Friday Novena Mass | 9:30AM mass | February 25, 2022

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and for all the intentions of the devotees of senior santoninia in the name of the father and of the son and of the holy spirit amen the grace and peace of our lord jesus christ and the love of god and the fellowship of the holy spirit be with you all and with your spirit brothers and sisters as we prepare to celebrate these sacred mysteries let us call to mind our sins 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 what i have failed to do through my fault through my fault through my most grievous fault may almighty god have mercy on us forgive us our sins and bring us to everlasting life amen [Music] lord [Music] lord [Music] [Music] [Music] the same oh [Music] [Music] glory to god in the highest [Music] you we bless you lord [Music] glory to god [Music] lord jesus christ [Music] [Music] [Music] [Music] yes [Music] jesus christ [Music] [Music] glory [Music] and on earth [Music] let us pray almighty god your only son begotten from all ages humbled himself as a child in nazareth and became subject to mary and joseph granted to me learn from his example to embrace your will in all things and holding fast to the dignity of all serve our lowly brothers and sisters with open hands and gentle heart grant these to our lord jesus christ your son who lives and reigns with you in the unity of the holy spirit god for ever and ever amen a reading from the letter of saint james do not complain brothers and sisters about one another that you may not be judged behold the judge is standing before the gates take as an example of hardship and patience brothers and sisters the prophets who spoke in the name of the lord indeed we call blessed those who have persevered you have heard of the perseverance of job and you have seen the purpose of the lord because the lord is compassionate and merciful but above all my brothers and sisters do not swear either by heaven or by earth or with any other oath but let your yes mean yes and your no mean no that you may not incur condemnation the word of the lord thanks be to god [Music] the lord is god and merciful the lord is god and mercy fool bless the lord all my soul and all my being bless his holy name bless the lord o my soul and forget not all his banners [Music] the lord is [Music] he pardons all your iniquities [Music] he heals all your ears [Music] he redeems your life from destruction he grounds you with kindness and comes the lord is god and a mercy full [Applause] merciful and gracious is lord slow to anger and abounding in kindness he will not always tied lord does he keep his wrath forever [Music] the lord is for us the heavens are high above the earth so surpassing is his kindness towards those who fear him as far as the east is from the west so far has our transgressions from us the lord is god and mercy full [Music] [Music] [Music] [Applause] [Music] you [Music] the lord be with you and with your spirit a reading from the holy gospel according to saint mark glory to you o lord jesus came into the district of judea and across jordan again crowds gathered around him and as was his custom he again taught them the pharisees approached him and asked is it lawful for a husband to divorce his wife they were testing him he said to them in reply what did moses command you they replied moses permitted the husband to write a bill of divorce and dismiss her but jesus told them because of the hardness of your hearts he wrote you this commandment but from the beginning of creation god made them male and female for this reason a man shall leave his father and mother and be joined to his wife and the two shall become one flesh therefore what god has joined together no human being must separate in the house the disciples again questioned jesus about these he said to them whoever divorces his wife and marries another commits adultery against here her and if she divorces her husband and marries another she commits adultery the gospel of the lord praise you lord jesus christ before i will share something about this let us have a moment of silence for the war in ukraine and for those who have been victimized by this unscrupulous war and for the victims of human rights as we celebrate the anniversary of that we have two beautiful readings of today i don't know if uh 10 15 minutes uh is enough for this but however i should shed light so that later on you could answer the question that was thrown on the first reading of the day and the second reading of the day because these are these are the readings that are actually misconceived misunderstood and miss sometimes we interpret them literally and we should take into consideration the pastoral sense of the church and at the same time the teachings of jesus and after this short elaboration i think of my sharing i hope that you could answer by yourself because it is you yourself the married people and those who are the members of our community who will decide for yourself so the way you could not impose something but however we could guide you on how we should see and how you could be informed in the different decisions of your life so the first reading of today we should take into context the letter of james this was written around 0 70 a.d we are now 20 20 to 80. so 70 80 how many centuries 20 20 centuries and then it was written for the first christians the first christians and they are evolving something and they're becoming more and more cohesive and united but however there are several things that put them into stunts that they were divided among themselves and how to interpret the teachings of jesus now we are in the vantage point that we have several studies his history anthropology psychology medicine and others that we could read the different readings of today how they were intended and how we should see it from our point of view from our faith and from pastoral reason so the first reading is something about james and there were several uh the three advice council of james do not complain brothers so no do not judge and say the lord is compassionate and merciful and then do not swear and these are all actually the several points of an end it is not good to put this side by side again in the gospel of today because they are in different contexts because mark was written the first of the the earliest of the gospel versions was actually mark and this was the preaching of peter and then at the same time it was written uh not distance from before 50 80 be that distance from the life of jesus and so it has something that a kind of occurrence and a kind of it still echoes the teaching of jesus so in in uh equals the the first the first hand because there were still people who are alive at the time who could testify of what has said about on on the different readings of the day so when we we say this do not complain because the letter of james was are about people who are almost clinging to the rock and then clinging to what is the faith and what is the body and the content of our faith but they have forgotten to do something to have social action to have to do something to work for their faith as if faith is only enough that's why james in the earlier parts of in your faith who have faith that does not no work or social action it means that it's nothing it's nothing but your faith should come your content of faith should overflow in the works that you are doing in the works that you are doing for your brothers and sisters and for the church and so while waiting for the coming of christ faithful should not cling only to the faith but also to do something for their poor brothers and sisters for their not only the poor brothers and sisters for those who are in need it doesn't mean that if you are rich and affluent you don't you do not have needs in your life you do not need other people but however there see james is telling that you need to do something your faith should overflow in action but action only without faith is what difference is that with other organization we're just ordinary organization if your faith is not the source of the action or the the the social action that you have in your life so it means that if you are helping it should come from faith it should be the overflowing of the heart of your faith if it is not it's just an ordinary it's not charity it's not coming from god it's an ordinary it's an excess of what you have but if it comes from your heart it means that it is something beautiful it is something that is given sincerely and with commitment and this is how do not grumble again now sabines me james do not grumble do not complain at that time because do not swear because people are telling them because people are because of the long patience belongs on waiting of jesus they thought that immediately jesus would come back then they were grumbling now among one another complaining against one another why this one is not working why this one is only praying now we have remember the story of martha and mary it should be a combination of that that we need to to discern to have faith and to love god and our actions should come and overflow from that love of god from that love of god so if you are grumbling why grumbling why swearing you should be trusted you should be trusted in your work that you should be trusted in your speech because there were abuses about their grumbling with one another and complaining with one another so as if that they will be believed they invoke the name of the lord and this is the abuse that james is against the abuse of swearing and oath that you ask god to testify for yourself because you could not be trusted and trustworthiness is the and commitment are the points of the readings especially the points of jane the letter of james that you should be trusted that our as questions as catholics our words are enough supposedly but why do we have to invoke others because we are not trusted because we could not trust ourselves trustworthiness is the point of the letter and one of the points of the letter of james so when we testify when we swear it means that we are something like something like invoking something higher than us because we could not be trusted because our words could not be trusted complaining but if we are committed and sincere in ourselves and our action flow flow our action flows coming from our heart and our faith then it should be trusted it should be trustworthy it should be sincere and committed because it speaks of the faith and it speaks our actions speaks of our faith and the love that we share with one another speaks of the faith that we have that we profess so say yes because you are trustworthy you do not have to justify that's the point that that's the context of james it's not about legal or et cetera and then don't interpret it that's that way as if you are going to code it to quoting him out of context the gospel of today is a bone of contention even until today because we have people and many some of our catholics brethren all over some of the world are our second chancer that never by second chance they became pastorally from our point of view from the church they became successful in their marriage but however the point of the gospel is jesus was passing through and the pharisees wanted to test him testing him to test him whether he is knowledgeable of the law about the law invoking deuteronomy actually about the law of moses and at the same time that law of moses was about divorce of separation but taking into context what we have in deuteronomy and in the first centuries and even before that because the law was written 800 years before and the time of solomon later almost revised so it was here that that in that that the the context and the legal context when it was written is the legal context the marriage is not yet elevated is that what we understand now as a sacrament it was a legal obligation and people in the time the roman empire people were the the the parents uh pledged their daughter to somebody pledge arranged marriage and then at the same time sometime like and at this time and even in the jewish context it was the boy that the man who was all and considered women as property uh consider them that in order for the woman to be available again and have no legal claim for that woman because she is his property she's his property then he has to find a certificate of bill that she is released from her from him so that she could be available to marry and this is something like it's not the context of ours today because the context of ours in the 20th century woman and women are equal and we consider them in front as brothers and sisters and in the eyes of god they are both image and likeness of god we are both images and likeness of god and so it is in this context that we should not take it literally in a sense but the teaching of jesus instead of answering jesus jesus aruma transcended the answer and made it possible that because of your stubbornness of heart moses accommodated but mark has given has not given an exemption matthew has given an exemption to show to us how the people were debating about what has what was happening at the time of jesus and even the first christians except for an exception except for unchastity except for chastity as chase matthew but in mark there is none but however we should see this from the context that the man in the language gave a certificate of bill because she's one of your properties and then take another one and this is the abuse the intention was the answer of jesus is circumventing and the intention was this male and female the intention of god is like this to form a community to form a family to form a family from the pastoral point of view to form a family so that you could train you could gear up you could nurture a good christian family a good catholic family immediately after this reading actually it's about the blessing of jesus calling the children immediately after this reading the next passage the reading that inviting all of us it's an invitation of us all of us to discern the original purpose to discern what was the purpose the purpose is the intention is that they should become one flesh and i will since we after the the the sequence and the the passage of time it became a sacrament then we we have we have been like green green we should see this from our faith and from the practice of faith and from the point of view of many pastoral care pastoral reason and pastoral sensitivity so from this end we should see that the original intention for all of us is to become united now all of us are striving for unity and even in the family which has been eroded by all this political mudslinging then we need again and again to discern what kind of unity and what kind of purpose god has intended for all of us the decision is always for husband and wife to become one to forgive forgiveness and the decision is always for both of you to decide to become one now for pastoral reason and other reasons you decided that you could not go on because it's a supposed to be a unity and it's hatred and disquietness and other things that that that are happening then you need again to discern and to decide for amongst yourselves what to do and the church will guide you on this matter and the people it's not something like you are not condemned it should not incur condemnation the last part of the passage of the the letter of james but rather incur for prayer discernment and understanding that we should not condemn one another that those who have failed to construct this unity should not be content but rather be prayed together and be discerned together so that they could be given a second chance so that they could form another one that's why we have forgiveness of sins we pray for that always so that we could form we could nurture we could love and we could understand one another when jesus was jesus was writing in the wall and the people accusing the the sinful woman did uh say has somebody condemned you and the woman answered no none my lord we could say the same for all of us neither do i neither do you because god has invited us to love and to care and to be united for one another after this you have a kind of a glimpse on how to answer what lingers on your mind on the different questions that was thrown on the readings the first reading the letter of james and of the gospel of today god bless all of you viva pizzignon please all rise and wife share in god's creation of new life our intercessions today center around the needs of parents and children for every petition we say lord bless our families lord bless our families that the church may become true to her vocation of defending the integrity of marriage and of the family let us pray to the lord lord bless our families that government leaders and legislators may enact laws and policies that build families rather than destroy them let us pray to the lord lord bless our families that families broken by divorce or separation may find support and understanding from people in their communities let us pray to the lord lord bless our families that the examples of mary and joseph may give inspiration to families in living out their commitments let us pray to the lord bless our families that the servant of god theophilus bishop be raised to the altar of the saints let us pray to the lord lord bless our families for all the intentions and prayers offered by the pilgrims and devotees of senior santo nino let us pray to the lord lord bless our families for peace in our country and in the whole world let us pray to the lord lord bless our families for all in direct patient care give them strength for their service let us pray to the lord lord bless our families for all those isolated in their homes sustain them in joy and peace let us pray to the lord lord bless our families for decision makers at all levels send them your wisdom and good counsel to serve their communities let us pray to the lord lord bless our families for all those who have died because of the pandemic and those who grieve their loss in isolation comfort them in their sorrow let us pray to the lord lord bless our families god of love you created us male and female to continue your work of creation may our love for one another reflect your indwelling presence grantees through christ our lord amen [Music] [Applause] is [Music] a [Music] [Music] is [Music] [Music] m [Music] [Music] baba [Music] pray breath rendered our sacrifice may be acceptable to god the almighty father may the lord give sacrifice to your hands for the praise and god of his name for good at the good of all his holiness god our creator we offer the gifts of bread and wine to recall the childhood of your only son let our offering become a sacrifice of him who brought forgiveness and peace to the world grantees through christ our lord amen the lord be with you and with your spirit lift up your hearts we lift them up to the lord let us give thanks to the lord our god it is right the chest it is truly right and just our duty in our salvation always and everywhere to give you thanks lord holy father almighty and eternal god through christ our lord for the feast of this all failed filled mystery through though invisible in his own divine nature he has appeared visibly in ours and begotten before all ages he has begun to exist in time so that raising up himself all that was cast down he might restore unity to all creation and call straying humanity back to the heavenly kingdom and so with all the angels we praise you as a joyful celebration we acclaim [Music] we [Music] comes in the name of the [Music] you are lord holy lord the fount of all holiness make holy there for these gifts we pray by sending down your spirit upon them like the dewfalls so that they may become for us the body and blood of our lord jesus christ at the time he was betrayed and entered willingly into his passion he took bread and giving thanks broke it and gave 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 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 let me study your faith [Music] [Applause] is [Music] 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 the 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 jose archbishop medieval his auxiliary and all the clergy remember also our brothers and sisters who have fallen asleep in the hope of the resurrection and all 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 saint joseph her most chaste spouse with the blessed apostles and all the saints who have pleased you throughout the ages we may marry to be called heirs to eternal life and we praise and glorify you through your son jesus christ through him and with him and in him oh god almighty father in the unity of the holy spirit all glory and honor is yours forever [Music] [Music] the savior's command and formed by divine teaching we dare to say [Music] is [Music] again [Music] [Applause] [Music] deliver us lord we pray from every evil graciously grant peace in our days so 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 [Music] lord jesus christ who said 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 you will even reign forever and ever amen the peace of the lord be with you always and with the holy spirit let us for each other the sign of peace [Music] [Music] on us [Music] mercer [Music] is [Music] behold jesus the lamb of god behold him who takes away the sins of the world blessed are those called to the supper of the lamb lord i am not worthy that you should enter under my roof but i will say the word and my soul shall be healed the body of christ amen [Music] act of spiritual communion my jesus i believe that you are present in the most holy sacrament i love you above all things and i desire to receive you into my soul since i cannot at this moment receive you sacramentally come at least spiritually into my heart i embrace you as if you were already there and unite myself holy to you never permit me to be separated from you amen [Music] through [Music] i [Music] [Music] a [Music] oh [Music] [Music] oh [Music] [Music] love [Music] oh [Music] [Applause] [Music] let us pray loving father you have nourished us at the banquet in honor of the child born of the virgin we pray that we may advance in wisdom and grow daily in faith and works of love so that you might find favor in your sight grant these through christ our lord amen in honor of signal santa you are our king and our god we worship you you are a strong defender we turn to you you are the patron of cebu and the philippines we come to you you have made extraordinary wonders through your miraculous image in these chosen islands remember us look down at this poor soul that comes to you for help lead us with your wisdom discipline us with your truth console us with your tenderness protect us with your might we consecrate today our thoughts to you only with you shall they be occupied our words only of you shall they speak our sufferings but they may intrude them for your sake we beg you senor santo nino illumine our understanding kindle our will cleanse our body sanctify our soul we wish what you wish because you wish as you wish as long as you wish grant us in your santo nino that you may feel love toward you be straight toward ourselves be zealous toward our fellow men and rightly despise the things of the world help us to overcome sensuality with strict discipline our righteousness with generosity anger with gentleness influence with sealess industry make us wise in counsel courageous and danger patient and adversity humble in prosperity teach us dear santo nino how worthless is the world how sublime is heaven how brief is time how long is eternity grant us lastly that we may remember you adore you love you and serve you here on earth that we may be happy with you forever and in heaven amen supplications to santo nino in every need let us come to you with humble trust said to the eharpus in all our doubts perplexities and temptations and ours of loneliness weariness and trials in the failure of our plans and hopes of us in disappointments troubles and sorrows suddenly you help us when others fail us and your grace alone can assist us when we throw ourselves on your tender love as our only refuge when our heart is cast down by failure sunday when we are ill and our head and hands cannot work and we are lonely when we feel impatient and our cross irritates us suddenly you help us always always in spite of weakness false and shortcomings of every kind saturday always let us pray o santo nino who has said ask and you shall receive seek and you shall find it shall be open unto you give we beseech you to us who asks of your divine love that they may love you with a whole heart in a word and work and never cease from showing forth your praise make us oh lord to have a perpetual fear and love of your holy name for you never fail to govern them whom with the solely established in your love through jesus christ our lord amen concluding prayer o miraculous santa nino prostrate before your sacred image we beseech you to cast a merciful look on our troubled hearts let your thunder love so inclined to pity we soften up our prayers and grant us that grace through which we urgently implore you take from us all unbelievable affliction and despair for your sacred infancy's sake hear our prayers and send us consolation and aid that we may praise you with the father and the holy spirit forever and ever amen prayer to saint michael the archangel saint michael the archangel defend us in battle be our protection against the wickedness and snares of the devil may god rebuke him we humbly pray who prince of the heavenly hosts by the power of god cast into hell satan and all the evil spirits roaming around the world seeking the ruling of souls amen mary queen of angels pray for us holy angels in heaven blessing of religious articles let us pray god whose word all things are made holy pour out your blessings on these religious articles symbols and creatures of faith and devotion and grant that anyone who uses them in accordance with your will and your law and with the spirit of thanksgiving my experience by your power health in body and protection is so as they invoke your most holy name through christ our lord amen blessing of children especially those who are with us in the in online streaming and for all of you of course our help is in the name of the lord who made heaven and earth the lord be with you and with your spirit let us pray lord jesus christ son of the living god begotten from all eternity but born in time as a little baby from the blessed virgin mary and cared for by saint joseph like other children you lived in the needs of family increasing in aids and wisdom and grace before god and before all following the ordinary course of nature and to adulthood in your public life you showed love for children and propose them as models to follow unless you become like little children you shall not enter the kingdom of heaven and you bless them saying let the little children come to me and forbid them not for such is the reign of god the christian community has always honored you as a child in many different ways lying in a crib or resting in the arms of mary your mother our nation and our people have for centuries honored your kinship and childhood in the image of senor santoninio by your childhood therefore and by the love you showed to the little ones bless and protect these children grant that made it no evil may spoil their minds and no harm endanger their bodies so that following your example they may advance in aids and wisdom and grace obedient to your law until they reach maturity we ask this to your blessed mother who is our mother too amen may the peace and blessing of senor santo nino descend upon the parents and grandparents of these children and all their families amen the lord be with you have a dear spirit and may almighty god bless all of you the father and the son and the holy spirit amen the mass has been offered go in the peace and love of christ [Music] good morning to all of you [Applause] [Music] [Music] m [Applause] [Music] oh [Music] you [Music] oh [Music] you

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Published: Thu Feb 24 2022