BACCALAUREATE MASS

Senior High School Graduates

June 3, 2024 @ 8:00 am

PROCESSIONAL: CANDIDATES FOR GRADUATION WITH PARENTS

ALTAR SERVERS WITH THE PRESIDER

INTRODUCTION

Good morning my dear brothers and sisters in Christ, and welcome to our
Baccalaureate Mass. Today is indeed, one of the most memorable days of our
lives. It marks our success after our great effort for the quest of Catholic
Education. Yet, graduation is not the end of our endeavors. Rather, it is the
beginning of a new life- a new life of facing more challenges and more
responsibilities, a new life with a MISSION.

Today we celebrate our achievements and together with my fellow graduates,

we present our hopes, plans, future and joys to our Almighty mentor, our Lord
Jesus Christ. We thank God for all the blessings we have received and ask
Him to grant us the courage to continue our mission of being witnesses to our
faith. Together as a faith community, we join our hearts and mind in
celebrating the Holy Eucharist especially for the love, care, patience and
sacrifices of our parents, guardians, teachers and school administrators. May
all their efforts in educating us throughout the years may bear fruit
abundantly. As we move on, we thank God for all the blessings we have
received and ask Him to grant us the courage to continue our mission of being
witnesses to our faith.

With grateful hearts, let us all stand as we welcome one another and our
celebrant, Rev. FR. MLEX GEVERO as we sing our entrance hymn.

ENTRANCE HYMN: (Sung)

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GREETINGS:

P: In the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy
Spirit.

All: Amen.

P: The Lord be with you.

All: And with your Spirit.

P: Dearest learners the day of your Graduation and has

come. I am taking part today in this joyful celebration of
yours. Today marks a new beginning in your lives with
your parents, teachers and friends. We look toward the
past in thanksgiving for all the blessings that God has
bestowed upon us. We also look for the future with sure
hope and unfailing confidence with God our loving
Father, He who surrounds your childhood with great
care and protection, will also carry out the goal He has
prepared for you that you may bear fruits a hundredfold.
And so, to make our sacrifices acceptable to God, let us
ask for His mercy and forgiveness.

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PENITENTIAL RITE:

PRESIDER: Graduates, as we mark this special occasion in your lives, your

parents, teachers, sisters and lay administrators and friends ask
God to bless you, and keep you every step of your journey, as
you continue to grow in God’s love and serve God’s Church.

So coming together as one family, let us call to mind our sins and
be sorry for the many times we have been ungrateful to God’s
generosity and goodness to us.

ALL: I confess to Almighty God and to you, my brothers and

sisters for 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.

All: Amen.

Gloria: (Sung)

OPENING PRAYER:

P: Let us pray.
O God, who always listen mercifully to your servants in
distress, we humbly beseech you, as we give thanks for
your kindness, that, free from all evil, we may
constantly serve you in gladness. Through our Lord
Jesus Christ, your son, who lives and reigns with you

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 in the unity of the Holy Spirit, one God, forever and
ever.

All: Amen.

Commentator: Please be seated for the Liturgy of the Word.

LITURGY OF THE WORD

FIRST READING: Apostles 18: 1-8:

A reading from the

.
: The Word of the Lord.

All: Thanks be to God.

RESPONSORIAL PSALM: Sung

As I sing my heart's thanksgiving

and my eyes look heaven ward,
How the stars you flung like jewels bid your welcome shine your light
as I marvel at your moonrise
I'm in awe yet I ask
"What am I that you should love me
and hold me as your dearest love of all

Commentator: Please rise to acclaim the Gospel.

GOSPEL ACCLAMATION: (Sung)

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Presider: The Lord be with you.

All: And with your spirit.

GOSPEL: (John 16:16-20)

P: A reading from the Holy Gospel according to John.

All: Glory to you O Lord.

P: The Gospel of the Lord.

All: Praise to you Lord Jesus Christ.

Commentator: Please be seated for the Homily.

HOMILY:

Commentator: Please all stand for the prayers of the faithful.

PRAYERS OF THE FAITHFUL:

P: God offers us His strength in times of need. Let

us pray that we may always rely on Him. In every
petition, let us pray:

Response:

 That the Church may give courageous witness and

boldly proclaim Christ’s message to the world.
Let us pray to the Lord.

 That those who live in loneliness and despair may

experience the comforting presence of God’s love.
Let us pray to the Lord.

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  That those who feel low or depressed may realize the
true worth of their lives.

 That in their weakness, the sick and the

handicapped may discover the power of the risen
Christ.
Let us pray to the Lord.

 That our beloved Alma Mater, the St. Anthony College

of Roxas City, Inc., together with the administrators,
alumni, faculty and staff, parents and learners may
always be in good health and that the favor of the
Lord be always upon us to render our heartfelt service
to all and become what God wants us to be. Let us
pray to the Lord.

 That all of us graduates of St. Anthony College of

Roxas City, Inc. may assimilate the beauty of our
Christian faith and be constantly nourished by the
Word of God and the Eucharist.
Let us pray to the Lord.

 That those who helped us in our spiritual growth

especially the clergy of the archdiocese of Capiz, the DC
Sisters, and our Catholic teachers may they continue to
serve in touching the lives of others and do their
ministry faithfully.

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 Let us pray to the Lord.

 That those who have died especially the members of

the Vincentian family and alumni of St. Anthony
College of Roxas City, may they experience the
renewed life brought by the risen Christ, whose
passion and death liberate us from the slavery of sin.
Let us pray to the Lord.

P: Father, full of goodness and love, look with mercy upon

your people for their shortcomings. Sustain them in
their trials and let your love come upon them. We ask
this through Christ, our Lord.

All: Amen.

Commentator: Please be seated for the offertory.

Offertory: (Sung)

LITURGY OF THE EUCHARIST

Commentator: Please rise.

P: Pray brethren that this sacrifice and yours maybe acceptable

to God, the Almighty Father.

All: May the Lord accept these sacrifice at your hands for the praise
and glory of His name; for our good and the good of all his Holy
Church.

PRAYER OVER THE GIFTS:

P: Receive, we ask, our prayers and offerings, O Lord, that

Suffering from the scourge of our own sins, we may find relief
by the grace of your mercy. Through Christ our Lord.
All: Amen.

EUCHARISTIC PRAYER:
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ArchBp Lazo: The Lord be with you.

All: And with your spirit.

Presider: Lift up your hearts.

All: We lift them up to Lord.

ArchBp Lazo: Let us give thanks to Lord our God.

All: It is right and just.

P: It is truly right and just, our duty and our salvation, at all
times to acclaim you, O Lord, but in this time above all to laud you
yet more gloriously, when Christ our Passover has been sacrificed. He
never ceases to offer himself for us but defends us and ever pleads
our cause before you: he is the sacrificial Victim who dies no more,
the Lamb, once slain, who lives forever.

Therefore, overcome with paschal joy, every land, every people

exults in your praise and even the heavenly Powers, with the angelic
hosts, sing together the unending hymn of your glory, as they
acclaim:

Commentator: Please kneel.

Song: HOLY

EUCHARISTIC PRAYER II

P: You are indeed Holy, O Lord, the fount of all holiness. Make holy,
therefore, these gifts, we pray, by sending down your
Spirit upon them like the dewfall, so that they may become for
us the Body and Blood of our Lord Jesus Christ. At the time he
was betrayed his Passion, he took bread and, giving thanks,
broke it, and give it to his disciples, saying:

TAKE THIS ALL OF YOU, AND EAT OF IT, FOR THIS IS MY

BODY, WHICH WILL BE GIVEN UP FOR YOU.

In a similar way, when supper was ended, he took the chalice

and, once more giving thanks, he gave it to his disciples, saying:

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 TAKE THIS, ALL OF YOU, AND DRINK FORM IT, FOR THIS IS
THE CHALICE OF MY BLOOD, THE BLOOD OF THE NEW AND
ETERNAL COVENANT, WHICH WILL BE POURED OUT FOR YOU
AND FOR MANY FOR THE FORGIVENESS OF SIN. DO THIS IN
MEMORY OF ME.

ArchBp Lazo: The mystery of faith.

MEMORIAL ACCLAMATION: Sung

PRESIDER: Therefore, as we celebrate the memorial of his Death and

Resurrection, we offer you, Lord, the bread of life and the
chalice of salvation, giving thanks that you have held us
worthy to be in your presence and minister to you. Humbly we
pray that, partaking of the Body and Blood of Christ, we may
be gathered into one by the Holy Spirit.
Remember, Lord, your Church, spread throughout the world,
and bring her to the fullness of charity together with Francis
our Pope, Victor our bishop and all the clergy.

Remember also our brothers and sisters who have fallen asleep
in the hope of resurrection, and all who have died in your
mercy: welcome them into the light of your face.

Have mercy on us all, we pray, that with the Blessed Virgin

Mary, Mother of God, with blessed Joseph, her spouse, with
the blessed Apostles, St. Anthony de Padua, Sts. Vincent de
Paul and Louise de Marillac, and all the Saints who have
pleased you throughout the ages, we may merit to be coheirs to
eternal life, and may praise and glorify you through your Son,
Jesus Christ.

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.

GREAT AMEN: Sung

Commentator: Please stand.

COMMUNION RITE:

Presider: At the Savior’s command and formed by divine teaching, we

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 dare to say:

OUR FATHER: Sung

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

(Sung): For the Kingdom, the Power and the Glory are Yours, now and forever.

Presider: Lord Jesus Christ, you 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.

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

All: And with your spirit.

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

LAMB OF GOD: Sung

Commentator: Please kneel.

INVITATION TO COMMUNION:

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

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

Presider: May the Body and Blood of Christ bring us to eternal life.

All: Amen.

Commentator: Let us now come to the table to receive the Lord.

COMMUNION: Sung
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Commentator: Please stand.

PRAYER AFTER COMMUNION:

Presider: Let us Pray:

Almighty God, who through this Bread of Life are pleased to

your servants from the bond of sin and in your compassion to
restore their strength, grant us to advance without hindrance
towards the hope of glory. Through Christ our Lord.
All: Amen.

Commentator: Please all stand.

BLESSING OF DIPLOMAS AND AWARDS

Commentator: Now the graduating learners will present the Diplomas, Medals
and School awards to be blessed by our presider.

Rev Fr. Mlex Gevero, we present with joy these diplomas,

medals, and school awards for which we have worked and
swear to live the ideals of the school and the teachings of God.
We ask to pray with us that these will always remind us of our
duty to God and country with zeal and loyalty.

Presider: Our help is in the name of the Lord.

All: Who made heaven and earth.

Presider: O Lord, hear my prayer.

All: And let my cry come to you.

Presider: The Lord be with you.

All: And with your spirit.

Presider: Let us pray. Lord, we ask you to bless these diplomas and
awards and graciously help these graduates to put into
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 practice the teachings they learned for your greater glory and
for the service of their fellowmen. We ask this through Christ
our Lord.

All: Amen.
(The Priest sprinkles holy water on the medals and diplomas)

Commentator: The mark of a Vincentian- Anthonian is the Miraculous Medal

Entrusted by our Lady to the Daughters of Charity and
Vincentian saint, Sister Catherine Laboure. We now invite
the graduates to pray the act of Consecration to our Lady of
the Miraculous Medal to be led by Ms. Geanne Len Alvarez-
The COM President.

ACT OF CONSECRATION TO OUR LADY OF THE MIRACULOUS

MEDAL

O Virgin Mother of God, Mary Immaculate, we dedicate and

consecrate ourselves to you under the title of our Lady of the
Miraculous Medal. May this medal be for each of us a sure sign of
your affection for us and a constant reminder of our duties towards
you. Ever while wearing it, may be blessed by your loving protection
and preserved in the grace of your Son. O most powerful Virgin,
Mother of our Savior, keep us close to you every one of a happy
death; so that in union with you, we may enjoy the bliss of heaven
forever. Amen

Commentator: In the spirit of the Blessed Mother, the humble

servant of God who was totally open to God’s work in her, we offer
our Lord the gift of song through her Magnificat.

MAGNIFICAT

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WORD OF THANKS:

CONCLUDING RITES

Presider: The Lord be with you.

All: And with your Spirit.

SOLEMN BLESSING

Presider: Bow your heads and pray for God’s Blessings.

Presider: May God keep you in faith and communion of our Holy Church
All: Amen

Presider:

All: Amen.

Presider: And may the blessing of almighty God, the Father, and the Son
And the Holy Spirit, come down on you and remain with you
forever.

All: Amen.

Presider: CONGRATULATIONS!
Let us go in peace to love and serve the Lord.

All: Thanks be to God.

RECESSIONAL HYMN

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