Puerto Princesa City National Science High School

Puerto Princesa City

Baccalaureate Mass
Sta. Monica Parish
April 4, 2018, 8:00 AM
Main Presider : Rev. Fr. Glenn B. Parco
I. ACADEMIC PROCESSION
Candidates for Completion and Graduation, with their Parents
Members of the Faculty
Administrators
Guests

II. INTRODUCTION
Good morning brothers and sisters, we are gathered today to offer a Thanksgiving Sacrifice with
the Senior High School Graduates and Junior High School Completers of School Year 2017- 2018
together with their parents and loved ones. Let us join them in thanking the Lord as they celebrate
this joyous and memorable event of their life. Graduation and Completion is a beginning of their
journey as they enter into a new level of learning and experience. As they begin and transverse
into new challenges, let us join them in prayers for more encouragement and faith to whatever
life brings them in their continue journey.

III. ENTRANCE OF THE CELEBRANT

Entance Hymn : Choir

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

ALL : Amen.

PRIEST: The grace of the Lord Jesus Christ and the Fellowship of the Holy Spirit be
with you all.

ALL : And with your Spirit.

PRIEST: To prepare ourselves to renew the covenant your laws which our Father offers
us in Christ, who is the light of the world, let us pray…

PARENT: (Mr. & Mrs. Barber)

Lord, we are fervently sorry for having offended your laws of love because of
 Our negligence in performing our duties and responsibilities to our children
 Our failure to listen to their ideas and needs…

TEACHER: (Ms. Ruby Punsalan)

With sincere promise to try our best to amend our lives, Lord we are heartily sorry for
doing in words against your Holy Will
 For expecting too much from our students
 For harsh, unfair judgment and conclusion…

ADMINISTRATION (Mr. Alfredo Magbanua)

For the lack of patience, proper decorum tactless, actuations, unjust dispensation of
operating procedures, impetuous decisions….
Student With Honors, Class of 2018 (Cherrylyne Jacinto)
Lord, during the course of our busy student life, many times we have ignored our
responsibilities towards our parents, teachers and our fellow students…

Fellow students, in their own ways they contributed and equipped us in our formation
to become worthy bearers of the name “City Scians”. Fully aware of our shortcomings and
limitations… Help us Lord to give an active Christian response to our needs and the needs of the
church, your people and our society. Lead us always to walk in the right direction.

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

ALL: AMEN

Kyrie (Song)

OPENING PRAYER

PRIEST: Let us pray that our lives may reflect the light of Christ.
God our Father, you sent your Son among us to unite all by serving all. We pray
today that our Graduates may build up to the body of your Son by rendering humble
service to the community. May they truly grow as responsible persons, always willing to
do what is good and never afraid to stand for what is true. We make this prayer through
Christ our Lord.

All : Amen

Commentator: Please be seated for the Liturgy of the Word

First Reading

ACTS 3:1-10

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.

The word of the Lord.

ALL: Thanks be to God.

Responsorial Psalm

PS 105:1-2, 3-4, 6-7, 8-9

Response : Rejoice, O hearts that seek the Lord.

Give thanks to the LORD, invoke his name;

make known among the nations his deeds.
Sing to him, sing his praise,
proclaim all his wondrous deeds.
R. Rejoice, O hearts that seek the Lord.

Glory in his holy name;

rejoice, O hearts that seek the LORD!
Look to the LORD in his strength;
seek to serve him constantly.
R. Rejoice, O hearts that seek the Lord.

You descendants of Abraham, his servants,

sons of Jacob, his chosen ones!
He, the LORD, is our God;
throughout the earth his judgments prevail.
R. Rejoice, O hearts that seek the Lord.

He remembers forever his covenant

which he made binding for a thousand generations
Which he entered into with Abraham
and by his oath to Isaac.
R. Rejoice, O hearts that seek the Lord.

Commentator: Let us all rise to honor the gospel.

Alleluia

PS 118:24

R. Alleluia, alleluia.
This is the day the LORD has made;
let us be glad and rejoice in it.
R. Alleluia, alleluia.

Gospel LK 24:13-35

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.
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,
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.

HOMILY

Commentator: Graduating Students and Completers, please rise for the recitation of
promises.

PRIEST: God’s beloved children the day of your Graduation and Completion has come.
This mark a new start in your lives. Look then with gratitude towards the past and thank
God for all the benefits He has lavishly poured out upon you in the years of your
formation. God is faithful, He surrounded your childhood with loving care and will also
carry out what is in store for you in the years to come. Now take the road of life again
and live in accordance with His sublime plans. With the help of His grace in the
presence of your parents and friends, you will pledge fidelity to your calling, therefore, I
ask you.
PRIEST: Do you promise to live for Christ sake who died and resurrected for us?

Students: We do promise.

PRIEST: Do you promise in the midst of faithfulness world to keep your Catholic faith
burning in your lives, to profess it steadfastly and to live it fruitfully?

Students: We do promise.

Commentator: Please all rise.

GENERAL INTERCESSORY PRAYERS

PRIEST: Let us pray to the Lord, to help you keep the promises you had just made and
after each petition let us ask HIM. Let our response be, Lord, hear our prayer.

Leader : God of Wisdom, We pray for the administrators, faculty and staff of Puerto Princesa
City National Science High School who have taken part in our growth all throughout the years.
We ask that you bless them with happiness in their new endeavors.
Let us pray to the Lord.
All: Lord, hear our prayer

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

God of Hope, We pray that, the graduating and completers of Class 2018, 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

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

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

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

PRIEST: Lord God, hear our petitions and let the light of Christ shine in us through our
words and actions. We make this prayer through your Son, Jesus Christ, Our Lord,
forever and ever.

INTEGRATED SYMBOLIC OFFERING

PRIEST: My brothers and sisters, come and present your offering as we prepare to
celebrate the last supper.
Lights (Candle).. These lights, the symbol of our enlightenment….

Flowers ….

Books ….

Fountain Pen ….

Medals…

Diplomas ….

Heart ….

Bible ….

Bread ….

Crystal Vessel ….

Chalice of Salvation….

Fruits of our Labor – These are all we can give the fruits of our sweat and toil. May
God reign and look kindly upon these gifts which we are able to offer.

PRIEST: Thank you brothers and sisters, blessed are the gifts and the giver with their
whole hearts who gave with open hands.

PREPARATION OF GIFTS
Song: One More Gift

PRAYER OVER GIFTS

EUCHARISTIC PRAYER II

SANCTUS

CONSECRATION

COMMUNIO RITE

PRAYER AFTER COMMUNION

CONCLUDING RITE

RECESSIONAL
Final Hymn: Heal Our Land

B. ROSE CEREMONY – The Completers and Graduating Class of 2018

C. BLESSING OF DIPLOMAS, MEDALS AND SABLAY

PRIEST: Our help in the name of the Lord.

ALL: Who made heaven and earth.

PRIEST: O Lord Hear my prayer.

ALL: And met my cry come unto you.

PRIEST: The Lord be with you.

ALL: And with your spirit.

PRIEST: Let us pray…

O Lord, bless these diplomas, medals, and certificates, fruits of many years of
struggles and sacrifices. Graciously help these graduates to put into practice the
teachings they have learned for your greater honor and glory for the service of their
fellowmen through Christ our Lord.

ALL: Amen