COMPUTER ARTS AND TECHNOLOGICAL COLLEGE

Balintawak St., Albay District, Legazpi City

LIGAO CAMPUS
Washington St., Binatagan, Ligao City

POLANGUI CAMPUS
Ubaliw, Polangui, Albay

BACCALAUREATE
LITURGY
June 19, 2024 @ 9:00 AM

Rev. Fr. Lyndon F. Balubar

Parish Priest
St. Gregory the Great Cathedral
GRADUATION LITURGY

INTRODUCTION

Today, we celebrate one of the memorable days of our life –

Graduation day. We don’t only celebrate for our academic achievements
but most of all in thanksgiving to God for the many blessings and graces
freely and abundant given us. It is God who gave life, He is the source of
all that we have and we are.

Celebrant: In the name of the Father and the Son and of the Holy Spirit.

Graduates: Amen

Celebrant: The grace and peace of our Lord Jesus Christ and the
fellowship of the Holy Spirit be with you all!

Graduates: And with your Spirit

Celebrant: My brothers and sister, in today’s Thanksgiving mass for the

graduation of our students, we desire to give thanks to Almighty God for
all the wonderful blessings he has bestowed upon us all during the past
school year. Let us sincerely prepare ourselves for the celebration of the
sacred mysteries by calling to mind our sins and asking God’s forgiveness
and pardon (pause)

Celebrant and Graduates: 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 and in what I have failed to do, through my
fault, through my fault, through my most grievous fault; therefore I ask
blessed Mary ever-Virgin, all the Angels and Saints, and you, my brothers
and sisters, to pray for me to the Lord our God.

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

Graduates: Amen

LORD HAVE MERCY

Lord, have mercy
Christ, have mercy
Lord, have mercy

GLORY TO GOD
Glory to God in the highest
And peace to God's people on earth
Glory to God in the highest
And peace to God's people on earth

Glory to God in the highest

And peace to God's people on earth
Glory to God in the highest
And peace to God's people on earth

Lord God, Heavenly King, Almighty God and Father

We worship You
We give You thanks
We praise You for Your glory

Glory to God in the highest

And peace to God's people on earth
Glory to God in the highest
And peace to God's people on earth

Lord Jesus Christ, only Son of the Father

Lord God, Lamb of God
You take away the sins of the world
Have mercy on us, have mercy on us
You are seated at the right hand of the Father
Receive our prayer, receive our prayer

Glory to God in the highest

And peace to God's people on earth
Glory to God in the highest
And peace to God's people on earth

For You alone are the Holy One

You alone are the Lord
You alone are the Most High
Jesus Christ
With the Holy Spirit
In the glory of God the Father. Amen

Glory to God in the highest

And peace to God's people on earth
Glory to God in the highest
And peace to God's people on earth

Glory to God in the highest

And peace to God's people on earth
Glory to God in the highest
And peace to God's people on earth

Amen
Celebrant: Let us pray. Lord today, we have come to another milestone in
the lives of our graduates, they look forward to the challenges and joys of
life after college. We thank you for all the opportunities of growing that
you have given them through their parents and teachers and we ask your
grace to help them to lead Christian lives. This we ask through the same
Christ our Lord.

Graduates: AMEN

FIRST READING

A Reading from the Second Book of Kings

When the LORD was about to take Elijah up to heaven in a whirlwind, he

and Elisha were on their way from Gilgal. Elijah said to Elisha, “Please
stay here; the LORD has sent me on to the Jordan.” “As the LORD lives,
and as you yourself live, I will not leave you,” Elisha replied. And so the
two went on together. Fifty of the guild prophets followed and when the
two stopped at the Jordan, they stood facing them at a distance. Elijah took
his mantle, rolled it up and struck the water, which divided, and both
crossed over on dry ground.

When they had crossed over, Elijah said to Elisha, “Ask for whatever I
may do for you, before I am taken from you.” Elisha answered, “May I
receive a double portion of your spirit.” “You have asked something that
is not easy,” Elijah replied. “Still, if you see me taken up from you, your
wish will be granted; otherwise not.” As they walked on conversing, a
flaming chariot and flaming horses came between them, and Elijah went
up to heaven in a whirlwind. When Elisha saw it happen he cried out, “My
father! my father! Israel’s chariots and drivers!” But when he could no
longer see him, Elisha gripped his own garment and tore it in two.
Then he picked up Elijah’s mantle that had fallen from him, and went back
and stood at the bank of the Jordan. Wielding the mantle that had fallen
from Elijah, Elisha struck the water in his turn and said, “Where is the
LORD, the God of Elijah?” When Elisha struck the water it divided and he
crossed over.

The Word of the Lord

GRADUATES: Thanks be to God!

RESPONSORIAL PSALM

Let your heart take comfort, all who hope in the Lord.

How great is the goodness, O LORD,

which you have in store for those who fear you, And which, toward those
who take refuge in you, you show in the sight of the children of men.
R. Let your hearts take comfort, all who hope in the Lord.
You hide them in the shelter of your presence from the plottings of men;
You screen them within your abode from the strife of tongues.
R. Let your hearts take comfort, all who hope in the Lord.
Love the LORD, all you his faithful ones! The LORD keeps those who are
constant, but more than requites those who act proudly.
R. Let your hearts take comfort, all who hope in the Lord.

GOSPEL ACCLAMATION
CELEBRANT: The Lord be with you.
GRADUATES: And with your Spirit.
CELEBRANT: A reading from the Gospel according to Saint Matthew
GRADUATES: Glory to you O Lord.
Jesus said to his disciples: "Take care not to perform righteous deeds in
order that people may see them; otherwise, you will have no recompense
from your heavenly Father. When you give alms, do not blow a trumpet
before you, as the hypocrites do in the synagogues and in the streets to win
the praise of others. Amen, I say to you, they have received their reward.
But when you give alms, do not let your left hand know what your right is
doing, so that your almsgiving may be secret. And your Father who sees in
secret will repay you.

"When you pray, do not be like the hypocrites, who love to stand and pray
in the synagogues and on street corners so that others may see them.
Amen, I say to you, they have received their reward. But when you pray,
go to your inner room, close the door, and pray to your Father in secret.
And your Father who sees in secret will repay you.

"When you fast, do not look gloomy like the hypocrites. They neglect
their appearance,
so that they may appear to others to be fasting. Amen, I say to you, they
have received their reward. But when you fast, anoint your head and wash
your face, so that you may not appear to others to be fasting, except to
your Father who is hidden. And your Father who sees what is hidden will
repay you."

CELEBRANT: This is the Gospel of the Lord

GRADUATES: Praise to you. O Lord Jesus Christ.

HOMILY

GRADUATION PROMISES
Celebrant: God's beloved sons and daughters; your graduation day has
come. This day marks the memory of the past and a new start of your life.
You will leave school to take your place in society and pursue higher
studies, to be better equipped to serve in the future. Look then with
gratitude to the past and thank God for all the benefits He so lavishly
poured out upon you in the years of your formation. Look also with
confidence towards the future. God is faithful, he who surrounded your
childhood and adolescence days with loving care will also be there for
every one of you in the years to come. He has chosen you so that you may
bear fruit and that your fruit may remain. Now as you complete one phase
of your life to begin another, let us pray that you may all live by your
Christian calling given to you in baptism.

Leader: Lord, we worship you, you are the first word sounding in the
silence of creation. To you, must our first words be addressed as we face
the future ahead of us. The foundation built in us by You, Lord through
our parents and teachers will be our weapons in meeting the different
challenges that the future will bring.

Graduates: Loving Father, we have received everything from You

through Christ, and in Christ, we promise to keep our light burning as we
read Your words.

Leader: You have made us aware of the kind of life we

should live and the kind of place we should help establish around us.

Graduates: We promise to lead a Christian life of love and union with

You.

Leader: Your spirit has inspired our teachers and administrators of our
school to share the wisdom and knowledge You have given them for our
growth.
Graduates: We promise to uphold the truth and the spirit and moral
principles we acquired from them.

Leader: You sent Your Only Begotten Son into this world and through
Him we have seen you and Your love.

Graduates: We promise to be living witnesses of Christ in our studies and

works.

Leader: God, we call on You, the source and guide of this venture to open
ourselves to what You can do with us and through us, as we put ourselves
at your disposal. Give us the courage to
do what is Christian. Let our thoughts dwell on this as we strive to realize
our goals in this life and in Your Church, In everything, charge us with
your light. We ask this through Christ our Lord.
Graduates: Amen.

GRADUATION PRAYER

Celebrant: Almighty and Eternal God, in Your loving Providence, You

have brought Your beloved sons and daughters to this graduation. We pray
You increase the spirit of filial love You have instilled and promoted in
them so that they may reach safely your Kingdom of glory.

Graduates: King of ages, hear our prayer.

Leader: Make us active workers in building up Your kingdom on earth

and help us never to offend You grievously but carry the light of our faith
high and far

Graduates: King of ages, hear our prayer.

Leader: Help us be the joy and pride of our beloved ones, help us also to
brush aside the temptations to come, and give us the grace to be the salt of
the earth and the light of the world.

Graduates: King of ages, hear our prayer.

Leader: May the Good Lord help us keep our promises and may he take
us all one day to be with Him forever and ever.

Graduates: Amen

GENERAL INTERCESSIONS

Celebrant: It is proper to thank God who made this day a reality for us
all. Therefore, let us pray to God that This graduation may not be the end
but only the beginning of a new life. Let us thank Him for all that he has
given us. Let us say:

THANK YOU, LORD AND MAY YOU HEAR US

For the Holy Father and all the members of the clergy: that they may live
the spirit of Christ and have the zeal and courage to fulfill the mission
entrusted to them, let us pray to the Lord.

R: Thank you, Lord and may You hear us

For our Country: That there will be peace and progress and for our
government officials that the welfare and happiness of the people be their
primary concern let us pray to the Lord.

R: Thank you, Lord and may You hear us

For all the administrators and teachers of this school: that they may always
continue to work for the Christian formation of the youth and that God
will generously shower them with the grace to carry on their noble work,
let us pray to the Lord.

R: Thank you, Lord and may You hear us

For all of us, parents and relatives of the graduates: That God will reward
us for the sacrifices and love we have shared with our children and that
God will also give us the grace to be shining examples to them, let us pray
to the Lord.

R: Thank you, Lord and may You hear us

For all the graduates: that God will bless and guide them so that they will
always remain faithful to God, and will live a life by God's will, let us
pray to the Lord.

R: Thank you, Lord and may You hear us

Celebrant: Let us pray.

May the Lord hear us and give us always the grace we need to live in His
mercy and love, so that one day, together with the saints, we reach His
everlasting glory, through Christ our Lord.

Graduates: Amen
PREPARATION OF GIFTS

SYMBOLIC OFFERINGS (Representatives of the graduating class and

other awardees bring
forward the bread, wine, etc.)

Narrator: Loving Father, bless and accept these humble offerings, once
part of us, now, please keep them as Your own, in exchange for the gift of
Your Son, our Lord Jesus Christ.

Candles: Our lamps, the symbol of our faith, hope and love Through
sometimes their flames flicker low, they will keep on burning for Your
love Lord will continually make them so
Assorted Fruits: The symbol of the richness of our land, may we never
forget those who labor for the food we eat. May they merit a fuller share
by their creative work through their Doing concern for others.

Flowers: Represent the beauty of Your creation Lord which form the
beginning You made nice and good the beauty of the-se... the beauty of
the newly sprouting seed of life

Medals and Certificates: With these offerings, we express our desire to

renew our commitment to be like Jesus in bringing truth and hope
wherever we find darkness and despair. May we be-
come Your worthy instruments to lead our brothers and sisters to freedom
through Christ our Lord.

Water, Wine and Bread: All as one, embodies and surpassed all other
gifts, soon they will not be just water, wine and bread but the Body and
Blood of Your Son, our Lord Jesus Christ.
OFFERTORY SONG

PRAYER OVER THE GIFTS

Celebrant: 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.

Graduates: Blessed be God forever.

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

Graduates: Blessed be God forever.

Celebrant: Lord, wash away my iniquities; cleanse me from my sins.

Pray my brothers and sisters that our sacrifice nay be acceptable to God,
the Almighty Father.

Graduates: May the Lord accept the sacrifice from your hands, for the
praise and glory of His name, for our good and the good of all His holy
church.

Celebrant: Father, accept the bread and wine of salvation, symbolic of

our true selves, which we are offering to You. Make these graduates an
eternal oblation to Your Only Son, Jesus Christ, whom this institution
taught them to love and to serve. We ask this through Christ our Lord.

Graduates: Amen.
Celebrant: The Lord be with you.

Graduates: And with your spirit.

Celebrant: Lift up your heart.

Graduates: We lift them up to the Lord.

Celebrant: Let’s give thanks to the Lord our God.

Graduates: It is right and just.

Celebrant: Father, all-powerful and ever-living God, we do well always

and everywhere to give you thanks. Through our observance of Lent, you
correct our faults and raise our minds to you, you help us grow in holiness,
and offer us the reward of everlasting life through Jesus Christ our Lord.
Through him, the angels and all the choirs of heaven worship in awe
before your presence. May our voices be one with theirs as they sing with
joy the hymn of your glory:

HOLY, HOLY(sung)
Holy, Holy, Holy
Lord God of hosts.
Heaven and earth are full of your glory,
full of your glory.

Hosanna in the highest.

Hosanna in the highest.

Blessed is he who comes in the name

of the Lord.
Hosanna in the highest.
Hosanna in the highest.

MEMORIAL ACCLAMATION (sung)

When we eat this Bread and drink this Cup,
we proclaim Your Death, O Lord,
until You come again,
until You come again,
we proclaim Your Death, O Lord.

GREAT AMEN (sung)

LORD'S PRAYER (sung)

Our Father, Who art in heaven,
Hallowed be Thy Name.
Thy Kingdom come.
Thy Will be done,
on earth as it is in Heaven.

Give us this day our daily bread.

And forgive us our trespasses,
as we forgive those who trespass against us.
And lead us not into temptation,
but deliver us from evil. Amen.

DOXOLOGY TO THE LORD'S PRAYER

For the kingdom and the power
and the glory are Yours now and forever

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

Graduates: And with your spirit.

Celebrant: Let us offer each other a sign of peace

PEACE BE WITH YOU.

LAMB OF GOD (sung)

Lamb of God, you take away the sins of the world,
have mercy, have mercy on us. (2x)

Lamb of God, you take away the sins of the world,

Grant us peace, grant us peace.

THANKSGIVING PRAYER AFTER COMMUNION

Leader: Holy Trinity One God, you are the source and origin of all good,
with joyful hearts we come before You, and offer You our thanks for the
numberless benefits You have bestowed on us.

Graduates: Praise the Lord for He is kind; His love lasts forever.

Leader: Eternal Son Lord Jesus Christ, we give you thanks because You
died for us that we might live and You were raised that we might merit
everlasting life.

Graduates: Praise the Lord for he is kind; His love lasts kind; His love
lasts forever. His love lasts forever.

Leader: Lord Jesus Christ, we thank you for leading us in honoring Your
Father in cach sacrifice of the Mass and by showing us the way to the
glory of Your kingdom
Graduates: Praise the Lord for he is kind; His love lasts forever.

Leader: Holy Spirit, Creator of life, we give You thanks for making us
become more vigorous members of the Church.

Graduates: Bless us Lord and make us grow in love.

Leader: Spirit of love, we thank You because You have anointed us with
oil, and made us queens, kings, priests, and prophets of the whole creation,
help us carry out our sublime vocation.

Graduates: Bless us Lord and make us grow in love.

Leader: Triune God, we thank You for all Your love and care, for all
Your merciful patience, and for all Your goodness and mercy.

Graduates: Bless us Lord and make us grow in love.

Leader: Father, Son, and Holy Spirit, we thank You for the blessed years
spent in this institution; for the generosity of our teachers and for the
unselfish love of our parents poured on us for our Christian education.

Graduates: Bless us Lord and make us grow in love.

POST-COMMUNION AND BLESSING

Celebrant: Let us pray, May Your holy mysteries Of God that instructed
and transformed the hearts of the Apostles renew us in love. Keep us
faithful to You so that the world may see in us the living image of Your
Son Jesus Christ, our Lord.
Graduates: Amen

BLESSING OF CERTIFICATES AND MEDALS

Celebrant: Let us now call on God's blessings on these certificates and

medals,symbols of the labors and toils of our graduates for the past years.

Celebrant: Our help is in the name of the Lord

Graduates: Who made heaven and earth

Celebrant: O Lord, hear our prayer.

Graduates: And let my cry come unto You

Celebrant: The Lord be with you.

Graduates: And with your spirit.

Celebrant: Let us pray God, whose words Althing’s made holy, pour
down Your blessings on these certificates and medals symbolic of the
many years of efforts and toils on the part of us
graduates. We beseech you, graciously help these sons and daughters of
Yours to put into practice and teachings they have learned, for Your
greater glory and honor and for the service of our fellowmen, through
Christ our Lord.

Graduates: Amen.

Celebrant: The Lord be with you.

Graduates: And with your spirit.

Celebrant: Bow your heads and pray for God's blessings, May Almighty
God bless you in His mercy and make you always aware of his saving
wisdom.

Graduates: Amen
Celebrant: May He direct your steps to Himself and show you how-to
walk-in charity and peace.

Graduates: Amen

Celebrant: May Almighty God bless you, the Father...Son. Holy Spirit

Graduates: Amen

Celebrant: The Mass is ended, go in peace.

Graduates: Thanks be to God.