FIRST HOLY COMMUNION RITES

ENTRANCE PROCESSION
INTRODUCTION

__________We have come here with you to celebrate the Eucharist together and for
the first time we will receive the Living Bread. Thank you for bringing us to God.
Thank you for sharing with us the Bread of Life.

__________Dear friends, dear people of God. When children were baptized they
received the gift of new life from God. We took upon ourselves the responsibility to
bring them up as His children, and to help them live and serve God and their
neighbors. Today, we are happy to see you and that of our children receive their
FIRST HOLY COMMUNION. May they experience God’s love in this Eucharistic
celebration. May this love support our lives of faith and that of our children.

__________We are gathered here today for the joyful celebration of receiving Jesus in
Holy Communion for the very first time. The Lord will dwell in us. He will make the
seed of faith that was implanted in our hearts at baptism,grow ever stronger. Jesus
suffered death and rose from the dead so as to give us the heavenly food that we will
receive today. With Jesus in us, we should be salt of the earth and light of the world.

Commentator: Communicants, please put off your candles. Let us welcome Christ in
the person of our Mass Presider Reverend Father___________________, Please all
rise and lets us join the choir in singing joyfully the entrance hymn.

ENTRANCE SONG

GREETINGS

Priest: in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit.

All: Amen.

Priest: The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, and the love of God, and the communion
of the Holy Spirit be with you all.

All: And with your spirit.

Priest: My brothers and sisters, to prepare ourselves to celebrate these sacred

mysteries, let us acknowledge our failures and ask the Lord for pardon and Mercy.

All: I confess to Almighty God and to you my brothers and sisters that I have greatly
sinned in my thoughts and in my words, in what I have done, in what I have failed to
do, (striking the breast, and say) through my fault, through my fault, through my most
grievous fault, therefore 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: Lord, have mercy.

All: Lord, have mercy.

Priest: Christ have mercy.

All: Christ have mercy.

Priest: Lord, have mercy.

All: Lord have mercy.

Priest: May almighty God have mercy on us, forgive us our sins, and bring us to
everlasting life.

All: Amen.

Priest: GLORY TO GOD IN THE HIGHEST (to be sung)

Priest: Lets us pray…

O God,who by the Immaculate Conception of the Blessed Virgin prepared a worthy

dwelling place for your So, grant we pray, that, as you preserved her from every stain
by the virtue of the death of your Son, which you foresaw, so through her intercession,
we too may be cleansed and admitted to your presence. Through our Lord Jesus
Christ, your Son, who live and reigns with you in the unity of the Holy Spirit, One
God forever and ever.Amen.

All: Amen.

LITURGY OF THE WORD

Commentator: Please be seated and let us listen to the Word of God.

FIRST READING:

__________:A reading from the Book of Genesis

After the man, Adam, had eaten of the tree, the Lord God called to the man and asked
him, “Where are you?” He answered, “I heard you in the garden;but I was afraid
because I was naked, so I hid myself.” Then he asked, “Who told you that you are
naked? You have eaten, then, from the tree of which I had forbidden you to eat!” The
man replied, “The woman whom you put here with me - she gave me the fruit from
the tree, so I ate it.” The Lord God then asked the woman, “Why did you do such a
thing?” The woman answered, “ the serpent tricked me into it, so I ate it.” Then the
Lord God said to the serpent, “Because you have done this, you shall be banned from
all the animals and from all the wild creatures; on your belly shall you crawl, and dirt
shall you eat all the days of your life. I will put enmity between you and the woman,
and between your offspring and hers; he will strike at your head while you strike at
his heel.” The man called his wife Eve, because she became the mother of all living.

The word of the Lord

All: Thanks be to God.

RESPONSORIAL PSALM

Response: The Lord will remember his covenant for ever.

I will give thanks to the Lord with all my heart in the company and assembly of the
just. Great are the works of the Lord, exquisite in all their delights.

Response: The Lord will remember his covenant for ever.

Majesty and Glory are his work, and his justice endures forever. He has won renown
for his wondrous deeds;gracious and merciful is the Lord.

Response: The Lord will remember his covenant for ever.

He has given food to those who fear him; he forever be mindful of his covenant. He
has made known to his people the power of his works, giving them the inheritance of
the nations.

Response: The Lord will remember his covenant for ever.

SECOND READING:

__________: A Reading from the Letter of St. Paul to the Ephesians

Brothers and Sisters: Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who has
blessed us in Christ with every spiritual blessing in the heavens, as he chose us in him,
before the foundation of the world, to be holy and without blemish before him. In
loved he destined us for adoption to himself through Jesus Christ, in accord with the
favor of his will, for the praise of the glory of his grace that he granted us in the
beloved. In him we were also chosen, destined in accord with the purpose of the One
who accomplishes all things according to the intention of his will, so that we might
exist for the praise of his glory, we who first hoped in Christ.

The Word of the Lord.

All: Thanks be to God.

GOSPEL ACCLAMATION

Commentator: Please all stand to honor the Holy Gospel.

Priest: The Lord be with you.

All: And with your Spirit.

Priest: A reading from the Holy Gospel according to Luke.

All: Glory to you, O Lord.

GOSPEL

The Angel Gabriel was sent from God to a town of Galilee called Nazareth, to a virgin
betrothed to a man named Joseph, of the house of David, and the virgin’s name was
Mary. And coming to her, he said, “Hail full of grace! The Lord is with you.” But she
was greatly troubled at what was said and what sort of greeting this might be. Then
the angel said to her, “Do not be afraid Mary, for you have found favor with God.
Behold you will conceive in your womb and bear a son, and you shall name him
Jesus. He will be great and will be called Son of the Most High, and the Lord God
will give him the throne of David his father, and he rule over the house of Jacob
forever, and of his Kingdom there will be no end.” but Mary said to the angel, “How
can this be, since I have no relations with a man?” And the angel said to her in reply,
“The Holy Spirit will come upon you, and the power of the Most High will
overshadow you. Therefore the child to be born will called holy, the Son of God. And
behold Elizabeth,your relative, has also conceived a son in her old age, and this is a
sixth a month for her who was called barren; for nothing will be impossible with
God.” Mary said, “Behold, I am the handmaid of the Lord. May it be done to me
according to your word.” Then the angel departed from her.

The Gospel of the Lord.

All: Praise to you, Lord Jesus Christ.

Commentator: Please be seated for the Homily.

HOMILY

Renewal of Baptismal Promises

Commentator: Communicants, please all rise with your lighted candle for the renewal
of Baptismal Promises.

Selected Parents will light a candle of the Communicants.

Priest: Do you renounce sin, so as to live in the freedom of the children of God?

Response: I do

Priest: Do you renounce the lure of evil, so that sin may have no mastery over you?

Response: I do

Priest: Do you renounce Satan, the author and prince of sin?

Response: I do

Priest: Do you believe in God, the Father Almighty, Creator of heaven and earth?

Response: I do

Priest: Do you believe in Jesus Christ, hid only Son, our Lord, who was born of the
Virgin Mary and was buried, rose from the dead, and is now seated at the right hand
of the Father?

Response: I do

Priest: Do you believe in the Holy Spirit, the Holy Catholic Church, the communion
of Saints, the forgiveness of sins, the resurrection of the body and life everlasting?

Response: I do

Priest: God, the all-powerful Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, has given us a new birth
by water and the Holy Spirit, and forgiven all our sins. May he also keep us faithful to
our Lord Jesus Christ for ever and ever.

Response: Amen.

Commentator: Reverend Father will now bless the communicants.

(Baptismal Song and sprinkling of Holy water)

SONG: ISANG PANANAMPALATAYA

Koro: Isang pananampalataya,isang pagbibinyag

Isang Panginoon, angkinin nating lahat

1. Habilin ni Hesus noong Siya'y lumisan

Kayo ay magkatipon sa pagmamahalan (Koro)

2. Ama pakinggan mo ang aming panalangin

Dalisay na pagibig sa ami'y lumapit.(Koro)

(After the Blessing)

Commentator: Communicants, you may now blow your candles.

Please all rise for the Profession of faith.

The Profession of faith ( The Nicene Creed)

I believe in one God, the Father almighty, maker of heaven and earth, of all things
visible and invisible. I believe in one Lord Jesus Christ, the Only Begotten Son of
God, born of the Father before all ages. God from God, Light from Light, true God
from true God,begotten, not made, consubstantial with the Father; through him all
things were made. For us men and for our salvation he came down from heaven,
and by the Holy Spirit was incarnate of the Virgin Mary, and became man. For our
sake he was crucified under Pontius Pilate,he suffered death and was buried, and rose
again on the third day in accordance with the Scriptures. He ascended into heaven and
is seated at the right hand of the Father. He will come again in glory to judge the
living and the dead and his kingdom will have no end. I believe in the Holy Spirit, the
Lord, the giver of life, who proceeds from the Father and the Son, who with the
Father and the Son is adored and glorified, who has spoken through the prophets. I
believe in one, holy, catholic and apostolic Church. I confess one Baptism for the
forgiveness of sins and I look forward to the resurrection of the dead and the life of
the world to come. Amen.
PRAYERS OF THE FAITHFUL

Priest: Let us pray to our Almighty Father, in the feast of the Conception of the
Immaculate Virgin Mother of God we celebrate the joyful dawning of that bright day
of mercy, the first appearance which that most glorious of all pure creature admirable
fruit in her soul. LORD OF GLORY. HEAR OUR PRAYER.

Commentator: LORD OF GLORY. HEAR OUR PRAYER.

__________: 1.For the leaders of the Church and for Christians everywhere, that
they may become true disciples of Jesus Christ. Let us pray to the Lord.

Commentator: LORD OF GLORY. HEAR OUR PRAYER.

__________: 2.For all government officials, that they may work for the good of our
people and promote justice and peace in the world. Let us pray to the Lord.

Commentator: LORD OF GLORY. HEAR OUR PRAYER.

__________: 3.For our beloved parents and the members of our families,that they
may feel the loving presence of God in their daily lives. Let us pray to the Lord.

Commentator: LORD OF GLORY. HEAR OUR PRAYER.

__________: 4.For our school personnel, our teachers and those who have helped us
prepare for this important event of our First Holy Communion, that they may be
rewarded by God for all the good that they do. Let us pray to the Lord.

Commentator: LORD OF GLORY. HEAR OUR PRAYER.

__________: 5.For all the needy people everywhere, for those who have no food,
clothing and shelter, for those who cannot study, and have no work, that God may
comfort them and help them in their needs. Let us pray to the Lord.

Commentator: LORD OF GLORY. HEAR OUR PRAYER.

__________: 6.For all of us gathered here in this joyful celebration, that we may
experience the happiness of the members of God’s family and grow always in the
appreciation of the Sacred Body and Blood of Christ. Let us pray to the Lord.

Commentator: LORD OF GLORY. HEAR OUR PRAYER.

__________: 7.For all our relatives and friends who have died, victims of accidents
and violence, that they may receive eternal rest and happiness in God’s heavenly
home. Let us pray to the Lord.

Commentator: LORD OF GLORY. HEAR OUR PRAYER.

__________: 8.For all of us children, particularly we, the first communicants, may
live a life of obedience to Jesus through our parents and elders in our day to day life at
home and in school. Let us pray to the Lord.

Commentator: LORD OF GLORY. HEAR OUR PRAYER.

Priest: Father and Creator, hear us as we pray with the Immaculate ever-Virgin
Mary, chosen before the world was made, to be the Mother of Jesus your Son, who
lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit, forever and ever.

All: Amen

Commentator: Please be seated. We will now have the offertory.

OFFERTORY

(After the gifts were brought to the alter and the priest washed his hands)

Commentator: Please stand.

Priest: Pray, brethren [brothers and sisters], that my sacrifice and yours 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 our good and the good of all his holy Church.

Priest: Graciously accept the saving sacrifice which we offer to you Lord, on the
Solemnity of the Immaculate Conception of the Blessed Virgin Mary and grant that,
as we profess her, on account of you preventive grace to be untouched by any stain of
sin, sot through her intercession, we may be delivered from all our faults. Through
Christ our Lord.

All: Amen

EUCHARISTIC PRAYER

PREFACE
Priest: The Lord be with you.

All: And with your spirit

Priest: Lift up your hearts

All: We lift them up to the Lord

Priest: Let us give thanks to the Lord our God

All: It is right and just

Priest: It is truly right and just, our duty and our salvation,…….And so, with all the
Angels and Saints, we praise you, as without end we acclaim:

All (to be recited or sung):

Holy, Holy, Holy Lord God of hosts. Heaven and earth are full of your glory.
Hosanna in the highest. Blessed is he who comes in the name of the Lord.
Hosanna in the highest.

Commentator: Please all kneel.

CONSECRATION

Priest: The Mystery of faith

All: When we eat this Bread and drink this Cup, we proclaim your death, O Lord,
until you come again.

Priest: Through him, and with him, and in him, O God, almighty Father, in the unity
of the Holy Spirit, all glory and honor is yours, for ever and ever.

EUCHARISTIC PRAYER

All : Amen(to be sung)

Commentator: Please all stand

COMMUNION RITE

Priest: At the Savior’s command and formed by divine teaching , we dare to say:

All (to be sung or recited): OUR FATHER

Priest: Deliver us, Lord, we pray, from every evil, graciously grant peace in our
days, that, by the help or your mercy, we may be always free from sin and safe
from all distress, as we wait the blessed hope and the coming of our
Savior, Jesus Christ.

All: For the kingdom, the power and the glory are yours now and forever.

Priest: Lord Jesus Christ, who said to your Apostles: Peace I leave you, my peace I
give you, look not on our sins, but on the faith of Your Church, and
graciously grant her peace and unity in accordance with your will. Who live
and reign for ever and ever.

All: Amen.

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

All: And with your spirit.

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

All: Lamb of God, you take away the sins of the world, have mercy on us. Lamb
of God, 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. ( to be sung or
recited)

Priest: Behold the Lamb of God, behold him who takes away the sins of the world.
Blessed are those called to the supper of the Lamb.

All: Lord, I am not worthy that you should enter under my roof, but only say the
word and my soul shall be healed.

COMMUNION SONG

(After communion)

Commentator: Please all stand

Priest: May the sacrament we have received,O Lord our God, heal in us the wounds of
that fault from which in a singular way preserved Blessed Virgin Mary in her
Immaculate Conception. Through Christ our Lord.

All: Amen.
Commentator: Fellow first communicants please remain standing others please be
seated.

THANKSGIVING MESSAGE

__________: Jesus is our brother who always keeps His watch over us. Our
gratitude to you our dear dear parents whose love and care never fade. You are
the very special gift wrapped with God’s wisdom and love. We love you and
thank you very much!

__________: Jesus is the food of our souls, dear Reverend Father_____________,

your spiritual support and care for our souls creates a very special way towards
the Kingdom of God. We are sure that the Angels in heaven are building now a
gold mansion for you. Thank you very much!

__________: Jesus is a friend whose love never fades, to our beloved AR Sisters,
your guidance, love and prayers always keep our candle burning with love for
Jesus. We are very blessed to have you in our spiritual journey. Thank you very
much!

__________: Jesus is our teachers who teaches us everything for heaven, dear
teachers, you are worthy of our love and prayers, the lessons you shared will
forever be the light to our success. Thank you very much!

__________: Thank you everyone for making this day such a solemn and
wonderful experience in our whole life. Jesus and us love all of you!

__________: Jesus, you make us happy by coming to us in so many ways. Thank

you for being with us today in the form of Bread and Wine shared with our
families and friends.Help us to know and love you more each time we receive you
in Holy Communion.

__________: Thank you Reverend Father, dear AR Sisters and everyone for
making this day a memorable and happy one to remember.

Commentator: Please all stand

CONCLUDING RITES

Priest: The Lord be with you.

All: And with your spirit.

Priest: Bow your heads and pray for God’s blessings. May God the Father who
invited you to this Eucharistic celebration protect you from all dangers.

All: Amen.

Priest: May the Lord Jesus who gave himself to you in Holy Communion remain
always with you.

All: Amen.

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

All: [make the sign of the cross] Amen.

Priest: Our Mass has been offered. Go and bring the peace and love of Jesus to all.

All: Thanks be to God.

FINAL HYMN

Commentator: Please be seated

Teacher: We will have now the distribution of certificates. Amy we request Rev.
Fr.__________ to h and the certificates to the Communicants, to be assisted by our
School Principal Sr. Liezl A. Palabrica, AR.

(after the distribution of certificates)

Teacher: The communicants Academic Year 2022-2023. CONGRATULATIONS! Let

us give them a round of applause.
Now, the communicants will render a song as an act of their thanksgiving and tribute
to the Most Loving Mother, Immaculate Conception.

Gratitude Song
Pictorial