A.
Introduction
a)
To the Holy Mass
Dear
Sisters and Brothers in Christ,
Good
morning!
Welcome
to Saint Dominic’s Parish Church for the Holy Sunday Mass celebration. As we celebrate this Fourth Sunday of Lent
Year C today, the message of the Word of God comes to us in an exceptional way. It is the Gospel story that touches our heart
and moves our mind to a turning point of our life. Saint Luke tells us how much God the Father
loves us, His disobedient, ungrateful, and sinful children. God patiently waits for our coming back home,
mercifully forgives us our sins, if only we repent of our wrongdoings and stand
up and throw ourselves into His wide-open loving arms.
We
pray hard in this Holy Mass for the blessing of unfailing confidence in God’s
merciful love and of determined commitment to putting into everyday practice
the lesson of mercy and forgiveness.
Kindly
all stand for the entrance hymn.
b)
To the Readings
-
First Reading: Jos 5:9a.10-12
The worship
of God itself is the celebration of God’s endless and unbreakable love of
humanity. God’s mercy and love should be
remembered through generations to come.
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Second Reading: 2 Cor 5:17-21
Seriously
sinful though, we are forgiven and reconciled to God the merciful Father
through the Suffering, Death, and Resurrection of Jesus Christ, His Beloved
Son, and our Lord and Savior. Saint Paul
urges each and one of us to be ambassador for the Divine Mercy Mission.
B.
Hymns for Holy Mass
a/ Entrance: Let Heaven Rejoice (ES #120)
b/ Respondsorial Psalm: Taste And See (ES #168)
c/ Offertory: All Good Gifts (ES #298)
d/ Communion: Only A Shadow (ES #242)
e/ Recessional: Save Your People (ES #85)
