45TH COMMENCEMENT EXERCISESEUCHARISTIC CELEBRATIONAND CLOSING CEREMONIES

PROCESSIONAL The Church Flag The St. Bridget School Banner The Philippine Flag The Graduates and Parents The Faculty and Staff

WELCOME ADDRESSINTRODUCTION OF THE CELEBRANT AND HOMILIST

Commentator: My dear brothers and sisters! Today we joyfully praise God for His goodness and love especially for our school community. The Lord of the Harvest has sent the Holy Spirit especially for the graduating students. He has guided them along the path of their journey. In this Eucharistic celebration we thank Him for His loving care which has led the graduating class to this joyful occasion. We also thank our Blessed Virgin Mary for being our loving mother in this school year 2009-2010. In this Eucharistic celebration we join Rev. Fr. Dario I. Echipare, our priest presider, in offering our thanksgiving and love that unites us all.

Please all stand as we joyfully sing our opening hymn

ENTRANCE HYMNSOLI DEO GLORIA

O God of blessings, all praise to you! Your love surrounds us our whole life through. You are the freedom of those oppressed;You are the comfort of all distressed: Come now, O Holy and welcome guest:

REFRAIN:Soli Deo Gloria! Soli Deo Gloria!

All praise for wisdom, great gift sublime, Through words and teachers of every time; for stories ancient and knowledge new, for coaches, mentors, and couns’lors truewhose life of service brought us to you. (Ref)

All for praise for prophets through grace inspired. To preach and witness with hearts on fire. Your spirit chooses and weak and small. To sing the new reign where mighty fall; with them may we live your gospel call. (Ref)

All praise for music deep gift profound.Through hands and voices in holy sound;the psalms of David, and Mary’s praise, in wordless splendor and lyric phrase. Will all creation one song we raise. (Ref)

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All praise for Jesus, best gift divine through word and witness in bread and wine; Incarnate Love song of boundless grace, Priest, Teacher, prophet in time and space. Your steadfast kindness with human face. (Ref)

A billion voices in one great song. Now soft and gentle, now deep and strong in every culture and style and key. From hill and valley,with sky and sea with Christ praise you eternally. (Ref)

INTRODUCTORY RITEPriest : In the name of the Father, and the Son, and the Holy Spirit

All : Amen.

Priest : The grace and peace of our Lord Jesus Christ and the love of God and the fellowship of the Holy Spirit be with you always!

All : And also with you.

PENITENTIAL RITE

Priest : In this Eucharistic celebration, we offer our thanksgiving to God for the many blessings that He has bestowed upon us

especially for the graduates of this school year 2009-2010. Now, as we prepare to celebrate the mystery of Christ’s love, let us acknowledge our failures and ask the Lord for pardon and strength.

Brief silence

All : I confess, to almighty God, and to you, my brothers and sisters, that I have sinned through my own fault, in my thoughts and in my

words, in what I have done, and in what I have failed to do; and I ask the 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.

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KYRIE:

Cantor : Gathered in peaceGathered in peacelet us pray to the Lord:Lord, have mercy

All : Lord, have mercy

Cantor : For peace from above,And for the saving power of God,let us pray:Christ, have mercy (2x)

For peace in the world,for the church, for the unity of all,let us pray:Lord, have mercy

All : Lord, have mercy

Cantor : For this holy place,and for all who gathered here for praise,let us pray:Christ, have mercy

All : Christ, have mercy

THE GLORIA

Refrain: Glory to God in the highest. Glory to God,Glory to God. Glory to God in the highest

peace to His people on earth.

1. Lord God, heavenly King, Almighty God and Father. We worship You, we give you thanks, we praise You

for Your glory. (Ref)

2. Lord Jesus Christ, only Son of the Father. Lord God, lamb of God. You take away the sin of the world:

have mer—cy on us; You are seated at the right hand of the Father: receive our pray’r. (Ref)

3. For you alone are the Holy One, you alone are theLord, you alone are the Most High, Je—sus Christ,with the Holy Spirit, in the glory of God the Father.

Amen. (Ref)Coda: Peace on earth.

OPENING PRAYER PRIEST : Let us pray… Almighty Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, you have

revealed the beauty of your power by exalting the lowly virgin of Nazareth and making her the mother of our

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Savior. May the prayers of this woman bring Jesus to the waiting world and fill the void of incompletion with the presence of her child, who lives and reigns with You and the Holy Spirit, one God forever and ever.

ALL : Amen

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

LITURGY OF THE WORD

FIRST READING (Isaiah 7:10-14; 8:10)

A reading from the book of IsaiahThe Lord spoke to Ahaz and said, ‘Ask the Lord your God for a sign for yourself

coming either from the depths of Sheol or from the heights above.’ ‘No,’ Ahaz answered, ‘I will not put the Lord to the test.’

Then Isaiah said: Listen now, House of David: are you not satisfied with trying the patience of men without trying the patience of my God, too? The Lord himself, therefore, I will give you a sign. It is this: the maiden is with child and will soon give birth to a son whom she will call Emmanuel, a name which means ‘God-with-us’.The word of the Lord.

The Word of the Lord.

All : Thanks be to God.

RESPONSORIAL PSALM

MY HEART’S THANKSGIVING (Psalm 8)REFRAIN:

As I sing my heart’s thanksgiving and my eyes look heavenward,how the stars you flung like jewels bid your welcome, shine your light.

As I marvel at your moonrise, I’m in awe yet I ask, “what am I that you should love me, and hold me as your dearest

love of all?”

1. You crown me with honor and glory, and you set all things under my feet.You have made me a little less than angels, even if I fly often away.

2. In my anxious and browbeaten moments, you comfort me, fill me with peace.When my foes threaten, dare, and surround me, you’re my strength,

you’re my life and my shield.

3. How exulted your name is, O Yahweh, and how lofty the work of your hands. Yet how closely, how dearly, you draw me to your love, your divine majesty.

SECOND READING

A reading from the letter to the Hebrews

Bulls’ blood and goats’ blood are useless for taking away sins, and this is what Christ said, on coming into the world:

You who wanted no sacrifice or oblation, prepared a body for me. You took no pleasure in holocausts or sacrifices for sin; then I said, just as I was commanded in the scroll of the book, ‘God, here I am! I am coming to obey your will.’

Notice that he says first: You did not want what the Law lays down as the things to be offered, that is: the sacrifices, the oblations, the holocausts and sacrifices for sin,

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and you took no pleasure in them; and then he says: Here I am! I am coming to obey your will. He is abolishing the first sort to replace it with the second. And this will was for us to be made holy by the offering of his body made once and for all by Jesus Christ.

The Word of the Lord.

All : Thanks be to God.

COMMENTATOR: Please stand to honor the Gospel

GOSPEL ACCLAMATION

EGO SUM

Ego sum resurrectio et vita, dicit Dominus (2x)Qui credit in me non morietur in aeter—num.

Priest : The Lord be with You! All : And also with you!

Priest : A proclamation of the Gospel according to Luke.

All : Glory to You, O Lord.

In the sixth month the angel Gabriel was sent from God to a city of Galilee named Nazareth, to a virgin betrothed to a man whose name was Joseph, of the house of David; and the virgin’s name was Mary. And he came to her and said, “Hail, full of grace, the Lord is with you!” But she was greatly troubled at the saying, and considered in her mind what sort greeting this might be. And the angel said to her, “Do not be afraid, Mary, for you have found favour with God. And behold, you will conceive in your womb and bear a son, and you shall call his name Jesus. He will be great, and will be called the son of the Most High; and the Lord God will give to him the throne of his father David, and he will reign over the house of Jacob forever; and of his kingdom there will be no end.”

And Mary said to the angel, “How can this be, since I have no husband?”And the angel said to her, “The Holy Spirit will come upon you, and the power of

the Most High will overshadow you; therefore the child to be born will be called holy, the Son of God.

And behold, your kinswoman Elizabeth in her old age has also conceived a son; and this is the sixth month with her who was called barren. For with God nothing will be impossible.” And Mary said, “Behold, I am the handmaid of the Lord; let it be to me according to your word.” And the angel departed from her.

Priest : The gospel of the Lord

All : Praise to You, Lord Jesus Christ

Commentator: Please be seated and listen to the homily

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HOMILY

Commentator: Please stand for the Profession of Faith

PRAYERS OF THE FAITHFUL/ SYMBOLIC OFFERING

Priest : Triune God, you are our God who created us into life. You save us from death and bring us into resurrection. You bring us out of darkness into light. We come to you now full of gratitude as

we bring back to you the fruits of our endeavors. Let our response be: Triune God, hear us.

CANDLES : We thank you God for this light. We pray that you continue to use Pope Benedict XVI and other church leaders to be the light

to others especially for us Christians. May we also continue to let our light shine so we could attract others to become closer to you.

We pray…

BIBLE : We thank you, God for nourishing us with your words, for using our teachers and the church as instruments in spreading your

good news. May each one continue to live out the challenges of the Gospel. We pray…

SCHOOL SEAL: We thank you God, for the presence of the Religious of the Good Shepherd (RGS), for our teachers who molded us after

Christ’s example. May we continue to be zealous in bringing Christ’s love especially to the poor. We pray…

BREAD AND WINE: We thank you, Lord for giving us your body and blood under the

form of bread and wine. You always nourish us with the bread and wine that give life and strength to our soul. We pray that we may be more devoted to the Eucharist that gives everlasting life.

We pray…

CERTIFICATES/ MEDALS/ DIPLOMAS: We thank you, Lord for helping us in our struggle in life especially in our studies. We pray that as we move forward you will always be

there to give us the courage and strength to fulfill your will for us. We pray…

Commentator: Let us pray for our own personal intentions…We pray…

Priest : Lord, our God, these are our concerns today and we know that they are also yours. Guide your church through the ministers and

leaders who give witness to the love of Christ that brings salvation. We ask this in the name of Jesus our Lord.All : Amen.

Commentator: Please be seated for the symbolic offering.

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OFFERTORY SONG:WITH THIS BREAD

I AM THE LIVING BREAD FROM HEAVEN (2X)Refrain: With this bread, we will walk with each other,

With this cup, we will follow the Lord. Compassion, loveoverflowing, God’s love ever-knowing, we share it in our song.

1. To offer assistance when others are blind to the need.To give loving care to each other is planting God’s seed.Walking the promise and falling on mercy, believing we’ll

walk with you.

2. Washing the wounds of division, we seek to ease pain.Sharing the burden of other, like God’s gentle rain.

Befriending the one who is lonely and lost, believing we’llwalk with you.

3. We hold the key to our future as we share our souls.Nurturing love in a time, when compassion unfolds.

Dancing in joy, sharing in wonder the prayer.

Priest : Blessed are you, Lord, God of all creation.Through your goodness we have this bread to offer,which earth has given and human hands have made.It will become for us the bread of life.

All : Blessed be God forever.

Priest : By the mystery of this water and winemay we come to share in the divinity of Christ,who humbled himself to share in our humanity.

Blessed are you, Lord, God of all creation.Through your goodness we have this wine to offer,fruit of the vine and work of human hands.It will become our spiritual drink.

All : Blessed be God forever.

Priest : Lord God, we ask you to receive us and be pleasedwith the sacrifice we offer you with humble and contrite hearts.

Lord, wash away my iniquity; cleanse me from my sin.

Priest : Pray brothers and sisters that our sacrifice 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 the good of all and the good of your church.

Commentator: Please stand.

PRAYER OVER THE GIFTS

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Priest : Almighty Father, as we recall the beginning of the Church when your Son became man, may we celebrate with joy today this

sacrament of your love.

All : Amen.

PREFACE

Priest : The Lord be with you.

All : And also with you.

Priest : Lift up your hands.

All : We lift them up to the Lord.Priest : Let us give thanks to the Lord our God.

All : It is right to give God thanks and praise.

Priest : Father, all-powerful and ever-living God, we do well always and everywhere to give you thanks through Jesus Christ our Lord.

He came to save mankind by becoming a man himself.The Virgin Mary, receiving the angel’s massage in faith,conceived by the power of the Spiritand bore your Son in the purest love.

In Christ, the eternal truth,your promise to Israel came true.In Christ, the hope of all peoples,man’s hope was realized beyond all expectation.

Through Christ the angels of heavenoffer their prayer of adorationas they rejoice in your presence forever.May our voices be one with theirsin their triumphant hymn of praise:

SANCTUS

Holy, Holy, Holy Lord God of power and might. Heaven and earth are full of your glory.

//Hosanna, Hosanna, Hosanna in the highest.//

Blessed is he who comes in the name of the Lord. //Hosanna, Hosanna, Hosanna in the highest.//

Commentator: Please all kneel

EUCHARISTIC PRAYER

Priest : Father, you are Holy indeed, and all creation rightly gives you praise. All life, all holiness comes from you through your

Son, Jesus Christ our Lord, by the working of the Holy Spirit. From age to age you gather a people to yourself, so that from east to west a perfect offering may be made to the glory of your name.

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And so Father, we bring you these gifts. We ask you to make them holy by the power of your Spirit, that they may become the

body and blood of your son, our Lord, Jesus Christ, at whose command we celebrate this Eucharist.

On the night He was betrayed, He took the bread and gave you thanks and praise, broke the bread, gave it to His disciples

and said: “TAKE THIS ALL OF YOU, AND EAT IT: THIS IS MY BODY WHICH WILL BE GIVEN UP FOR YOU.”

When supper was ended, He took the cup. Again He gave you thanks and praise, gave the cup to His disciples and said:

TAKE THIS ALL OF YOU, AND DRINK FROM IT: “THIS IS THE CUP OF MY BLOOD, THE BLOOD OF THE NEW AND EVERLASTING COVENANT. IT WILL BE SHED FOR YOU AND FOR ALL SO THAT SINS MAY BE FORGIVEN. DO THIS IN MEMORY OF ME.”

Priest : The mystery of faith.

Commentator: Please stand.

MEMORIAL ACCLAMATION

When we eat this bread, and drink this cup,We proclaim your death Lord Jesus Christ,

until you come, until you come in glory!

Priest : Father, calling to mind the death of your Son endured for our salvation, His glorious resurrection and ascension into

heaven and ready to greet Him when He comes again, we offer you in thanksgiving this holy and living sacrifice.

Look with favor on your church’s offering and see the victim whose death has reconciled us to yourself. Grant that we, who are

nourished by his body and blood, may be filled with his Holy Spirit, and become one body, one spirit in Christ.

May He make us an everlasting gift to you and enable us to share in the inheritance of your saints, with Mary, the virgin Mother

of God; with all the apostles, the martyrs, and all your saints, on whose constant intercession we rely for help.

Lord, may this sacrifice, which has made our peace with you, advance the peace and salvation of all the world. Strengthen

in faith and love your pilgrim Church on earth; your servant, Pope Benedict XVI, our Archbishop, LEONARDO and all the bishops, with the clergy and the entire people your Son has gained for you. Father, hear the prayers of the family you have gathered here before you. In mercy and love unite all your children wherever they may be. Welcome into your kingdom our departed brothers and sisters, and all who have left this world in your friendship. We hope to enjoy forever the vision of your glory, through Christ our Lord, from whom all good things come.

Through Him, with Him, and in Him in the unity of the Holy Spirit, all glory and honor is yours, Almighty Father, forever and ever.

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AMEN

We sing Amen. We sing Amen.All glory and praise be yours Oh God.

We sing Amen. We sing Amen.With faith and hope and love

We sing Amen.

COMMUNION RITE

Priest : Let us pray with confidence to the Father in the words our Savior gave us:

All : Lord’s Prayer(Sung)

PATER NOSTER

Our Father who art in heaven,holy be Your name, Your kingdom come,

Your will be done on earth as it is in heaven.Give us this day our daily breadand forgive us our trespasses,

as we forgive those who trespassed against us, ooh...And lead us not into temptation

but deliver us, deliver us from evil, ooh…

Priest : Deliver us Lord from every evil and grant us peace in our day. In your mercy keep us free from sin and protect us from all anxieties as we wait with joyful hope for the coming of our Savior, Jesus Christ.

DOXOLOGY

For the kingdom, the power and the glory are yoursnow and forever.

SIGN OF PEACE

Priest : Lord Jesus Christ, you said to your apostles: I leave you peace, my peace I give you. Look not on our sins, but on the faith of your Church, and grant us peace and unity of your kingdom where you live forever and ever.

All : Amen.

Priest : The peace of the Lord be with you always.

All : And also with you.

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Priest : Let us offer each other the sign of peace.

Commentator: The graduates are encouraged to go to their parents and give signs of peace and gratitude.

AGNUS DEI

Lamb of God, you take away the sins of the world,have mercy on us.

Bread of life, 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.

Commentator: All kneel.

BREAKING OF THE BREAD

Priest : May this mingling of the body and blood of our Lord Jesus Christ bring eternal life to us who receive it.

THIS IS THE LAMB OF GOD WHO TAKES AWAY THE SINS OF THE WORLD. HAPPY ARE THOSE WHO ARE CALLED TO

THIS SUPPER.

All : Lord, I am not worthy to receive you, but only say the word and I shall be healed.

Priest : May the Body of Christ bring me to everlasting life.

COMMUNION SONG

WE GIVE YOU THANKS

1. For the bread and wine we share here,for the friends that we embrace,for the peace we find in healing,for all who gather in this place,for the faith of those around us,for the dead and those here,the hope we find in memory,for the love that draws us near.

Ref. We give you thanks, we give you thanksfor the grace to receive, in you we believe.We give you thanks, we give you thanks.With faith and hope and love,we give you thanks.

2. For the movement deep within us,

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for the stories that we bring,for the signs of God’s compassion,for the journey that we sing,for the world that holds our promise,for the gifts that we can claim,for the wonders that surround us,for the song that sings our name.

3. For the water bringing new life,for the fragrance of release,for the fire that blazes forward,for the call to bring forth peace,for the blindness now enlightened,for the bound that are now free,for the brightness of your new day,for the kingdom we will be.

PRAYER AFTER COMMUNION

Priest : Lord, may the sacrament we share strengthen our faith and hope in Jesus, born of a virgin and truly God and man.By the power of his resurrection may we come to eternal joy.

All : Amen.

BLEESING OF THE GRADUATES AND THE GRADUATION SYMBOLS:

Commentator: Now, follows the blessing of the graduates and the graduation symbols as signs of the graduate’s loving sacrifice and

commitment to studying and witnessing.

Valedictorian: Your Grace, we the graduating students present with joy these diplomas, medals and other school awards for which we

worked during our high school years. We ask you to pray that they will always remind us of our duty to serve God and country with zeal and loyalty.

Priest : God our Father, You are the fountain of knowledge and virtue. Grant that these sons and daughters whom you filled with

divine and human gifts may dedicate themselves to you and the people with unfailing generosity and love. Pour down your blessings on these medals and diplomas and the efforts of many years which they embody. Grant that whoever shall receive them with thanksgiving, according to your law and will, may also receive from you through the invocation of the Holy Name, health of mind and body, and peace of soul, for your glory and service to the Church and to the whole humanity. We ask this through Christ our Lord.

All : Amen.

FLORAL OFFERING TO THE BLESSED VIRGIN MARY:12

Commentator: Now, some representatives from the graduating class will offer lighted candles and flowers as an act of thanksgiving to the

Blessed Mother, Our Lady of Annunciation, for her protection and loving care.

FINAL BLESSING:

Commentator: After the Eucharistic celebration, please remain in your seats for the graduation ceremonies.

Sister Arabella: Your Grace, as these students begin a new stage in life, we ask you to invoke God’s blessing upon them and upon their

parents, guardians and teachers.

Priest : The Lord be with you.

All : And also with you.

Priest : Bow your heads and pray for God’s blessing.

Father, look with love upon your people, the love which our Lord Jesus Christ showed us when he delivered himself to evil

people and suffered the agony of the cross, for He is Lord forever…

All : Amen.

Priest : May Almighty God bless you, the Father +, the Son +, and the Holy Spirit.

All : Amen.

Priest : The mass is ended, go in peace to love and serve the Lord.

All : Thanks be to God.

FINAL HYMN

MAGNIFICAT

Ref. All that I am sings of the Godwho brings new life to birth in me.My spirit soars on the wings of my Lord.

My soul gives glory to the Lord,rejoicing in my saving God,who looks upon me in my state,and all the world will call me blest.For God works marvels in my sightand holy, holy is God’s name.

God’s mercy is from age to age,on those who follow in fear,whose arm is power and strength,and scatters all the proud of heart,

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Who cast the mighty from their thrones,and raises up the lowly ones!

GRADUATION RITES…

HAPPY GRADUATION DAY AND GOODLUCK!!!

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