COMMENTATOR’S GUIDE

I. Reminder

Com: Good Morning/Afternoon. Before we

begin, we request all cellular phone users to
turn off your units or put it in silent mode.
We also request those at the back to occupy
the seats in front, and requesting the
moderators to be with their respective
sections. Thank you. (Pause)

II. INTRODUCTION

Com: Brothers and Sisters in Christ, we welcome

you all to our Eucharistic Celebration, today we are
on the 6th Sunday of Easter, today also is the
special day for our Bath 2023 as we celebrate the
Baccalaureate Mass.

Our officiating priest is Fr. Arnel T. Ong, SJ. Our

Homilist is Fr. Ernald Andal, SJ. and to be
concelebrated by Fr. Richard Ella, SJ and Fr.
Rene Tacastacas, SJ

Please all rise.

INTRODUCTORY RITES
GREETING
 P:              In the name of the Father, and of the Son, and
of the Holy Spirit.
Com: AMEN.
P:              The grace and peace of God our Father and the
Lord Jesus Christ be with you.
Com:    AND WITH YOUR SPIRIT.

PENITENTIAL ACT

Form A
P:             Coming together as God’s family… for He is full
of gentleness and compassion.
Com:     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 (and striking their breast, they
say) THROUGH MY FAULT, THROUGH MY
FAULT, THROUGH MY MOST GRIEVOUS
FAULT; (then they continue)  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.
P:              May almighty God have mercy on us, forgive us
our sins, and bring us to everlasting life.
Com:     AMEN.
Form B
P:             Have mercy on us, O Lord.
Com:   FOR WE HAVE SINNED AGAINST YOU.
P:              May almighty God have mercy on us, forgive us
our sins, and bring us to everlasting life.
Com:    AMEN.

or (TO BE SUNG)

Or this:

P:               You were sent to heal the contrite of heart:

LORD, HAVE MERCY.
Com:     LORD, HAVE MERCY.
P:              You came to call sinners: CHRIST, HAVE
MERCY.
Com:     CHRIST, HAVE MERCY.
P:                You plead for us at the right hand of the father:
LORD, HAVE MERCY.
Com:     LORD, HAVE MERCY.
P:              May almighty God have mercy on us, forgive us
our sins, and bring us to everlasting life.
Com:    AMEN.

GLORIA

P:             Glory to God in the Highest. (TO BE SUNG)

Com:    GLORY TO GOD IN THE HIGHEST, AND ON
EARTH PEACE TO PEOPLE OF GOOD WILL. WE
PRAISE YOU, WE BLESS YOU, WE ADORE YOU,
WE GLORIFY YOU, WE GIVE YOU THANKS, FOR
YOUR GREAT GLORY, LORD GOD, HEAVENLY
KING, GOD ALMIGHTY FATHER. LORD JESUS
CHRIST, ONLY BEGOTTEN SON, LORD GOD,
LAMB OF GOD, SON OF THE FATHER, YOU TAKE
AWAY THE SINS OF THE WORLD, HAVE MERCY
ON US; YOU TAKE AWAY THE SINS OF THE
WORLD, RECEIVE OUR PRAYER; YOU ARE
SEATED AT THE RIGHT HAND OF THE FATHER,
HAVE MERCY ON US. 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.

OPENING PRAYER

P:       Let us pray…

Keep your family safe, O Lord, with unfailing care, that, relying
solely on the hope of heavenly grace, they may be defended
always by your protection.
Through our Lord Jesus Christ, your Son,
who lives and reigns with you in the unity of the Holy Spirit,
one God, for ever and ever.
Com:   AMEN. Please be seated.
 

LITURGY OF THE WORD

Please be seated for the Liturgy of the Word.

First Reading: ACTS 8:5-8, 14-17

A reading from Acts of the Apostles

Philip going down to the city of Samaria, preached

Christ unto them.

And the people, with one accord, were attentive to

those things which Philip said, hearing, and seeing
the miracles which he did.

And many unclean spirits, crying with a loud voice,

went out of many people who had them.

And many people who were paralyzed, and that

were lame, were healed. There was therefore great
joy in that city.

Now when the apostles, who were in Jerusalem,

had heard that Samaria had received the word of
God, they sent unto them Peter and John.
 Who, when they came, prayed for them, that they
might receive the Holy Spirit.

For he was not as yet come upon any of them; but

they were only baptized in the name of the Lord
Jesus.

Then they laid their hands upon them, and they

received the Holy Spirit.

R:            The Word of the Lord.

A:         THANKS BE TO GOD.

Responsorial Psalm Ps 66:1-3, 4-5, 6-7, 16, 20

R. Let all the earth cry out to God with joy.

Shout joyfully to God, all the earth,

sing praise to the glory of his name;
proclaim his glorious praise.
Say to God, “How tremendous are your deeds!” R./

“Let all on earth worship and sing praise to you,

sing praise to your name!”
Come and see the works of God,
his tremendous deeds among the children of Adam.
Though deep waters overflow, they shall not reach
him. R./
 He has changed the sea into dry land;
through the river they passed on foot;
therefore, let us rejoice in him.
He rules by his might forever. R./

Hear now, all you who fear God, while I declare

what he has done for me.
Blessed be God who refused me not
my prayer or his kindness! R./

Second Reading: 1 Peter 3:15-18

A reading from First letter of Saint Peter

Beloved: But sanctify the Lord Christ in your

hearts, being ready always to satisfy everyone that
asks you a reason of that hope which is in you.

But do it with gentleness and reverence, keeping

your conscience clear, so that, when you are
maligned, those who defame your good conduct in
Christ may themselves be put to shame.

For it is better doing well (if such be the will of

God) to suffer, than doing ill.

Because Christ also died once for our sins, the just
for the unjust: that he might offer us to God, being
 put to death indeed in the flesh, but enlivened in
the spirit.

R:            The Word of the Lord.

A:         THANKS BE TO GOD.

Com: Let us all stand to honor the Holy Gospel.

Gospel Acclamation: Alleluia (TO BE SUNG)

Gospel John 14:15-21

P:              The Lord be with you.
Com:         AND WITH YOUR SPIRIT.

P:              A reading from the Holy Gospel according to

John
Com:         GLORY TO YOU, O LORD.

Priest:

Jesus said to his disciples: If you love me, keep my

commandments.

And I will ask the Father, and he shall give you

another Paraclete, that he may abide with you
forever.
 The spirit of truth, whom the world cannot receive
because it sees him not, nor knows him: but you
shall know him; because he shall abide with you,
and shall be in you.

I will not leave you orphans, I will come to you.

Yet a little while: and the world sees me no more.

But you see me: because I live, and you shall live.
In that day you shall know, that I am in my Father,
and you in me, and I in you.

He that has my commandments, and keeps them; it

is he that loves me. And he that loves me, shall be
loved of my Father: and I will love him, and will
manifest myself to him.

P:              The Gospel of the Lord.

Com:         PRAISE TO YOU, LORD JESUS CHRIST.

Com: Please be seated.

HOMILY

Com: Please all rise for the Profession of Faith.

PROFESSION OF FAITH
Nicene Creed
Com:          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 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.

APOSTLES CREED
Com: I believe in God, the Father Almighty,
Creator of heaven and earth, and in Jesus
Christ, his only Son our Lord; Who was
conceived by the Holy Spirit, born of the
Virgin Mary, suffered under Pontius Pilate,
was crucified, died and was buried; He
descended into hell; on the third day he
rose again from the dead; he ascended into
heaven and is seated at the right hand of
God the Father Almighty; from there he will
come to judge the living and the dead. I
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. Amen.
PRAYERS OF THE FAITHFUL

Celebrant: Brethren, let us now approach the

gracious throne of our loving Father and present to
him our needs as well as those of the Church and of
the people of God; Let us pray to him,
Hear us, O Lord.

1. Lord, may the Holy Father Pope Francis,

bishops, priests, deacons, religious, and lay
leaders be compassionate shepherds and
defenders of God’s people through the
inspiration of the Holy Spirit. We pray,

2. Señor, para con el diaton maga lideres, quien

ta dale servicio na sociedad y na govierno,
ojala ay mira sil el mandamiento de amor di
Jesucristo y aplica na diila vida y servicio.
Reza kita,

3. Matutunan nawa naming pahalagahan ang

aming mga sarili bilang mga templo ng
 Espiritu Santo, upang mabigyan namin ng
papuri ang Ama. Manalangin tayo,

4. Ginoo, hinaut nga ang kristiyano kansang

pagtuo huyang ug kansang paglaom
gisulayan makabaton ug kusog sa balaang
espiritu nga among tighupay ug tigpanalipod.
Mag-ampo kita,

5. Lord, may those who are sick and at the door

of death receive your comfort, so that they
may not fear but hold on to Christ who died
to give life for all of us. We pray,

6. Señor, para con aquellos quien ya muri, ay

vivi eternamente na amor di Jesucristo por
medio de salvacion na ditutyu Muerte y
ressureccion. Reza kita,

7. Nawa’y ang communidad ng Universidad ng

Ateneo de Zamboanga patuloy na maging
isang mabuting halimbawa sa lipunan.
Manalangin tayo,
Celebrant: Lord, look with kindness on the
petitions we bring before you. May your Holy Spirit
make our hearts open to you. This we ask through
Christ our Lord.

Com: AMEN. Please be seated.

LITURGY OF THE EUCHARIST

OFFERTORY HYMN

OFFERTORY
P:              Blessed are you, Lord, God of all creation.
For through your goodness, we have received
the bread of we offer you:
Fruit of the earth and work of human hands,
It will become for us the bread of life.

Com:         BLESSED BE GOD FOREVER.

P:            Blessed are you, Lord God of all creation,

for through your goodness we have received the
wine we offer you:
fruit of the vine and work of human hands,
It will become our spiritual drink.
A:         BLESSED BE GOD FOREVER.
 Com: Please all rise.

PRAYER OVER THE GIFTS

P:             Pray brethren, (brothers and sisters)

that my sacrifice and yours
may be acceptable to God,
the almighty Father.

Com:         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.

P:        O Lord our God, who once established these

created things to sustain us in our family, grant, we pray,
that they may become for us now the Sacrament of
eternal life. Through Christ our Lord.

Com:         AMEN.

EUCHARISTIC PRAYER
P:              The Lord be with you.
Com:         AND WITH YOUR SPIRIT.

P:               Lift up your hearts.

Com:         WE LIFT THEM UP TO THE LORD.
P:              Let us give thanks to the Lord our God.
Com:         IT IS RIGHT AND JUST.

P:      It is truly right and just, our duty and our salvation,
always and everywhere to give you thanks, Father most
holy, through your beloved Son, Jesus Christ, your Word
through whom you made all things, whom you sent as our
Savior and Redeemer, incarnate by the Holy Spirit and
born of the Virgin.

Fulfilling your will and gaining for you a holy people, he

stretched out his hands as he endured his Passion, so as
to break the bonds of death and manifest the
resurrection.

And so, with the Angels and all the Saints

we declare your glory,
as with one voice we acclaim:

Com:         HOLY, HOLY, HOLY, LORD GOD OF HOST,

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.
(TO BE SUNG)

Com: Let us all kneel/Remain standing.

P:              The priest, with hands extended says:
You are indeed Holy, O Lord,
the fount of all holiness.
He joins his hands and, holding them extended over the offerings, says:
Make holy, therefore, these gifts, we pray,
by sending down your Spirit upon them like dewfall,
He joins his hands and makes the sign of the Cross once over the bread and the
chalice together saying:
so that they may become for us the + Body and Blood of
our Lord, Jesus Christ,
He joins his hands.

In the formulas that follow, the words of the Lord should be pronounced clearly
and distinctly, as the nature of these words requires.
At the time he was betrayed
and entered willingly into his Passion,
He takes the bread and, holding it slightly raised above the altar, continues:
he took bread and, giving you thanks, broke it,
and gave it to his disciples, saying:

He bows slightly.
TAKE THIS, ALL OF YOU, AND EAT OF IT,
FOR THIS IS MY BODY,
WHICH WILL BE GIVEN UP FOR YOU.

He shows consecrated host to the people, places it again on the paten, and
genuflects in adoration.

After this, he continues:

In a similar way, when supper was ended,
He takes the chalice and, holding it slightly raised above the altar, continues:
He took the chalice,
 and, once more giving thanks,
he gave it to his disciples, saying:

He bows slightly.

TAKE THIS, ALL OF YOU, AND DRINK FROM 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 SINS.

DO THIS IN MEMORY OF ME.

He shows the chalice to the people, places it on the corporal, and genuflects in
adoration.

Then he says:

The mystery of faith:

(TO BE SUNG)
(A) WE PROCLAIM YOUR DEATH, O LORD, AND
PROFESS YOUR RESURRECTION UNTIL YOU COME
AGAIN.
            (B)  WHEN WE EAT THIS BREAD AND DRINK
THIS CUP, WE PROCLAIM YOUR DEATH, O LORD,
UNTIL YOU COME AGAIN.
            (C)  SAVE US, SAVIOR OF THE WORLD, FOR BY
YOUR CROSS AND RESURRECTION YOU HAVE SET
US FREE.
           Then the Priest, with hands extended, says:
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 N. our Pope and N. our Bishop and all the clergy.

Remember also our brothers and sisters

Who have fallen asleep in the hope of the 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 the blessed Apostles,
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
He joins his hands
through your Son, Jesus Christ.
  
He takes the chalice and the paten with the host and raising both, he says:
P:           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. (TO BE SUNG)

COMMUNION RITE
After the chalice and paten have been set down, the Priest, with hands joined, says:
P:              At the savior’s command
and formed by divine teaching, we dare to say:

A:         OUR FATHER…(TO BE SUNG)

P:              Deliver us, Lord, we pray, from every evil,
graciously grant peace in our days,
that, by the help of your mercy,
we may be always free from sin,
and safe from all distress, as we await the
blessed hope
and the coming of our Savior, Jesus Christ.
He joins his hands.
The people conclude the prayer, acclaiming:

Com:         FOR THE KINGDOM, THE POWER, AND THE

GLORY ARE YOURS, NOW AND FOREVER.

SIGN OF PEACE

P:              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 of your will.
He joins his hands.
Who live and reign for ever and ever.

Com:         AMEN.

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

Com:         AND WITH YOUR SPIRIT.

P:            Let us offer each other the sign of peace.  (Sign

of Peace)

Then he takes the host, breaks it over the paten, and places a small piece in the
chalice, saying quietly:

P:            May the mingling of the Body and Blood

of our Lord Jesus Christ
bring eternal life to us who receive it.

(TO BE SUNG)
Com:         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.
Let us all kneel.

P:              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.

Com:         LORD I AM NOT WORTHY THAT YOU

SHOULD ENTER UNDER MY ROOF, BUT
ONLY SAY THE WORD AND MY SOUL SHALL
BE HEALED.

Com: (after drinking of the wine/after the bell)

For our orderly reception of communion,
kindly wait for the Lay Eucharistic Ministers
to arrive their posts. You may stand up and
fall in line one row at a time.

COMMUNION HYMN (distribution of the Holy Communion)

PRAYER AFTER COMMUNION

Com: Please all rise.

P:              Let us pray…

O God, who have willed that we be partakers in
the one Bread and the one Chalice, grant us, we pray, so
 to live that, made one in Christ, we may joyfully bear fruit
for the salvation of the world. Through Christ our Lord.

Com:         AMEN.

Com: Please be seated for some announcements

CONCLUDING RITE

P:             The Lord be with you.

A:         AND WITH YOUR SPIRIT.

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

A:         AMEN.

P:             Go forth the Mass is ended. / Go and announce the

Gospel of the Lord. / Go in peace glorifying the Lord in
your life.
A:         THANKS BE TO GOD.

FINAL HYMN