SOLEMNITY OF THE ASSUMPTION FIRST VIGIL

Immaculate Conception Parish 15 August 2015, 7:00 PM to 12:00 MN

Solemnity of the Assumption First Vigil

Introduction

Opening Verse

Hymn: Dakilang Tanda

Opening Prayer

Psalmody

Brief Silence

First Reading (from Sacred Scripture)

Brief Silence

Second Reading (from homilies of the Popes)

Silent Meditation (5 to 10 minutes)

Rosary

Hymn: Salve Regina

Intercessions

The Lords Prayer

Closing Prayer

Blessing

Closing Hymn: Paalam sa Inang Birhen

Immaculate Conception Parish Solemnity of the Assumption of Mary

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INTRODUCTION

The circumstances of the Dormition of the Mother of God were known from apostolic times. The Catholic Church teaches as dogma that the Virgin Mary having completed the course of her earthly life, was assumed body and soul into heavenly glory. Many see in the Immaculate Conception of Our Lady the root reason for her Assumption, body and soul, into heaven. The two privileges are intimately linked together. This doctrine was dogmatically defined by Pope Pius XII on November 1, 1950, in the Apostolic Constitution Munificentissimus Deus by exercising papal infallibility.

This solemnity celebrates that God has indeed lifted up the lowly Mary has been assumed body and soul into heaven. Mary was lifted up by God because of her faithfulness to Gods saving mystery, her generosity of life toward others, and her acknowledgement of God as the source of her grace and goodness. When we too are faithful, humble, and generous as Mary models for us, like her we are lifted up to share in a place prepared by God where in Christ shall all be brought to life.

This first vigil is being offered for the Church throughout the world, for our country, the Philippines.

Let us all stand and begin our vigil.

OPENING VERSE

God, () come to my assistance. Lord, make haste to help me.

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Glory to the Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy Spirit: (All bow at the words Glory to) as it was in the beginning, is now,

and will be for ever. Amen.

HYMN

Dakilang tanda ang sumikat sa langit, babaeng nararamtan ng araw. Syay nakatuntong, sa maliwanag na buwan, labindalawang bituin ang kanyang korona.

Ref: Dakilang tanda, ikaw O Maria, kahanga-hanga ang iyong tagumpay.

At bakit ganyan ang iyong kagandahan, bakit nga ganyan yong pag-aalab? Tinatanghal ka ng tanang nilalang, Kinalulugdan kang kawangis ng Manlilikha (R.)

Ina ng habag at Ina ng pag-ibig, sa yo nagniningas ng liwanag. Sa yoy may apoy, bumubukal ang buhay, Ang sangnilikhay nabubuhay sa yong tagumpay. (R.)

OPENING PRAYER

Let us pray [that with the help of Marys prayers we too may reach our heavenly home]. (Pause for silent prayer.)

Father in heaven, all creation rightly gives you praise, for all life and all holiness come from you.

In the plan of your wisdom, she who bore the Christ in her womb

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Amen.

BLESSING

May the all-powerful Lord grant us a restful night and a peaceful death. Amen.

CLOSING HYMN

Paalam Inang Birhen, Kasing ningning ng buwan. Paalam na, paalam. Kami ay bendisyunan, Kami ay bendisyunan. Kami ay pagpalain, Birheng maawain. Kami ay kalingain, Mahal na Ina naming.

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Help all of us to fix our thoughts on things above and make us worthy to share this glory. (R.)

You made Mary our mother. Through her intercession grant strength to the weak, healing to the sick, comfort to the sorrowing, pardon to sinners, salvation and peace to all. (R.)

You made Mary mother of mercy, may all young people, especially those who are faced

with trials, feel her motherly love. (R.)

You wished Mary to be the mother of the family in the home of Jesus and Joseph, may all mothers of families foster love and holiness

through her intercession. (R.)

Lord of heaven and earth, you crowned Mary queen of heaven, may all the dead rejoice in your kingdom with the saints

forever. (R.)

THE LORDS PRAYER

(All sing the Lords Prayer in English, Tagalog or Latin.)

CLOSING PRAYER

Let us pray.

All powerful and ever-living God, you raised the sinless Virgin Mary, mother of your Son, body and soul to the glory of heaven. May we see heaven as our final goal and come to share her glory.

We ask this through our Lord Jesus Christ, your Son, who lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit, one God, forever and ever.

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was raised body and soul in glory to be with him in heaven.

May we follow her example in reflecting your holiness and join in her hymn of endless life and praise.

We ask this through Christ our Lord. Amen

PSALMODY

Ant. Christ ascended into heaven / and prepared an everlasting place / for his immaculate Mother, / alleluia.

Psalm 113 Praise the name of the Lord

He has cast down the mighty and has lifted up the lowly (Luke 1:52).

a Praise, O servants of the Lord, b praise the name of the Lord! A May the name of the Lord be blessed B both now and for evermore! c From the rising of the sun to its setting D praised be the name of the Lord! a High above all nations is the Lord, b above the heavens his glory. A Who is like the Lord, our God,

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B who has risen on high to his throne c yet stoops from the heights to look down, D to look down upon heaven and earth? a From the dust he lifts up the lowly, b from his misery he raises the poor A to set him in the company of princes, B yes, with the princes of his people. c To the childless wife he gives a home D and gladdens her heart with children. a Glory to the Father, and to the Son, B and to the Holy Spirit: c as it was in the beginning is now D and will be forever. Amen.

Ant. Christ ascended into heaven / and prepared an everlasting place / for his immaculate Mother, / alleluia.

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FIRST READING

From the letter of the apostle Paul to the Ephesians Ep 1:16 2:10

I have never stopped thanking God for you and recommending you in my prayers. May the God of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of glory, grant you a spirit of wisdom and insight to know him clearly. May he enlighten your innermost vision that you may know the great hope to which he has called you, the wealth of his glorious heritage to be distributed among the members of the church, and the immeasurable scope of his power in us who believe. It is like the strength he showed in raising Christ from the dead and

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Eia ergo, advocata nostra, illos tuos misericordes oculos ad nos converte. Et Iesum, benedictum fructum ventris tui, nobis post hoc exsilium ostende.

O clemens, o pia, o dulcis Virgo Maria.

or

O Santa Maria, O Reynat Ina ng Awa, Ikay aming buhay, pag-asat katamisan. Sa yo nga kami tumatawag, pinapanaw na nak ni Eva; Sa yo rin kami tumatangis, dini sa lupang bayang kahapis-hapis.

Kayat ilingon mo sa amin Ang mga mata mong maawain, At saka kung matapos aming pagpanaw, Ipakita mo sa amin: Ang iyong Anak na si Hesus.

O magiliw, maawain, matamis na Birheng Maria.

Pray for us, o holy Mother of God That we may be made worthy of the promises of Christ.

INTERCESSIONS

Let us praise God our almighty Father, who wished that Mary, his Sons mother, be celebrated by each generation. Now in need we ask:

(R.) Mary, full of grace, intercede for us.

O God, worker of miracles, you made the immaculate Virgin Mary share, body and soul, in your Sons glory in heaven,

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corruption of the tomb, and, like her Son, when death had been conquered, to be carried up body and soul to the exalted glory of heaven, there to sit in splendor at the right hand of her Son, the immortal King of the ages.

End of the reading from the Apostolic Constitution Munificentissimus Deus defining the Dogma of the Assumption by Pius XII, Pope

SILENT MEDITATION

Five to ten minutes of silence to reflect and receive in our hearts the full resonance of the voice of the Holy Spirit and to unite our personal prayer more closely with the word of God and public voice of the Church.

After the silent meditation, all pray the rosary beginning with the First Glorious Mystery.

ROSARY

Let us all kneel and pray the Five Glorious Mysteries.

All kneel to pray the Five Glorious Mysteries of the rosary beginning immediately with the First Glorious Mystery. (Our Father, ten Hail Marys, Glory Be). Each mystery is to be led by a different member of the congregation.

After the Glory Be of the Fifth Glorious Mystery, all stand to sing the Salve Regina

SALVE REGINA

Salve, Regina, mater misericordiae; vita, dulcedo et spes nostra, salve. Ad te clamamus exsules filii Hevae. Ad te suspiramus gementes et flentes in hac lacrimarum valle.

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seating him at his right hand in heaven, high above every principality, power, virtue, and domination, and every name that can be given in this age or in the age to come.

He has put all things under Christs feet and has made him, thus exalted, head of the church, which is his body: the fullness of him who fills the universe in all its parts.

You were dead because of your sins and offenses, as you gave allegiance to the present age and to the prince of the air, that spirit who is even now at work among the rebellious. All of us were once of their company; we lived at the level of the flesh, following every whim and fancy, and so by nature deserved Gods wrath like the rest.

But God is rich in mercy; because of his great love for us he brought us to life with Christ when we were dead in sin. By this favor you were saved. Both with and in Christ Jesus he raised us up and gave us a place in the heavens, that in the ages to come he might display the great wealth of his favor, manifested by his kindness to us in Christ Jesus.

I repeat, it is owing to his favor that salvation is yours through faith. This is not your own doing, it is Gods gift; neither is it a reward for anything you have accomplished, so let no one pride himself on it. We are truly his handiwork, created in Christ Jesus to lead the life of good deeds which God prepared for us in advance.

The word of the Lord. Thanks be to God.

BRIEF SILENCE

SECOND READING

From the apostolic constitution Munificentissimus Deus by Pope Pius XII (AS 42 [1950], 760-762, 767-769)

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In their homilies and sermons on this feast the holy fathers and great doctors spoke of the assumption of the Mother of God as something already familiar and accepted by the faithful. They gave it greater clarity in their preaching and used more profound arguments in setting out its nature and meaning. Above all, they brought out more clearly the fact that what is commemorated in this feast is not simply the total absence of corruption from the dead body of the Blessed Virgin Mary but also her triumph over death and her glorification in heaven, after the pattern set by her only Son, Jesus Christ.

Thus Saint John Damascene, preeminent as the great preacher of this truth of tradition, speaks with powerful eloquence when he relates the bodily assumption of the loving Mother of God to her other gifts and privileges: It was necessary that she who had preserved her virginity inviolate in childbirth should also have her body kept free from all corruption after death. It was necessary that she who had carried the Creator as a child on her breast should dwell in the tabernacles of God. It was necessary that the bride espoused by the Father should make her home in the bridal chambers of heaven. It was necessary that she, who had gazed on her crucified Son and been pierced in the heart by the sword of sorrow which she had escaped in giving him birth, should contemplate him seated with the Father. It was necessary that the Mother of God should share the possessions of her Son, and be venerated by every creature as the Mother and handmaid of God.

Saint Germanus of Constantinople considered that it was in keeping not only with her divine motherhood but also with the unique sanctity of her virginal body that it was incorrupt and carried up to heaven: In the words of Scripture, you appear in beauty. Your virginal body is entirely holy, entirely chaste, entirely the house of God, so that for this reason also it is henceforth a stranger to decay: a body changed, because a human body, to a preeminent life

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of incorruptibility, but still a living body, excelling in splendor, a body inviolate and sharing in the perfection of life.

Another early author declares: Therefore, as the most glorious Mother of Christ, our God and Savior, giver of life and immortality, she is enlivened by him to share an eternal incorruptibility of body with him who raised her from the tomb and took her up to himself in a way he alone can tell.

All these reasonings and considerations of the holy Fathers rest on Scripture as their ultimate foundation. Scripture portrays the loving Mother of God, almost before our very eyes, as most intimately united with her divine Son and always sharing in his destiny.

Above all, it must be noted that from the second century the holy Fathers present the Virgin Mary as the new Eve, most closely associated with the new Adam, though subject to him in the struggle against the enemy from the nether world. This struggle, as the first promise of a redeemer implies, was to end in perfect victory over sin and death, always linked together in the writings of the Apostle of the Gentiles. Therefore, just as the glorious resurrection of Christ was an essential part of this victory and its final trophy, so the struggle shared by the Blessed Virgin and her Son was to end in glorification of her virginal body. As the same Apostle says: When this mortal body has clothed itself in immortality, then will be fulfilled the word of Scripture: Death is swallowed up in victory.

Hence, the august Mother of God, mysteriously united from all eternity with Jesus Christ in one and the same decree of predestination, immaculate in her conception, a virgin inviolate in her divine motherhood, the wholehearted companion of the divine Redeemer who won complete victory over sin and its consequences, gained at last the supreme crown of her privilegesto be preserved immune from the