GUIDE FOR THE
MEMORIAL OF SAINT PETER FABER
READER OF THE
CALL TO
WORSHIP
1. At 6:30 am or when everything
is ready, go up the steps and
make a bow towards the altar
table.
2. Go to the ambo and fix the
microphone.
3. Greet the assembly, looking at
them as you say the greeting.
4. Read the rest of the text.
5. When you are finished, step
back from the ambo, make a
bow towards the altar table,
go down, and go back to your
class.
2 AUGUST 2018
Good morning, my dear brothers and sisters in Christ!
Today is the memorial of Saint Peter Faber,
one of the six companions of Saint Ignatius of Loyola
and co-founder of the Society of Jesus.
Peter Faber was born on April thirteen, fifteen O six
in a mountainous village in Savoy, in what is now France.
He belonged to a peasant family and became shepherd of his
father’s flock.
He did not receive formal education
but he was endowed with great intelligence.
So his parents sent him to a parochial school
and later on, he went to the University of Paris.
There, he shared a dormitory with Francis Xavier.
He also met the oldest student in the college, Ignatius of Loyola.
They became good friends.
Peter tutored Ignatius in philosophy
while Ignatius guided Peter in spiritual matters.
Peter was the first among them to become a priest.
With Ignatius,
They ended up deciding to form a new religious order,
and they called it the Society of Jesus.
When the first companions made their first vows in Paris,
it was Peter who presided at that Eucharist.
He was one of the theological experts at the Council of Trent.
Peter Faber was a gifted pastor and preacher,
winning disciples for Jesus until he died at the age of forty.
When Pope Francis celebrated his birthday in two thousand
thirteen, he made Peter Faber a saint.
As Ateneans, grandchildren of the legacy of Ignatius, Francis,
and Peter, the first Jesuits,
let us thank God for giving us these three as our founders
and as our guides and examples as we follow Jesus.
Our presider is Fr. Bong Dahunan of the Society of Jesus.
Let us all stand and sing our hymn of praise.
 GUIDE FOR THE
READER OF THE 2 AUGUST 2018
FIRST READING MEMORIAL OF SAINT PETER FABER

1. Go up the steps and make a Reading I JER 18:1-6

bow towards the altar table.
A reading from the book of the prophet Jeremiah

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2. Go to the ambo and fix the
microphone. his word came to Jeremiah from the LORD:
3. Remember that you are Rise up, be off to the potter’s house;
reading the Word of God to
your schoolmates. You are not there I will give you my message.
reading for yourself. You are I went down to the potter’s house and there he was,
reading so that others may
hear the message of God and working at the wheel.
understand what God says. Whenever the object of clay which he was making
So, read at a pace that can be
understood--not too slow, not
turned out badly in his hand,
too fast. What you are reading he tried again,
to them is very important -
making of the clay another object of whatever sort he pleased.
that’s what God wants to say
to them and you are helping Then the word of the LORD came to me:
God in delivering the message. Can I not do to you, house of Israel,
4. Remember to pause and
as this potter has done? says the LORD.
breathe.
5. DO NOT say “First Reading”. Indeed, like clay in the hand of the potter,
DO NOT say the book, so are you in my hand, house of Israel.
chapter, and verse. Begin with
“A reading from …”
6. Pause after the first line (the The word of the Lord.
one with “A reading from …”) All reply: Thanks be to God.
and pause again before saying
“The word of the Lord.”
7. After you hear “Thanks be
to God.”, step back from the
ambo and wait for the reader
of the Responsorial Psalm.
The two of you make a bow
towards the altar table. You go
back to your seat, sit down, and
take part in the Responsorial
Psalm.
 GUIDE FOR THE
READER OF THE
RESPONSORIAL
PSALM
1. Go up the steps and stand
with the reader of the First
Reading. The two of you make
a bow towards the altar table.
2. Go to the ambo and fix the
microphone.
3. DO NOT say “Responsorial
Psalm”, “Let our response
be…”, and “Please repeat”.
Just announce the response.
4. The assembly repeats the
response. You can signal the
people to respond by raising
your open hand, palm facing
upwards, fingers pointing at
them.
5. Read the verses and the
assembly repeats the
response. Do not say the
response anymore because
that’s now the part of the
assembly.
6. Remember that you are
reading the Word of God to
your schoolmates. You are not
reading for yourself. You are
reading so that others may
hear the message of God and
understand what God says.
So, read at a pace that can be
understood--not too slow, not
too fast. What you are reading
to them is very important -
that’s what God wants to say
to them and you are helping
God in delivering the message.
7. Remember to pause and
breathe.
8. After the last response, step
back from the ambo, make a
bow towards the altar table,
go back to your seat, remain
standing, and sing to honor
the holy Gospel.
 GUIDE FOR THE 2 AUGUST 2018
MEMORIAL OF SAINT PETER FABER
READER OF THE
PETITIONS OF Responsorial PsalmPS 146:1B-2, 3-4, 5-6AB (5a)

THE PRAYER OF Reader: Blessed is he whose help is the God of Jacob.

THE FAITHFUL People: Blessed is he whose help is the God of Jacob.

1. After the homily (or the Reader: Praise the LORD, O my soul;
Profession of Faith), go up the I will praise the LORD all my life;
steps and make a bow towards
the altar table. I will sing praise to my God while I live.
2. Go to the ambo and fix the People: Blessed is he whose help is the God of Jacob.
microphone.
3. Wait for the priest to finish Reader: Put not your trust in princes,
his part. He, then, announces in the sons of men, in whom there is no salvation.
the assembly’s response and
the assembly repeats the
When his spirit departs he returns to his earth;
response. on that day his plans perish.
4. Read the petitions and People: Blessed is he whose help is the God of Jacob.
the assembly repeats the
response. You can signal the Reader: Blessed he whose help is the God of Jacob,
people to respond by raising
your open hand, palm facing whose hope is in the LORD, his God.
upwards, fingers pointing at Who made heaven and earth,
them. Do not say the response
anymore because that’s the
the sea and all that is in them.
part of the assembly. People: Blessed is he whose help is the God of Jacob.
5. Remember that you are
announcing what every one
is praying for. You are not
reading for yourself. You are
reading so that those listening
may know what they are
praying for. So, read at a pace
that can be understood--not
too slow, not too fast.
6. Remember to pause and
breathe.
7. After the last response, the
priest will conclude with a
prayer and everyone says
“Amen”. That’s the time when
you step back from the ambo,
make a bow towards the altar
table, go down, and with the
other readers, go back to your
class.