Response to Article in Varsitarian

This is in response to the article "Bringing Back the Latin Mass" that is published in your 30 June 2009 issue where there is a statement there from Fr. Isidro Rodriguez that the Latin Mass has been used for almost 15 centuries. It must be clarified that although Latin was used since the 4th century, the rite of the Mass as celebrated from the 4th up to the 8th century, that is considered the Classical Roman Liturgy, is not the same as the Tridentine Mass. Evidence in the earliest Roman Ordines of the time indicate a participative celebration wherein the presider (priest) is intelligible to the people (Latin was lingua franca) and is in dialogue with them during the celebration, whereas the Latin Mass that is being 'revived' is the Tridentine Mass which is basically a crystallization of the various eucharistic practices as of the Council of Trent, wherein the change of focus of theology has caused the mystery of God to be solely the business of the priest. The Tridentine Rite is technically speaking only around 400 years old - that is why it's Tridentine, it is from Trent. The Mass that Traditionalists call "Novus Ordo" is much closer to the pristine rite of the fathers of the Church. Moreover, the Latin Mass during the first millenium could not claim universal use because there was no central liturgical commission before the Council of Trent and each Diocese or region would have its own form of celebration. It is a fallacy to think that the Latin Mass was used everywhere. To prove this, there exists in the Churches in communion with Rome such rich forms of worship as the Visigothic/Mozarabic Rite (Spain), Gallican Rite (France/Germany), Ambrosian Rite (Milan), which the Tridentine Rite practically wiped out. And the Eastern Church have their own Rites (Byzantine, Coptic, etc). For our liturgical and sacramental celebrations to bear fruit among the Christian faithful, it is necessary to understand the language used to glorify God and sanctify humankind. Although we cannot fully grasp the entire Mystery of God, there's nothing wrong with understanding him in a language that more people use. You should have asked a real expert. One of the former presidents of the Pontifical Institute of Liturgy in Rome is Filipino and he's now back living here in the Philippines. Fr. Anscar Chupungco OSB was former rector of San Beda and he is editor of the Handbook for Liturgical Studies, the textbook on the subject used all over the world.

Yes, Father, I am working on it.

from Anscar Chupungco

to jeff velasco

date Sun, Mar 8, 2009 at 3:53 PM

subject Re: Thank you Jeff.

mailed-by gmail.com

hide details 3:53 PM (4 hours ago)

Wow, that's an interesting job. I hope though that you'll have time to finish your thesis. I should like to think that you're a liturgist over and above being a tourist guide. Let's move. I know you can make it. See you next Liturgy Conference.

Pabasa Schedule

Holy Monday (6 April 2009)

Basketball Court

Oras Zone Ministry Organization

12 mn – 2 am 10 Greeters and Collectors

2 am – 4 am 1 CFC

4 am – 6 am 3 SSDM Livelihood ME

6 am – 8 am 8 MBG, Lectors

8 am – 10 am 2 Catechists, Altar Servers CWL

10 am – 12 n 4 and 7 Visual Aid DMI/KofC/AP/Familia

12 n – 2 pm 6 and 10 SSDM Health, EMHC

2 pm – 4 pm 9 SSDM Tulay Buhay Confraternity

4 pm – 6 pm 5 PYM Legion of Mary / Holy Face

OLPH Proj 8 - Lent 2009

LENT

1. RITE OF CHRISTIAN INITIATION FOR ADULTS

Layunin: Ihanda ang mga nais maging kaanib ng Simbahang Katoliko na ipagdiwang at tanggapin ang mga sakramento ng pag-anib sa Sambayanang Kristiyano

Description: Binubuo ang prosesong ito ng mga ritual ng pag-anib, katekesis at paghuhubog ng diwa na naghahanda sa mga katekumeno na tanggapin ang mga sakramento ng binyag, kumpil at eukaristiya.

Kalahok: Catechetical Ministry at Worship Coordinator

Mga gagamitin: Catechetical modules at Ordo Initiationis Christianae Adultorum

Araw at Oras: Mula Enero hanggang Abril (on-going)

2. AREA MASSES AND STATIONS OF THE CROSS

Layunin: 1. Misa - Ihanda ang nasa bawat area para sa pagdiriwang ng Triduo ng Paskuwa

2. Daan ng Krus – Pagkakataon para sa higit na pananalangin at sa pagbuo ng pamayanan sa pamamagitan ng pagdarasal at pakikiisa sa paglalakbay ni Hesus sa kalbaryo

Description: Misa sa Area at Daan ng Krus sa mga kalyeng sakop sa nasabing area

Kalahok: Servers, Lectors, EMHCs, Greeters, Music Kalahok must schedule ministers for each Mass

Servers carrying the cross and 2 torches

BEC zone coordinators must assign houses

Zone residents lead the prayers

Mga gagamitin: Mass Kit, Via Crucis Prayer Guides, Cross and Torches

Araw at Oras: Scheduled by Zone Coordinators (refer to schedule)

 

3. STATIONS OF THE CROSS IN THE CHURCH

Layunin: Para ang mga nagsimba sa simbahan ay magkaroon din ng pagkakataong makapag-Daan ng Krus

Description: Daan ng Krus sa loob ng Simbahan

Kalahok: Servers 

Lectors or Volunteers to lead the praying of the Stations

Mga gagamitin: Via Crucis Prayer Guides

Araw at Oras: Every Friday (after the Mass)

4. PENITENTIAL SERVICES (KUMPISALANG BAYAN)

Layunin: Pagkakataon upang magkaroon ng mas makahulugang pagdiriwang ng pakikipagkasundo

Description: Pagdiriwang ng Salita ng Diyos na may pagninilay at pagsusuri ng budhi

Mga gagamitin: Rite

a. PENITENTIAL SERVICE FOR CHILDREN

Kalahok: Servers

Catechists

Confessor

Araw at Oras: March 31 | 3 pm

Lugar: Formation Room

b. PENITENTIAL SERVICE FOR YOUNG PEOPLE

Kalahok: Volunteers from UST

PYM

Confessor

Araw at Oras: March 14 | 7:30 pm

Lugar: Formation Room

c. PARISHIONERS 

Kalahok: Confessors

Lectors (2)

Worship Coordinator

Araw at Oras: March 28 | 5 pm

Lugar: Simbahan

d. PARISHIONERS

Kalahok: Confessors

Lectors (2)

Worship Coordinator

Araw at Oras: April 8 | 7:00 pm

Lugar: Simbahan

 

5. FORMATION ON HOLY WEEK AND THE EASTER TRIDUUM

Layunin: Ihanda ang mga lingkod (Kalahok) at mga parokyano para sa pagdiriwang ng Mahal na Araw at Triduo ng Paskuwa sa pamamagitan sa pamamagitan ng paghuhubog upang higit na maintindihan ng mga tao ang mga pagdiriwang

Description: Isang talk ukol sa Holy Week at Easter Triduum

Kalahok: Worship Ministries, Parishioners

Mga gagamitin: Laptop, LCD Projector

Araw at Oras: March 28 | 7:30 pm 

HOLY WEEK

6. HOLY WEEK AND TRIDUUM PRACTICES

Description: Pagsasanay sa mga gagawin at magaganap para sa Huwebes Santo hanggang Sabado de Gloria

Kalahok: Lahat ng Worship Ministries, Ministers assigned

Mga gagamitin: Lahat ng gagamitin para sa mga pagdiriwang

Araw at Oras: Huwebes Santo | 11 am

Biyernes Santo | 10 am

Sabado de Gloria | 3 pm

7. PALM SUNDAY OF THE LORD’S PASSION

Description: Paggunita at pagdiriwang ng pagpapakasakit at kamatayan ng Panginoon pati ang kanyang maringal na pagpasok sa Jerusalem

Kalahok: Lahat ng Worship Ministries

Mga gagamitin: Palaspas at lahat ng kailangan sa Misa

Araw at Oras: April 5 | Sunday Schedule

* Principal Mass: 8 am (Solemn Procession) 

8:30 am (Mass)

Kalahok: Mga batang aawit ng Hosanna

Mga maghahanda ng 3 kubol

Mga apostoles 

Lahat ng Worship Ministries

8. PABASA

Description: Pagdarasal ng Pasyon

Kalahok: Zones, Ministries, CBO, Lahat ng Parokyano - may schedule

Mga gagamitin: Kopya ng Pasyon, Lugar ng Pagbasa, Pakain

Araw at Oras: Lunes Santo

Lugar: Basketball court

9. CHRISM MASS

Description: Pagdiriwang ng Misa kung saan gagawing banal ang mga langis na ginagamit sa mga sakramento, at kung saan nagsasariwa ng mga pangako ng ordinasyon ang kaparian ng Diosesis

Kalahok: Diocese of Cubao

Araw at Oras: Huwebes Santo | 7 am

 

EASTER TRIDUUM

Ang Easter Triduum ang pinakamahalaga at pinaka-solemn na pagdiriwang sa buong liturgical year.  Pinagdiriwang dito ang misteryo ng ating kaligtasan – ang Paschal Mystery (Passion, Death and Resurrection).  Dapat makibahagi ang lahat sa lahat ng gagawin sa mga araw na ito dahil dito nagaganap ang kaligtasan.

10.  EVENING MASS OF THE LORD’S SUPPER

Description: Pagsisimula ng Triduo; pagdiriwang na kung saan ginugunita ang pagtatatag ng Eukaristiya at Banal na Orden, at ang pagbibigay ng dakilang utos ng pag-ibig; dito nagaganap ang ritwal na paghuhugas ng paa; susundan ito ng Celebration of the Lord’s Passion

Kalahok: Lahat

Note: Pakikinabangan ang Katawan at Dugo ni Kristo

Araw at Oras: Huwebes Santo | 6 pm (hindi 5pm para madilim na kasi nga hapunan)

Lugar: Basketball Court

11. VIGIL BEFORE THE BLESSED SACRAMENT

Description: Pagdarasal sa harap ng Banal na Sakramento hanggang 12 mn

Kalahok: Mga grupong i-aassign o mag-vo-volunteer (sumangguni sa schedule)

Mga gagamitin: Prayer Guides

Araw at Oras: Huwebes Santo 8 pm – 12 mn 

Lugar: Simbahan

12. SUPPER 

Description: Kakain ang mga pari at mga apostoles ng simpleng hapunan

Kalahok: Mga Pari, mga apostoles at mga naglingkod sa Misa

Mga gagamitin: Pahapunan c/o Fr. Nelson (hehe)

Araw at Oras: Huwebes Santo | 8 pm

13. GOOD FRIDAY MORNING PRAYER

Description: Panalangin ng Kristiyano sa Umaga (Liturgy of the Hours – Lauds)

Kalahok: Lahat 

Paring Tagapamuno

Servers para sa Solemn Celebration

Mga gagamitin: Prayer Guides

Araw at Oras: Biyernes Santo | 7 am

Lugar: General Hospital

14. WAY OF THE CROSS

Kalahok: Lahat; Servers na mamumuno sa prusisyon; mga apostoles na mamumuno sa pagdarasal ng Daan ng Krus; mga mamumuno ng pag-awit sa daan; mga maghahanda ng mga estasyon; mga magbubuhay ng krus

Mga gagamitin: Mga estasyon, mga gabay, krus na malaki na papasanin ng mga tao

Araw at Oras: Bieyrnes Santo (pagkatapos ng Panalangin sa Umaga)

a. Route: chapel papuntang simbahan;

mas  malalayo dapat ang estasyon

mula sa isa’t isa at hindi dapat

paikot-ikot sa isang lugar; dapat tumagal ang Daan ng Krus ng 1½ oras

b. Drama: c/o Youth

c. Prayer: c/o Apostoles at resident

 

15. SEVEN LAST WORDS

Description: Pagninilay sa mga huling salita ng Panginoon bago siya matepok

Kalahok: Mga magvovolunteer o mapakikiusapang magbigay ng pagninilay

pagpili c/o Fr. Nelson 

Mga gagamitin: Sound system

Araw at Oras: Good Friday | 12 n

Lugar: Simbahan

16.  CELEBRATION OF THE LORD’S PASSION

Description: Pagdiriwang ng Pagpapakasakit at Kamatayan ni Kristo, paggunita sa paghihirap at pag-aalay ni Hesus ng buhay; babasahin ang Passion Narrative na parang drama; Panalanging Pangkalahatan; Pagpaparangal sa Krus na Banal; Pakikinabang; hindi Misa PERO kadugtong ng Evening Mass of the Lord’s Supper kaya dapat umattend ang mga tao; ang karugtong nito ay ang Easter Vigil

Kalahok: Worship Ministries (may schedule)

Apostoles na magpapahalik sa krus

Mga gagamitin: May listahan, dun na lang i-check

Araw at Oras: Biyernes Santo | 3 pm

Lugar: Basketball Court

17. BURIAL PROCESSION

Description: Prusisyon ng bangkay ni Hesus

Kalahok: Lahat ng Tao

Mga gagamitin: Imahe ng Santo Entierro at ng Mater Dolorosa na nakasakay sa carosa

mga Kandila

Araw at Oras: Biyernes Santo | pagkatapos ng Celebration of the Lord’s Passion

Route: Mula basketball court, iikot sa teritoryo ng parokya; dapat 1 oras hanggang 1 ½ oras lang ang prusisyon

18. VIGIL BEFORE THE IMAGE OF CHRIST’S CORPSE

Description: Lamay

Kalahok: Lahat

Mga nakatokang mamuno sa panalangin sa bawat oras

Mga gagamitin: Lahat ng gagamitin para sa mga pagdiriwang

Araw at Oras: Biyernes Santo | pagkatapos ng prusisyon

Lugar: Simbahan

19. TENEBRAE

Description: Lumang kaugalian na pagdiriwang ng Panalangin ng Kristiyano sa gabi

Kalahok: Nakatoka sa oras na ito at Worship Coordinator

Mga gagamitin: 9 kandila, Prayer Guide

Araw at Oras: Biyernes Santo | 9 pm

Lugar: Simbahan

 

20. HOLY SATURDAY MORNING PRAYER

Description: Panalangin ng Kristiyano sa Umaga (Liturgy of the Hours – Lauds)

Kalahok: Lahat 

Paring Tagapamuno

Servers para sa Solemn Celebration

Mga gagamitin: Prayer Guides

Araw at Oras: Sabado de Gloria | 8 am

Lugar: Sitio Militar Chapel/Santo Cristo Chapel

21. RCIA FINAL PREPARATIONS

Description: Paghahanda sa mga bibinyagan

Kalahok: Catechetical Ministry

Worship Coordinator

Fr. Raul

Mga Bibinyagan

Mga Ninong at Ninang

Mga gagamitin: Rite; Oil of Catechumens

Araw at Oras: Sabado de Gloria | 9 am

22.  EASTER VIGIL

Description: Magdamagang Pagdiriwang ng Muling Pagkabuhay ng Panginoong Hesukristo; karugtong ng Celebration of the Lord’s Passion; service of light; liturgy of the Word (9 readings); liturgy of Baptism; liturgy of the Eucharist; concluding rite

Kalahok: Worship Ministries

Apostoles

Catechetical Ministry

Mga Bibinyagan

Mga gagamitin: May listahan, dun na lang i-check

Araw at Oras: Sabado de Gloria | 9 pm

23. SALUBONG

Description: Prusisyon ng imahe ng Pagkabuhay at ng BVM, na may pagbati (Regina Caeli)

Kalahok: Lahat

Mga batang nakagayak na anghel

Mga taga-awit

Mga magpapaputok

Paring magbibigay ng basbas

Mga gagamitin: Imahe ng Pagkabuhay at ng BVM na nakasakay sa carosa

Mga paputok

Araw at Oras: Linggo ng Pasko ng Pagkabuhay

pagkatapos ng Easter Vigil

24. EASTER SUNDAY

Description: Pagdiriwang ng muling pagkabuhay ng Panginoon; sa misa may sequence at pagsasariwa ng binyag

Kalahok: Worship Ministries

Mga gagamitin: Karaniwang ginagamit sa Misa

Araw at Oras: Linggo ng Pasko ng Pagkabuhay

Sunday Schedule

EASTER  (TSAKA NA TATALAKAYIN)

1. Mystagogical Catechesis

2. Liturgy Conference 2009

3. Recruitment for Lay Liturgical Ministries

4. Formation for Lay Liturgical Ministries

5. Pentecost Vigil

6. Pentecost Sunday

Ash Wednesday reflection and Amiel's story

Remember, man, you are dust and to dust you will return.

At about 4:20 pm yesterday, a Grade 4 student and his nanny were crossing the street in front of Henry Lee Irwin Theater in the vicinity of the Ateneo Grade School when a van driven by a mother who was fetching her son struck them. Amiel was crushed between the van and a CRV. He died. He was ten years old.

Today is Ash Wednesday, it marks the beginning of Lent, the 40-day preparation to celebrate Easter Triduum and the Easter Season. Today we put ash on our heads, a reminder of the fact that like Amiel, we will die, we will return to dust, and so we must pursue things that would merit us a life after this one. The ash in cross form reminds us that our salvation, eternal life, is only given to us through the cross of Christ, who died and rose again for us, who calls us to leave our sins and believe and live in him. Thus, ash also signifies our commitment to change our lives for the better and to live according to the Gospel.

Kuwaresma

Upang maintindihan natin at maging makahulugan para sa atin ang panahon ng Kuwaresma, kailangan makita natin ito bilang panahon ng paghahanda para sa pagdiriwang ng pinakadakilang misteryo ng ating pananampalataya – ang Tatlong Araw na Pagdiriwang ng Pagpapakasakit, Kamatayan at Muling Pagkabuhay ng Panginoong Hesukristo (Easter Triduum o Paschal Triduum), at ang pagpapalawig dito na panahon ng Pasko ng Pagkabuhay (Easter Season). Nagsisimula ang Kuwaresma sa Miyerkules ng Abo at natatapos sa paglubog ng araw sa Huwebes Santo. Ang Semana Santa naman ang huling bahagi ng Kuwaresma na nagsisimula sa Linggo ng Palaspas at Pagpapakasakit ng Panginoon at natatapos sa paglubog ng araw ng Huwebes Santo. Ang gabi ng Huwebes Santo ng Gabi hanggang Linggo ng Pasko ng Muling Pagkabuhay ay hindi na Kuwaresma kungdi ang pinakatangi at mahalagang mga araw sa buong taon – ang Tatlong Araw na Pagdiriwang ng Pagpapakasakit, Kamatayan at Muling Pagkabuhay ng Panginoong Hesukristo.

Panahon ang Kuwaresma ng mga huling paghahanda ng mga nais maging kaanib ng sambayanang Kristiyano. Ayon sa sinaunang kaugalian ng Simbahan, ginaganap ang mga sakramento ng pag-anib sa sambayanang Krisityano (binyag, kumpil at eukaristiya) para sa mga hindi pa Kristiyano sa gabi ng Sabado de Gloria (Holy Saturday) sa Magdamagang Pagdiriwang ng Muling Pagkabuhay ng Panginoong Hesukristo (Easter Vigil). Bago ito daraan sila sa mahabang panahon ng paghuhubog ng diwa, pagninilay sa Salita ng Diyos, at pag-aaral sa pananampalataya, kung kaya’t pagsapit ng kanilang pag-anib sa Simbahan, tunay na nga nilang tinalikuran ang kanilang dating pamumuhay at mamumuhay sila ayon sa turo ng Panginoong Hesukristo – mga Kristiyano di lamang sa papel kungdi sa salita, gawa, pag-iisip at uri ng pamumuhay

Paghahanda din ito ng mga nabinyagan na ngunit nagkasala at pinagsisisihan ang kanilang mga kasalanan. Panahon ito ng paglilinis ng ating budhi mula sa mga humahadlang na tuparin natin ang kalooban ng Diyos, una na ang kasalanan. Bilang mga Kristiyano, tinatawag tayo upang mamuhay ayon sa pamantayan ng Mabuting Balita (Gospel) at kapag hindi natin ito nagagawa, nagkakasala tayo. Ngunit bukas naman ang Diyos sa ating pagbabalik-loob kung kaya nga’t binibigyan niya tayo ng pagkakataon sa sakramento ng pakikipagkasundo (Reconciliation) at sa panahon ng Kuwaresma upang makabalik sa kanyang tahanan gaya sa kuwento ng alibughang anak.

Para sa lahat ng Kristiyano at mga magiging Kristiyano, panahon ang Kuwaresma ng paglilinis, pagtalikod sa kasalanan at pagtatalaga ng sarili upang mamuhay ayon sa aral ni Kristo. Sa panahong ito, iminumungkahi para sa atin ang ilang mga gawain upang matulungan tayo sa layuning ito: pinaigting na pagninilay sa Salita ng Diyos, higit na taimtim na pananalangin, pakikipagkasundo sa Diyos at sa kapwa, pag-aayuno at pag-iwas sa ilang uri ng pagkain, at pag-aabuloy.


Pagninilay sa Salita ng Diyos

Makapangyarihan ang Salita ng Diyos – sa pamamagitan ng Salita lumikha ang Diyos at sa pamamagitan ng Salita din niya tayo iniligtas, sa Salitang Nagkatawang-tao – si Hesukristo. Tandaan natin na si Hesukristo ang Salita ng Diyos na nagkatawang-tao, namuhay dito sa daigdig, ipinako sa krus, namatay at muling nabuhay. Sa pamamagitan niya tayo ay nalikha at naligtas. Kung kaya’t mahalaga para sa isang Kristiyano na basahin at namnamin ang Salita ng Diyos na nasa Banal na Kasulatan, sa Karunungan ng Tradisyon at sa Turo ng Simbahan. Sa panahon ng Kuwaresma, inaanyayahan tayong buklatin ang ating mga Bibliya at magnilay sa Salita ng Diyos araw-araw. Maaari ring magsimba araw-araw, dahil sa Misa, ipinahahayag ang Salita ng Diyos at nangangaral ang lingkod na pari. Sa pagninilay natin higit na nakikilala ang Panginoon at higit tayong napapalapit sa kanya habang mas nakikilala natin siya.


Pakikipagkasundo sa Diyos at sa Kapwa

Layunin ng Buhay Kristiyano na makaisa ang Diyos at makibahagi sa kanyang buhay. Nilikha tayo na kaisa niya at nakikibahagi sa kanyang buhay ngunit sinira natin ito dahil sa kasalanan. Ngunit binibigyan niya tayo ng pagkakataon na maibalik ang nasira ng kasalanan sa pamamagitan ng Sakramento ng Pakikipagkasundo. Sa sakramentong ito, tinatanggap natin na nagkamali at nagkasala tayo at dumudulog tayo sa kanya upang patawarin tayo. Sa pamamagitan ng pari, natatanggap natin ang pagpapatawad ng Diyos. Huwag sana natin itong tingnan bilang pag-amin lang ng kasalanan, isang bahagi lang yun. Mas mahalaga na makita natin ito bilang kaisa-isang paraan na mababatid natin na pinatatawad tayo ng Diyos. Hindi naman mangyayari na kapag ibulong natin sa hangin ang kasalanan natin ay may boses na sasagot sa atin mula sa langit na nagsasabing pinapatawad na tayo. Kailangan natin ng tagapamagitan, kaya nga may pari. Para din mas maging makahulugan ang ating pakikipagkasundo sa Diyos, sana rin magawa nating makipagkasundo sa ating kapwang naka-alitan o nagawan ng kamalian. Kalooban ng Diyos na mag-ibigan tayo at magiging ganap ang paghilom ng ating relasyon sa Diyos kung mapaghihilom din natin ang ating relasyon sa ating kapwa.


Panalangin

Inaanyayahan din tayo sa panahon ng Kuwaresma para sa higit na pananalangin. Sa tradisyon ng mga Kristiyano, dalawang paraan ang panalangin – una ay pagdalangin kaisa ng pamayanan (communal) at ang pangalawa ay panalanging mag-isa (personal). Marami tayong pagkakataon na makasama ang pamayanan sa panalangin, una na ang pagsisimba tuwing Linggo o araw-araw, ang pagsama sa Panalangin ng Kristiyano sa Maghapon (Liturgy of the Hours), mga panata gaya ng Daan ng Krus at Bisita Iglesia, at iba pa. Maaari rin namang maglaan tayo ng oras sa pagdarasal nang mag-isa. Maari tayong magrosaryo, dumalaw sa Banal na Sakramento o gawin nang mag-isa ang pamamanata.


Pag-aayuno at Pag-iwas sa ilang uri ng Pagkain

Tinatawag tayo ng panahon ng Kuwaresma upang magsakripisyo para sa kapwa sa pag-aayuno at pag-iwas sa ilang uri ng pagkain. Kapag nag-aayuno, minsan lang sa isang araw kumakain. Agahan lang o tanghalian o hapunan. Sa pag-aayuno, nagkakaroon ng linaw ang ating isipan at naitutuon ito sa panalangin. Sa Kuwaresma iniiwasan natin ang ilang pagkain gaya ng karne. Ang punto ay iwasan natin ang mga pagkaing paborito natin bilang sakripisyo. Puwedeng hindi karne ang iwasan (lalo na kung vegetarian), puwedeng tsokolate, puwedeng caviar, puwedeng isaw – ang punto ay iiwasan natin yung hilig natin. Puwede din namang ang iwasan natin ay ang ating mga bisyo gaya ng paninigarilyo, pag-inom, pamimili (shopping) o kahit anong luho at kalabisan natin. Ginagawa natin ang mga ito para makapagtabi ng makatutulong na makakain ang mga nagugutom dahil sa kahirapan. Isa itong paraan upang ibigin ang kapwang nangangailangan.


Pag-aabuloy

Maraming paraan upang ipakita natin ang pagmamahal natin sa ating kapwa. Isa na dito ang aktibong pagtulong sa kanila. Sa kaugalian ng Simbahan, ginagawa ito sa pamamagitan ng paglilimos. Ngunit ayon sa karanasan sa pangkasalukuyan, hindi kailangan ng mahihirap ng limos – ang kailangan nila dangal. Walang silbi ang limos kung wala namang katarungang panlipunan. Di lamang dapat binibigyan ng pangangailangan ang mga maralita, dapat gumagawa din tayo ng paraan upang mawala ang mga bagay na nagpapanatili sa karalitaan gaya ng kamangmangan, katiwalian sa pamahalaan at lipunan, pagtapak sa karapatang pantao, at ang imoral na malaking agwat ng mayaman at mahirap. Hindi rin ibig sabihin na mayaman ang dapat magbigay sa mahirap, na parang may tagapagbigay at may tagatanggap. Lahat nagbibigay, lahat tumatanggap. Ganito ang sinaunang pamayanang Kristiyano sa mga Gawa ng mga Apostol, at ganito pa rin dapat tayo.

Ito ang nais ng Diyos na gawin natin: tigilan ang pag-aalipin at pairalin ang katarungan, palayain ang api at tulungan, pakainin ang nagugutom, patuluyin sa tahanan ang walang matirhan, damitan ang mga hubad, at tulungan ang kapwa (Isaias 58). Kapag wala tayong pakialam at wala tayong ginagawa para sa mga dukha, walang silbi ang panalangin, pag-aayuno at kung ano pa mang gagawin natin ngayong Kuwaresma. Kapag tinupad natin ang kaloobang ito ng Diyos, iniibig natin siya sa ating kapwa at sumasaatin siya.

Nawa maging makahulugan, makabuluhan at makatotohanan ang ating pagdiriwang ng Kuwaresma upang marapat nating maipagdiwang ang dakilang misteryo ng ating kaligtasan.

Outspoken Kirill elected new Russian patriarch

MOSCOW (AFP) — The Russian Orthodox Church has selected 62-year-old Metropolitan Kirill as its new patriarch, an outspoken figure who analysts say could prove a headache for the Kremlin.

A seasoned operator after long service as head of the church's foreign relations section, Kirill was elected on Tuesday by an overwhelming majority in a ballot of church leaders in Moscow's ornate cathedral of Christ the Saviour.

Kirill, Metropolitan of Smolensk and Kaliningrad, received 508 votes in a secret ballot of the Church Council in Moscow while his challenger Metropolitan Kliment of Kaluga and Borovsk won 169 votes.

"I accept and thank the Church Council for my election as Patriarch of Moscow and All Russia," Kirill said solemnly after the results were announced, before leading the congregation in an Orthodox liturgy.

Addressing the incense-filled gathering earlier, Kirill had made a strident call for church unity and urged the faithful to resist Protestant and Catholic proselytizing, dampening hopes of a transformation in poisonous ties with Rome.

About 700 bearded and robed bishops and laity from both Russia and diocese abroad had the right to participate in the first such vote of the post-Soviet era, following the death of Alexy II last month.

Russian President Dmitry Medvedev and Prime Minister Vladimir Putin both congratulated Kirill, news agencies reported.

"Medvedev voiced hope for further strengthening of the dialogue between church and state in developing the country and boosting spiritual values," Medvedev's spokeswoman Natalya Timakova was quoted as saying by the RIA Novosti news agency.

Putin, who is himself an Orthodox believer, telephoned Kirill to offer his congratulations, Putin's spokesman Dmitry Peskov added.

Kirill's comments echoed the tough approach of his predecessor, who resisted attempts by late Polish pope John Paul II to reach out to Catholics in ex-Soviet lands and who refused to countenance a papal visit to Russia.

In the post-Soviet era "the most active proselytizing was by missionaries of all manner of Protestant denominations but we also noticed with bitterness representatives of the Catholic hierarchy," Kirill said.

"We must attentively follow developments and where necessary quickly and decisively react to threats," added Kirill, who after Alexy's death was appointed "Guardian of the Throne" temporarily in charge of the church.

Metropolitan Kirill, who has hosted his own weekly television programme "Words of a Pastor" for the past 10 years, is seen as something of a loose cannon in political circles, analysts say.

"Among the bishops, he's the only real politician. If I were president, I'd be afraid of such a man," said religious affairs expert Sergei Filatov of the Russian Academy of Sciences, referring to Kirill.

Russia's politicians "can't tell what he's going to do. If (the economy) all goes pear shaped they don't know what Patriarch Kirill would do. They'd prefer someone they had control over," said religious affairs analyst and journalist for the Forum 18 religious news agency Geraldine Fagan earlier.

Kirill, whose crushing victory had been widely predicted, takes over a church that went from strength to strength under Alexy after being repressed in the Soviet era.

Prime Minister Putin and President Dmitry Medvedev both attend church on feast days, as do other Slavic leaders such as Belarus' President Alexander Lukashenko.

The church's relatively rapid election of Kirill, without resorting to a run-off, and the withdrawal of a third candidate just before voting began were indicative of its desire to make a show of unity at a crucial moment.

The Cathedral of Christ the Saviour is a symbol of the church's resurgence. Dynamited under Stalin, it was then replaced by an open air swimming pool before an exact replica was rebuilt in the 1990s.

In an interview with the Trud newspaper published Monday, Kirill said the church was thriving but could still play a greater role in daily life, including education.

Ordinary of the Mass + Preparation of Gifts lineup per Season

Kurei and I are introducing this practice to the parish. For strict compliance. Or else Kurei will... hehehe.

ADVENT
Gospel Acclamation: Alleluia (Cayabyab)
Preparation of Gifts: Pag-aalay/Isang Alay
Sanctus: Santo (Cayabyab)
Memorial Acclamation: Dying you destroyed
Great Amen: 3-fold Amen
Lord’s Prayer: Ama Namin (Francisco)
Agnus Dei: Kordero (Cayabyab)

CHRISTMAS
Gloria: Glory to God (Francisco)
Gospel Acclamation: Celtic Alleluia
Preparation of Gifts: First Noel/Hark the Herald
Sanctus: Santo (Marcelo)
Memorial Acclamation: Sa krus mo (Francisco)
Great Amen: Amen WYD95
Lord’s Prayer: Ama Namin (Francisco)
Agnus Dei: Kordero (Mangusad)

LENT
Gospel Acclamation: Glory to You (Haas)/Papuri sa ‘yo (Israel)
Preparation of Gifts: Pag-aalay ng Puso/Pagtitipan
Sanctus: Santo (Hontiveros – Antipona)
Memorial Acclamation: Dying you destroyed
Great Amen: 3-fold Amen
Lord’s Prayer: Ama Namin (Francisco)
Agnus Dei: Kordero (Hontiveros – Antipona)


EASTER
Gloria: Papuri (Francisco)
Gospel Acclamation: Aleluyang Pampaskuwa (Jopson)
Preparation of Gifts: We Remember + Verse 2
Sanctus: Santo (Que)
Memorial Acclamation: Sa krus mo (Francisco)
Great Amen: Dakilang Amen
Lord’s Prayer: Ama Namin (Francisco)
Agnus Dei: Kordero (Aquino)

ORDINARY TIME A (WEEKS 1-11)
Gloria: Luwalhati (Sengzon)
Gospel Acclamation: Aleluya - Wikain
Preparation of Gifts: Unang Alay
Sanctus: Santo - puspos
Memorial Acclamation: Si Kristo’y gunitain
Great Amen: Amen (Aquino)
Lord’s Prayer: Ama Namin (Francisco)
Agnus Dei: Kordero (Francisco)

ORDINARY TIME B (WEEKS 12-22)
Gloria: Luwalhati (San Pedro)
Gospel Acclamation: Aleluya (Francisco - TNB)
Preparation of Gifts: We Come to Your Altar
Sanctus: Santo (Francisco – TNB)
Memorial Acclamation: Sa krus mo (Francisco – TNB)
Great Amen: Amen (Francisco – TNB)
Lord’s Prayer: Ama Namin (Francisco)
Agnus Dei: Kordero (Roldan)


ORDINARY TIME C (WEEKS 23 – 34)
Gloria: Gloria (Anderson)
Gospel Acclamation: Aleluya (Marcelo)
Preparation of Gifts: We Bring to You
Sanctus: Holy Holy Holy (Dufford)
Memorial Acclamation: Lord, by your cross
Great Amen: Amen (Marcelo)
Lord’s Prayer: Ama Namin (Francisco)
Agnus Dei: Lamb of God

SOLEMNITIES AND IMPORTANT FEASTS
Gloria: Gloria (Maramba)/ Luwalhati (Francisco)/
Papuri (Hontiveros)
Gospel Acclamation: Aleluya (Marcelo)/Celtic
Preparation of Gifts: We Bring to You/We Come to your Altar/
We Remember/Unang Alay
Sanctus: Santo (Marcelo) / Santo (Aquino)
Memorial Acclamation: Lord, by your cross / Si Kristo’y gunitain
Great Amen: Amen (WYD95)/Dakilang Amen
Lord’s Prayer: Ama Namin (Francisco)
Agnus Dei: Kordero (Aquino)

Collect (Opening Prayer) for the 33rd Sunday in Ordinary Time

Something many of us already know and live.

The Latin text goes:

Da nobis, quaesumus, Domine Deus noster, in tua semper devotione gaudere,

quia perpetua est et plena felicitas, si bonorum omnium iugiter serviamus auctori.

Per Dominum.

The 1970 translation says:

Father of all that is good, keep us faithful in serving you, for to serve you is our lasting joy.  We ask this through our Lord Jesus Christ, your Son, who lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit, one God for ever and ever.

Ikaw, saan ba nakabatay ang kaligayahan mo?  Masaya ka nga ba talaga?

Reminders for Tomorrow's Commemoration of All Faithful Departed

About the Mass

1.  Walang Gloria.

2.  Ang lineup ng music pang Easter na may tema ng resurrection.

3.  Hindi tama ang pagbabasbas ng sobre.  Hindi nagbabasbas ng sobre.  We only bless bodies of the dead, not envelopes with money.  

4.  There is no need for a special rite for the dead during the Mass but additional intentions in the Prayer of the Faithful may be added.  Note that the formularies and the Eucharistic Prayer already contain sufficient prayers.

Appreciating liturgical prayers and ICEL translations

I have been typing the Liturgy on a weekly basis. I will finish the entire cycle A already.  If you don't actually type it, the prayers don't really sink in for lay people because we probably won't remember them after they have been proclaimed by the priest.

The Collect for the 21st sunday in ordinary time reads:

Deus, qui fidelium mentes unius efficis voluntatis, da populis tuis id amara quod praecepis, id desiderare quod promittis, ut, inter mundanas varietates, ibi nostra fixa sint corda, ubi vera sunt gaudia.  Per Dominum nostrum Iesum Christum Filium tuum qui tecum vivit et regnat in unitate Spiritus Sancti, Deus, per omnia saecula saeculorum.

ICEL 1975 translation: Father, help us to seek the values that will bring us lasting joy in this changing world.  In our desire for what you promise, make us one in mind and heart.  Grant this through our Lord Jesus Christ, your Son, who lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit, one God for ever and ever.

ICEL also made a second version of the prayer, an inculturation into the sensibility of the language.  

Lord our God, all truth is from you, and you alone bring oneness of heart.  Give your people the joy of hearing your word in every sound and of longing for your presence more than for life itself.  May all the attractions of a changing world serve only to bring us the peace of your kingdom which this world does not give.  Grant this through Christ our Lord.

The prayer was originally the Collect for Dominica IV post Pascha.  The earliest appearance of the same prayer is in source V.  Which means it comes from the Old Gelasianum (Sacramentarium Gelasianum Vetus).  Used by the 8th century in Rome and probably composed from the 5th to 8th centuries.  This means that the prayer we are using until today is antique and imported.

The Nicene Creed

Πιστεύω είς ενα Θεόν, Πατέρα, παντοκράτορα, ποιητήν ουρανού καί γής, ορατών τε πάντων καί αοράτων.

Καί είς ενα Κύριον, Ίησούν Χριστόν, τόν Υιόν του Θεού τόν μονογενή, τόν εκ του Πατρός γεννηθέντα πρό πάντων τών αιώνων. Φώς εκ φωτός, Θεόν αληθινόν εκ Θεού αληθινού γεννηθέντα, ού ποιηθέντα, ὁμοούσιον τώ Πατρί, δι’ ού τά πάντα εγένετο. Τόν δι’ ημάς τούς ανθρώπους καί διά τήν ημετέραν σωτηρίαν κατελθόντα εκ τών ουρανών καί σαρκωθέντα εκ Πνεύματος ‘Αγίου καί Μαρίας τής Παρθένου καί ενανθρωπήσαντα. Σταυρωθέντα τε υπέρ ημών επί Ποντίου Πιλάτου καί παθόντα καί ταφέντα.

Καί αναστάντα τή τρίτη ημέρα κατά τάς Γραφάς.

Καί ανελθόντα είς τούς ουρανούς καί καθεζόμενον εκ δεξιών τού Πατρός.

Καί πάλιν ερχόμενον μετά δόξης κρίναι ζώντας καί νεκρούς, ού τής βασιλείας ουκ εσται τέλος.

Καί είς τό Πνεύμα τό ¨Αγιον, τό Κύριον, τό ζωοποιόν, τό εκ τού Πατρός εκπορευόμενον, τό σύν Πατρί καί Υιώ συμπροσκυνούμενον καί συνδοξαζόμενον, τό λαλήσαν διά τών Προφητών.

Είς μίαν, αγίαν, καθολικήν καί αποστολικήν Έκκλησίαν. ‘Ομολογώ εν βάπτισμα είς άφεσιν αμαρτιών. Προσδοκώ ανάστασιν νεκρών. Καί ζωήν τού μέλλοντος αιώνος.

Άμήν.

Pisteuo his ena Theon Patera panhocratoran pyetin uranu kae gis oraton kae panton kae auraton Kae his ena Kyrion Ihm Xpm tonion tu theu ton monogenin ton ec tu patros genitenta pro panton ton eonon fos ec fotos theon alithin ec theu alithinu genithenta upyithenta omoysion tu patri diutapanta egenonton ton di himas tus antrophus kae dia tin himeteran soterian kateltonta ec ton uranon ke sarcotenta ecpneuma tos agiu kae Marias tis par tenu kae inantropisanta staurotentha de yper imon epi pontio pilatu kae panthonta kae tapenta kae anastenta titriti himera kata tas graphas kae anelthonta his tus uranus kae katezomeno en dexia tu patros kae palin ercomenon meta doxis crine zontas ke necrus utis basilias ucestin thelos kae histo pneuma to agion ton kyrion kae zoopyon ton ec tu patros emporegomenon ton syn patris kae yion synpros kynumenon kae syn doxazomen tolalesas dia ton prophiton his mian agian catholicin kae apostolicin eclesian omologo en baptisma his apesin amartion prosdogo anastas sin necron kae zoin tumellos tos aeonas Amin. 

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.

Solemnity of the Most Sacred Heart of Jesus

Father, we rejoice in the gifts of love we have received from the heart of Jesus your Son. Open our hearts to share his life and continue to bless us with his love. We ask this through our Lord Jesus Christ your Son who lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit, one God, for ever and ever.

Pentecost - Mass during the Day

Diocsan Guidelines for Music in the Liturgy - Draft

Ayaw ko na ng paulit ulit na pagsasabi kung bakit puwede o hindi puwede ang isang kanta sa isang part ng misa.

The link below will give you a link to the draft of the Diocesan Guidelines for Music in the Liturgy. The first part (Proemium) is the premises on which the rest of the guidelines are founded. It was written in a scholarly manner with solid foundations on the theological, historical and pastoral aspects of the liturgy and music in the liturgy.

Once signed by the bishop, it will be the rules. When you sing in the liturgy, you just don't sing in the liturgy, you should sing the liturgy. Hindi ito parang variety show na kung anong maisip ng musical director e yun na. There's always a right and wrong way of doing anything.

http://sacredliturgy.blogspot.com/2007/03/diocesan-guidelines-for-music-in.html