SOLEMNITY OF THE ASSUMPTION SECOND VIGIL

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

Solemnity of the Assumption Second 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 Lord’s Prayer

Closing Prayer

Blessing

Closing Hymn: Paalam sa Inang Birhen

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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 God’s 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 second vigil is being offered for our parish community and for the members of our community who are away from us.

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. S’ya’y 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 ‘yo’y may apoy, bumubukal ang buhay, Ang sangnilikha’y nabubuhay sa ‘yong tagumpay. (R.)

OPENING PRAYER

Let us pray [that with the help of Mary’s 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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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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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 LORD’S PRAYER

(All sing the Lord’s 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. Amen.

BLESSING

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

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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 first letter of the apostle Paul to the Corinthians 1 Cor 15:20-27

Brothers and sisters: Christ has been raised from the dead, the first-fruits of those who have fallen asleep. For since death came through man, the resurrection of the dead came also through man. For just as in Adam all die, so too in Christ shall all be brought to life, but each one in proper order: Christ the first-fruits; then, at his coming, those who belong to Christ; then comes the end, when he hands over the Kingdom to his God and Father, when he has destroyed every sovereignty and every authority and power. For he

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O Santa Maria, O Reyna’t Ina ng Awa, Ika’y aming buhay, pag-asa’t katamisan. Sa ‘yo nga kami tumatawag, pinapanaw na ‘nak ni Eva; Sa ‘yo rin kami tumatangis, dini sa lupang bayang kahapis-hapis.

Kaya’t 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 Son’s 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 Son’s glory in heaven, 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.)

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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.

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.

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must reign until he has put all his enemies under his feet. The last enemy to be destroyed is death, for “he subjected everything under his feet.”

The word of the Lord. Thanks be to God.

BRIEF SILENCE

SECOND READING

From a homily on the Assumption by Pope Francis

Dear Brothers and Sisters!

At the end of its Constitution on the Church, the Second Vatican Council left us a very beautiful meditation on Mary Most Holy. Let me just recall the words referring to the mystery we celebrate today: “the immaculate Virgin preserved free from all stain of original sin, was taken up body and soul into heavenly glory, when her earthly life was over, and exalted by the Lord as Queen over all things” (no. 59). Then towards the end, there is: “the Mother of Jesus in the glory which she possesses in body and soul in heaven is the image and the beginning of the church as it is to be perfected in the world to come. Likewise, she shines forth on earth, until the day of the Lord shall come” (no. 68). In the light of this most beautiful image of our Mother, we are able to see the message of the biblical readings that we have just heard. We can focus on three key words: struggle, resurrection, hope.

The passage from Revelation presents the vision of the struggle between the woman and the dragon. The figure of the woman, representing the Church, is, on the one hand, glorious and triumphant and yet, on the other, still in travail. And the Church is like that: if in heaven she is already associated in some way with the glory of her Lord,

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in history she continually lives through the trials and challenges which the conflict between God and the evil one, the perennial enemy, brings. And in the struggle which the disciples must confront – all of us, all the disciples of Jesus, we must face this struggle - Mary does not leave them alone: the Mother of Christ and of the Church is always with us. She walks with us always, she is with us. And in a way, Mary shares this dual condition. She has of course already entered, once and for all, into heavenly glory. But this does not mean that she is distant or detached from us; rather Mary accompanies us, struggles with us, sustains Christians in their fight against the forces of evil. Do you pray the Rosary every day? Really? Well, prayer with Mary, especially the Rosary, has this “suffering” dimension, that is of struggle, a sustaining prayer in the battle against the evil one and his accomplices. The Rosary also sustains us in the battle.

The second reading speaks to us of resurrection. The Apostle Paul, writing to the Corinthians, insists that being Christian means believing that Christ is truly risen from the dead. Our whole faith is based upon this fundamental truth which is not an idea but an event. Even the mystery of Mary’s Assumption body and soul is fully inscribed in the resurrection of Christ. The Mother’s humanity is “attracted” by the Son in his own passage from death to life. Once and for all, Jesus entered into eternal life with all the humanity he had drawn from Mary; and she, the Mother, who followed him faithfully throughout her life, followed him with her heart, and entered with him into eternal life which we also call heaven, paradise, the Father’s house.

Mary also experienced the martyrdom of the Cross: the martyrdom of her heart, the martyrdom of her soul. She lived her Son’s Passion to the depths of her soul. She was fully united to him in his death, and so she was given the gift of resurrection. Christ is the first fruits from the dead and Mary is the first of the redeemed, the first of “those who

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are in Christ”. She is our Mother, but we can also say that she is our representative, our sister, our eldest sister, she is the first of the redeemed, who has arrived in heaven.

The Gospel suggests to us the third word: hope. Hope is the virtue of those who, experiencing conflict – the struggle between life and death, good and evil – believe in the resurrection of Christ, in the victory of love. We heard the Song of Mary, the Magnificat: it is the song of hope, it is the song of the People of God walking through history. It is the song many saints, men and women, some famous, and very many others unknown to us but known to God: moms, dads, catechists, missionaries, priests, sisters, young people, even children and grandparents: these have faced the struggle of life while carrying in their heart the hope of the little and the humble. Mary says: “My soul glorifies the Lord” – today, the Church too sings this in every part of the world. This song is particularly strong in places where the Body of Christ is suffering the Passion. For us Christians, wherever the Cross is, there is hope, always. If there is no hope, we are not Christian. That is why I like to say: do not allow yourselves to be robbed of hope. May we not be robbed of hope, because this strength is a grace, a gift from God which carries us forward with our eyes fixed on heaven. Mary is always there, near those communities, our brothers and sisters, she accompanies them, suffers with them, and sings the Magnificat of hope with them.

Dear Brothers and Sisters, with all our heart let us too unite ourselves to this song of patience and victory, of struggle and joy, that unites the triumphant Church with the pilgrim one, earth with heaven, and that joins our lives to the eternity towards which we journey. Amen.

End of the reading from a homily on the Assumption by Pope Francis