer them again to You as the fruits of our
mutual love and respect. Continue to bless them so that they may always walk in the path of goodness.

Mrs. Montenegro
Father Almighty, You have given us these children, and as their mother, their first teacher to guide them in
their journey in life, make us their constant light as they walk in the path leading to You through our good
works and example.
Mr. and Mrs. Montenegro
Dear Lord, it is a great honor and blessing for us, parents, when You gave us our children to be their faithful
and Christian parents. We promise through Your blessing that we will help them perform their Christian
duties and guide them through the path of goodness.

Commentator: Please all rise for the Prayers of the Faithful.

PRAYERS OF THE FAITHFUL

Celebrant: God our Father, you have shown us your constant love by giving us Christ, Your son as food of life. Look
upon us, especially these little children whose praises and prayers we raise up to you as we pray:

Mrs. Paninsoro: Lord God, we pray for our Pope, Bishops, and all Priests, that they may witness to the saving power
of the Gospel even amid opposition, unbelief, and lukewarmness. We pray.
All: Lord, hear our prayer.
Mrs. Carranceja: Jesus, we pray with the intercession of Mary for those who are sick, in prison, and those who are
suffering most specially the innocent victims of calamities. For those whose health is compromised by the Pandemic
and other health issues that they may take refuge in you. For health care workers and first responders, and other public
servants who put themselves in harm’s way for us. We pray.
All: Lord, hear our prayer.
Mrs. Mamansag: Christ Jesus, we pray for our Administrators headed by Mrs. Joanes G. Santiago and for all the
teachers of Montessori Children’s House of Learning especially the Grade III/IV advisers, that they may be filled with
strength and wisdom to do their task with sincerity and dedication in accordance to your will. We pray.
All: Lord, hear our prayer.
.
Dawn Melathea C. Agripa: Lord God, remember all families that they may continue to put into practice the teachings
of Christ and that Mary who is full of grace may help us in our pilgrimage. We pray.
All: Lord, hear our prayer.
Mary Jiacynth P. Cadiz: Father, we pray for our parents, that they may not be heavily burdened in sending us to school
and be overly preoccupied in attending to our material needs so that they could give us attention, guidance, care and
love that we mostly want. We pray.
All: Lord, hear our prayer.
Marc Jedrick Val C. Vergara: Heavenly Father, send your Spirit to the church, especially to us, students of Montessori
Children’s House of Learning, so that your Spirit may help us in our frailty as youth. Guide us in our studies and
provide us with gifts that make us pleasing to you. We pray.
All: Lord, hear our prayer.
Anthony John Camalla: Lord God, bless all the children, especially us, who will receive Jesus for the first time. Help
us to remain close to Jesus. We pray.
All: Lord, hear our prayer.
Commentator: Please be seated for the Liturgy of the Eucharist and the Offertory Procession

LITURGY OF THE EUCHARIST

Offertory Procession
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 for 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.
II.
Things in the past, things yet unseen,
wishes and dreams that are yet to come true;
all of my hopes, all of my plans, my heart
and my hands are lifted to You.
(Chorus)

PAG-IBIG NA ALAY
Ang buhay na inialay Mo
Ang sa ami’y nagpanibago
Kami ngayo’y naririto
Naghahandog ng aming mga puso
Ang alay naming tinapay
Mula sa trigo na iyong bigay
At alak na mula sa ubas,
biyaya ng Iyong pagbabasbas.
 Payak man ang aming handog
Masdan Mo kami dumudulog
Sa harap ng Pag – ibig Mo
Kami’y mamuhay at makisalo.

Mga bunga ng aming paggawa

Sa Iyo ngayon ay inalalaan
Tangan ang kaligayahang
Magbahagi ng aming nakayanan.

Payak man ang aming handog

Masdan Mo kami dumudulog
Sa harap ng Pag – ibig Mo
Kami’y mamuhay at makisalo.
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.

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.

Commentator: We rise.
Priest: 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.

PRAYER OVER THE GIFTS

Priest: Accept, we pray, O Lord, these offerings we make, gathered from among your gifts to
us, and may what you grant us to celebrate devoutly, here below gain for us the prize
of eternal redemption 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, always and everywhere to give you
thanks, Lord, Holy Father, almighty and eternal God through Christ our Lord. For he
assumed at his first coming the lowliness of human flesh, and so fulfilled the design
you formed long ago, and opened for us the way to eternal salvation, that, when he
comes again in glory and majesty and all is at last made manifest, we who watch for
that day may inherit the great promise in which now we dare to hope. And so, with
Angels and Archangels, with Thrones and Dominions, and with all the hosts and
Powers of heaven, we sing the hymn of your glory, as without end we acclaim!

Holy, Holy Lord

Holy, holy, holy, Lord, God of hosts.
Heaven and earth are full of your glory.
Hosanna in the highest.
Blessed is he who comes in the name of the Lord.
Hosanna in the highest.

Commentator: Please kneel.

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: 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.
MEMORIAL ACCLAMATION
 When we eat this bread and drink this cup, we proclaim your death O Lord until You
come again.
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 Bishop and all the
clergy.
Remember also our brothers and sisters 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 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 you Son, Jesus Christ.
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, forever and ever.
Amen
Amen, amen, amen, amen.
Amen, amen, amen, amen.
Commentator: Please rise.
Priest: At the Savior’s 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 trespasses 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, 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 are yours now and forever.
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 gran 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 sign of peace.
All: peace be with you.

Lamb of God
You take away the sins of the world (2x)
Have mercy, have mercy
On us and all mankind
Lamb of God, grant us your peace

Commentator: Please kneel.

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
Anima Christi
Soul of Christ, sanctify me.
Body of Christ, save me.
Water from the side of Christ, wash me.
Passion of Christ, give me strength.
Hear me, Jesus.
Hide me in thy wounds
That I may never leave thy side.
From all the evils that surrounds me, defend me.
And when the call of death arrives, bid me, come to thee
That I may praise thee with thy saints forever. (2x)
Prayer of Saint Francis
Make me a channel of Your peace.
 Where there is hatred, let me bring Your love.
Where there is injury, Your pardon Lord.
And when there’s doubt, true faith in You.

Make me channel of Your peace.

Where there’s despair in life, let me bring hope.
Where there is darkness only light.
And when there’s sadness every joy.
Chorus: Oh Master, grant that I may never seek.
So much to be consoled as to console.
To be understood as to understand.
To be loved as to love with all my soul.
Make me channel of Your peace.
It is in pardoning that we are pardoned.
In giving to all men that we receive.
And in dying that we are born to eternal life.
*Repeat Chorus

Commentator: The First Communicants will now kneel as they say their Thanksgiving
Prayer.
Thanksgiving Prayer
Orly B. Luzon
Lord God, we love You and we thank You for giving us Your only Son, Jesus, in the form of bread that we
just received in the Holy Communion for the first time today.
Thank You for giving us our parents as images of Your goodness, care, and love.
Thank You for our dear teachers for teaching us to be Christ-like in hearts and deeds thus bringing us closer
to Jesus.
Father God, give us the grace to pray well and to do what is good every day. Help us to go to mass and thus
receive You always. This we ask in the name of Jesus, Your Son, our Lord and Savior. Amen.
(Marian Offerings)
Commentator: We now have the offering of flowers for Our Lady of La Porteria

Commentator: Please rise for the Post Communion Prayer

 POST COMMUNION PRAYER
Priest: May these mysteries, O Lord in which we have participated, profit us, we pray for even now,
as we walk amid passing things you teach us by them to love the things of heaven and hold
fast to what endures. Through Christ our Lord.

All: Amen

Commentator: Please remain standing. We come now to the blessing of certificates and souvenirs

CERTIFICATES / SOUVENIRS BLESSING

CONCLUDING RITES
Priest: The Lord be with you.
All: And with your spirit.

Priest: May the almighty and merciful God, by whose grace you have placed, your faith in the
First coming of his Only Begotten Son and yearn for his coming again sanctify you by
the radiance of Christ’s Advent and enrich you with his blessing.

All: Amen.
Priest: As you run the race of this present life, may he make you firm in faith, joyful in hope
and active in charity.
All: Amen.
Priest: So that, rejoicing now with devotion at the ‘Redeemer’s coming in the flesh, you may
endowed with the rich reward of eternal life when he comes again in majesty.
All: Amen.
Priest: And may blessing of almighty God, the Father, and the Son, and the Holy Spirit, come
down on you and remain with you forever.
All: Amen.
Priest: We have met Jesus in this wonderful celebration. Let us go and bring Him with us
always and everywhere.
All: Amen.

Give Thanks
Give thanks with a grateful heart
Give thanks to the Holy one
Give thanks because He’s given Jesus Christ
 His son (repeat)
And now let the weal say “I am strong”
Let the poor say “I am rich”
Because of what the Lord has done for us (repeat)
Give thanks, give thanks, give thanks.

Commentator: Please be seated for the distribution of certificates.

*Distribution of Certificates and Souvenirs.

ASK, SEEK, KNOCK

VERSE 1

I'm reading my B I B L E
And this is what it says to me
It tells me that
I'm never ever alone
I'm learning how J E S U S
Came down to us and gave His best
Without a doubt
The best friend you'll ever know

Pre Chorus

Our God knows

Exactly what I need
So I remember this
Let's go

Chorus

When you ask He cares

When you seek He's there
And when you knock knock
Knock knock knock
God opens up the door (2x)

*Repeat VERSE 1, Pre Chorus, Chorus (2x)

Chorus
 When you ask He cares
When you seek He's there
And when you knock knock
Knock knock knock
God opens up the door (2x)

Pre Chorus

Our God knows

Exactly what I need
So I remember this
Let's go

Chorus

When you ask He cares

When you seek He's there
And when you knock knock
Knock knock knock
God opens up the door (2x)