Huling Imbiteyshon: Fiesta na Bukas

Bukas, 28 June 2008, ipagdiriwang ng pamayanang Kristiyano ng Ina ng Laging Saklolo ang kapistahan nito.

Ito ang schedule:

6 am Mass

7:30 am Panalangin ng Kristiyano sa Maghapon: Lauds 

8 am Misa ng Bayang Pilipino (Totoo na ito at sasayaw si Padre.  Hahaha)

9-ish am Palaro

12-ish noon Potluck Lunch (Kung pupunta kayo, magdala ng food to share, parang Xmas party)

4:30 pm Harana kay Maria

5 pm Mass presided by the Bishop

6-ish pm Procession

7:30-ish pm Concert na may ACOSTIC sengers :))

Kung gusto niyo nang may inuman, kayo magpainom.   Inabono ko ang pera ko sa budget ng fiesta.  K?

Again, pag umattend kayo at marami kayo, iparereserve ko ang isang part ng church at bago ang concluding rite, babatiin ko kayo sa microphone.  Pag binati kayo, tatayo kayo at mag-wu-woooh at magwewave.  Parang wowowee.  K?

* Paano pumunta sa OLPH?  Ang OLPH ay nasa Jersey Rd, Project 8, QC.  Kung galing ka ng Munoz, may madadaan kang caltex na may katapat ng shell.   Derecho ka pa lampas nito hanggang makakita ka ng stoplight.  Pag dating sa stoplight, tumingin ka sa kanan at may makikita kang arko, nakalagay "Maligayang OLPH Kapistahan" na natangay ng bagyo kaya ang mababasa na lang ay "Maligayang OLPH Kapihan."  Ang street na ito ay Sta Gertrudes.  Pumasok ka sa kunwaring subdivision at makikita mo na ang simbahan.  Maliwanag?

I am a Theology Professor of the Pontifical and Royal University of Santo Tomas

I am a Theology Professor of the Pontifical and Royal University of Santo Tomas. I graduated from the Ateneo de Manila University in 2005 with a Bachelor of Arts degree Major in Humanities which was made up of courses in writing, literature, art and languages. I am currently finishing my Master of Arts degree in Liturgy at San Beda College with a Thesis on the Classical Roman Liturgy of the 5th to 8th Century. I had worked at ABS-CBN before becoming a Math Teacher at the Ateneo Grade School for two years, where I taught math in four levels. Now I am teaching Theology 1 (Contextualized Salvation History) to two freshman sections (Engg and IPEA), Philosophy 5 (Christian Ethics) to one sophomore class (SpS), and Sociology 9 (Marriage and Family) to four junior sections (Sps, BOT, Music, Ar) and one senior section (Com). That is three different subjects to six different colleges. Now try to connect everything in the previous two paragraphs and join me in the confusion and the amusement at the mystery of God's will. God continues to reveal himself to me as a God who's will is beyond logic. Sa tagalog, malakas ang trip ng Diyos. Today, I began my long day, which starts at 7 am and ends at 7 pm. My first class at Engg was at 7 and traffic was bad along Spain. I arrived on time. The guard at the lobby however stopped me and asked where I was going. I showed him my teaching load. And he goes, "Ano yan?" I answer, "Teaching load." "Huh?" he seemed puzzled. "Ito po yung binibigay sa mga professor." Two students who were talking to him when I arrived laughed. "Ikaw kasi e, prof pala yang kinakausap mo." At Arki, the IR coordinator introduced me to the people at the Dean's office. Apparently they had thought that I was applying to be a student the day before (I was confirming my class schedule). The apprehension of everyone in the department is that the students might take advantage of having me as their teacher but I've been teaching for two years. The Ateneo gave me a very good experience of teaching and the other things teachers must do. And now I find myself in another situation where things I've learned in the past are very much useful. And besides, even if I look young (and because I am young), I STILL HAVE THE POWER OF THE GRADE. I told my classes that I expect them to be matured and to behave maturely and that I do not need to make them stand at the back of the room or stand outside the classroom. Which, however, I can still do. Now, I am in the process of designing my courses. Fortunately, liturgy gave me a broad perspective of things which is why I am able to have broad insight into the subjects I teach. I have come to know how the ancient Fathers did it and their ways were far more effective than what I had experienced in the course of my education (no offense to my teachers). My students this year will have one hell of a semester and hopefully, I can help them reach heaven (the wholesome heaven).

Ang Pagiging Liturgist ay Holistic Parang Gatas

A person interested in the liturgy must have no fragmentary interest in the concerns of the church.  They are all rooted in the liturgy.  It is infinitely sad when someone devoted to the liturgy will minimize an interest in social doctrine, in rural life, in racial problems, in international life, in Catholic action.  We cannot, of course, have a comprehensive knowledge of these things, but we must have an interest and a sympathy.  When you find a person lacking in that interest and sympathy, you have found a person who is imperfectly schooled in the liturgy, who does not understand it in its completeness, who does not have the vision it is able to give.

- Mary Perkins Ryan “The Sacramental Way” (1948)

Problematic Euchalette Presuppositions

The missalette produced by the Salesians has this as the introduction for this Sunday's Mass.

Today we celebrate the 10th Sunday in Ordinary Time. The message coming to us from today’s Gospel is most encouraging. We are reminded that Jesus came to call sinners to conversion and to invite them to sit with him at the banquet of God’s Kingdom.  But Jesus also warns us that the essence of our membership in the Kingdom does not consist in external religious observances.  Instead, we are challenged to have a merciful and compassionate heart, as well as to show this through concrete actions.  Let us remember this as we are about to start the celebration of the Eucharist. What makes our worship acceptable to God are not external things, but the disposition of our hearts.

Basically they are downgrading the role of the external elements of the ritual worship of the Church.  This runs contrary to several liturgical theologians, to the Constitution of Sacred Liturgy and to the Tradition of the Church.  We do not worship through only our internal dispositions.  Liturgy has always involved signs.  Your sacraments are sacred signs.  I am saying that these external observances are essential in the prayer of the Church.

I am not saying internal disposition is not important.  It is this internal disposition that makes our worship experience fruitful in our lives.  It is our cooperation to what has happened in the rite, to what we experience through the perceivable signs and symbols of the liturgy.

What makes worship acceptable to God is both the worthy external execution of the liturgy and internal disposition of those who celebrate it - everyone who is in it, because it is only through a good and meaningful experience of worship can we all live what we celebrate.

Draft Diocesan Guidelines for Altar Servers and Lectors

Attached are the drafts of the Diocesan Guidelines for the Ministries of (1) Altar Servers and (2) Lectors.  Ito pa lang po ang tapos.  Madali na lang po yung sa EMHC at sa Greeters dahil copy paste ang karamihan.