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THE RESURRECTION:

BAYANIHAN FILIPINO AMERICAN


NEW LIFE FOR CHRIST, NEW LIFE FOR ALL
ALLIANCE OF MARYLAND
The Resurrection is, first of all, an event that concerns Jesus Christ. It is his personal
triumph over death, and the vindication of the truth of his teaching. He had spoken about it
before it happened. The fulfillment of that prophecy underscores the power of Christ and the
truthfulness of his message. He experienced his physical resurrection in all its transforming
vitality, just as he had experienced the destructive power of sin in his agony and death. This is
what the “Paschal Mystery” is all about. The Resurrection reveals this with a glorious clarity
perceived through the eyes of faith.
But whatever happened to Christ has also a cosmic resonance. It influences and
affects positively the whole universe, but especially mankind. At the Incarnation, the Son of
God united himself in a permanent way to every human being with a solidarity that makes him
share in all the miseries of every individual (including the deadly consequences of sin), and makes
every human being a sharer in Christ’s dignity, holiness, and glory.
This is why Jesus’ coming out of the tomb alive, transformed, immortal . . . concerns
us, too. It concerns all human beings. His Resurrection is also mankind’s resurrection because
it marks mankind’s liberation from the oppression of sin. Christ’s shattering the shackles of
death (manifested through the breaking of the seals of his grave) is like the cracking of the
shell of a seed which allows the sprout to burst forth with all the freshness of the new life it
carries. That sprout is Christ, but is also all mankind. It is also each one of us. On Easter
morning a new world dawned, a new humanity rose from the slavery of sin and death, in Jesus,
through him and with him. (See Col 2:12-13.)
No human expression can exhaust the transforming greatness of this mystery. The
Church has been proclaiming it during her 20 centuries of existence through her liturgy, her
creeds, and her life. She will continue to do so until the liberating power of the Resurrection
will have reached its full manifestation in the Kingdom of heaven.
There are a billion and one reasons for celebrating, then, as we commemorate, re-live
and rejoice in the Resurrection of Jesus. It is our resurrection, too. But we are challenged to
prove it by living a new life. We have to get rid of the “old yeast” of corruption and
wickedness, and live a life characterized by sincerity and truth. (See 1 Cor 5:7-8.) We have to
set our hearts “on what pertains to higher realms” (Col 3:1). Then will our actions ring the
joyous notes of the Easter alleluia, and we shall become a living “proof” of Christ’s
Resurrection.

Happy Easter to everyone


and More Blessings to
Bayanihan Filipino-American Alliance of Maryland EASTER SUNDAY MASS
MARCH 23, 2008
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CHRIST, OUR HOPE, IS RISEN. ALLELUIA. ========== COMMUNION SONG ==========

A most Happy Easter to one and all. The joy of the


Resurrection fills our hearts and urges us to share it with all our Prayer after Communion
brothers and sisters. Something wonderful has happened not only
to Jesus but also to us: we have risen to a new life. Prepared by Father of love, watch over your Church and bring us to the
the Lenten season, we have left behind our moral miseries and glory of the resurrection promised by this Easter sacrament. We
weakness, and have come to share in the new life that Jesus ask this in the name of Jesus the Lord.
offers to all those who make him Lord of their hearts. Amen.
Echoing today’s Sequence, we gather to offer thankful
praises to the Paschal Victim who is the Prince of Life and who
reigns immortal over sin and death. He is the reason for our joy.
He is the source of our peace and our determination to become
better Christians.

========= PROCESSIONAL SONG =========


The Lord be with you.
And also with you.
Bow your heads and pray for God’s blessing. (Pause)
Through the resurrection of His Son, God has granted us healing.
May He fulfill His promises and bless you with eternal life.
Amen.
Greeting You have mourned for Christ’s sufferings; now you celebrate
the triumph of his resurrection. May you come with joy to the feast
Blessed be Jesus Christ who rose triumphantly from death. which lasts for ever.
May his grace and peace be with you all. Amen.
And also with you. May the Risen Christ look on you with mercy on this Easter
day, and protect you from all evil.
Amen.
Gloria May almighty God bless you: the Father, and the Son, and
the Holy Spirit.
Glory to God in the highest, and peace to his people on earth. Amen.
Lord God, heavenly King, almighty God and Father, we worship Go in the peace of the Risen Christ. Alleluia. Alleluia.
you, we give you thanks, we praise you for your glory. Thanks be to God. Alleluia. Alleluia.
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. You
are seated at the right hand of the Father: receive our prayer.
For you alone are the Holy One, you alone are the Lord, you ========= RECESSIONAL SONG =========
alone are the Most High, Jesus Christ, with the Holy Spirit, in the
glory of God the Father. Amen.
Opening Prayer
God our Father, by raising Christ your Son you conquered
the power of death and opened for us the way to eternal life. Let
Jesus taught us to call God our Father and so we have the our celebration today raise us up and renew our lives by the Spirit
courage to say: that is within us. Grant this through our Lord Jesus Christ, your
Son, who lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit, one God,
Our Father, Who art in heaven, forever and ever.
Hallowed be Thy Name. Amen.
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.
First Reading (Acts 10:34.37-43)
Jesus’ resurrection is the essence of the “Good News”
GREETINGS OF PEACE brought by Peter to Cornelius. On this truth depend our salvation
and all that we believe about God’s Incarnate Son.
Lord Jesus Christ, you said to your apostles: “I leave you
peace, my peace I give you.” Look not on our sins but on the faith A proclamation from the Acts of the Apostles
of your Church, and grant us the peace and unity of your Peter proceeded to speak and said: “You know what has
kingdom, where you live forever and ever. happened all over Judea, beginning in Galilee after the baptism
Amen. that John preached, how God anointed Jesus of Nazareth with
The peace of the Lord, be always with you. the Holy Spirit and power. He went about doing good and healing
And also with you. all those oppressed by the devil, for God was with him. We are
Let us offer each other the sign of peace. witnesses of all that he did, both in the country of the Jews and in
Jerusalem. They put him to death by hanging him on a tree.
This man God raised on the third day and granted that he be
========== LAMB OF GOD ========== seen, not by all the people, but by us, the witnesses chosen by
God in advance, who ate and drank with him after he rose from
the dead.
Communion
He commissioned us to preach to the people and testify that
he is the one appointed by God as judge of the living and the
This is the Risen Christ, the Lamb of God who takes away dead. To him all the prophets bear witness, that everyone who
the sins of the world. Happy are those who are called to his believes in him will receive forgiveness of sins through his name.”
supper.
Lord, I am not worthy to receive you, but only say the The Word of the Lord.
word and I shall be healed. Thanks be to God.
Prayer over the Gifts
Responsorial Psalm (Ps 118)
Lord, with Easter joy we offer you the sacrifice by which your
This is the day the Lord has made; let us rejoice and be Church is reborn and nourished through Christ our Lord.
glad. Amen.

Give thanks to the Lord, for he is good, for his mercy endures The Lord be with you.
forever. Let the house of Israel say, “His mercy endures forever.” And also with you.
This is the day the Lord has made; let us rejoice and be Lift up your hands.
glad. We lift them up to the Lord.
Let us give thanks to the Lord our God.
The right hand of the Lord has struck with power; the right It is right to give Him thanks and praise.
hand of the Lord is exalted. I shall not die, but live, and declare
the works of the Lord.
This is the day the Lord has made; let us rejoice and be Preface of Easter
glad.
Father, all-powerful and ever-living God, we do well always
The stone which the builders rejected has become the and everywhere to give you thanks through Jesus Christ our
cornerstone. By the Lord has this been done; it is wonderful in our Lord.
eyes. We praise you with greater joy than ever on this Easter day,
This is the day the Lord has made; let us rejoice and be when Christ became our Paschal sacrifice. He is the true Lamb
glad. who took away the sins of the world. By dying he destroyed our
death; by rising he restored our life.
And so, with all the choirs of angels in heaven we proclaim
your glory and join in their unending hymn of praise:

Second Reading (Col 3:1-4 )


========== HOLY, HOLY, HOLY ==========
Today St. Paul reminds us that the resurrection of Christ
should be reflected in our behavior.

A proclamation from the Letter of Paul to the Colossians


Acclamation
Brothers and sisters:
If you were raised with Christ, seek what is above, where Let us proclaim the mystery of faith.
Christ is seated at the right hand of God. Think of what is above, Christ has died, Christ has risen, Christ will come again
not of what is on earth.
For you have died, and your life is hidden with Christ in God.
When Christ, your life, appears, then you, too, will appear with Great Amen
him in glory.
Through Him, with Him, in Him, in the unity of the Holy Spirit,
The Word of the Lord. all glory and honor is yours Almighty Father, forever and ever.
Thanks be to God. Amen.
Let us pray in silence for our personal intentions. (Pause) let Sequence
us pray to the Lord.
Lord, graciously hear us. With the ancient poet, let us proclaim the joy of Mary
Magdalene at Jesus’ resurrection.
Lord God, may the splendor of Your Son’s resurrection Christians, to the Paschal Victim offer your thankful praises.
always illumine our lives. And may our thoughts, words and A Lamb the sheep redeems: Christ, who only is sinless,
actions bear witness to the new life You have given us. We ask reconciles sinners to the Father. Death and life have contended in
this in the name of Jesus Christ, our Lord. that combat stupendous: the Prince of life, who died, reigns
Amen. immortal. Speak, Mary, declaring what you saw, wayfaring. “The
tomb of Christ, who is living, the glory of Jesus’ resurrection;
bright angels attesting, the shroud and napkin resting. Yes, Christ
my hope is arisen: to Galilee he goes before you.” Christ indeed
from death is risen, our new life obtaining. Have mercy, victor
King, ever reigning. Amen. Alleluia.

Gospel Acclamation (1 Cor 5:7-8)


========== OFFERTORY SONG ========== Alleluia. Alleluia.
Christ, our paschal lamb, has been sacrificed; let us then feast
with joy in the Lord.
Alleluia. Alleluia.
Blessed are You, Lord God of all creation. Through your
goodness we have this bread to offer, which earth has given and Gospel (Jn 20:1-9)
human hands have made. It will become for us the bread of life. Coming to accept the reality of the Resurrection was a long
Blessed be God, forever. process, as we learn from today’s account of the discovery of the
Blessed are You, Lord God of all creation. Through Your empty tomb. The absence of Jesus’ body and the position of the
goodness we have this wine to offer, fruit of the vine and work of wrappings in the tomb were the first signs that led John and Peter
human hands. It will become our spiritual drink. to believe.
Blessed be God, forever.
Lord God, we ask you to receive us and be pleased with the A proclamation from the holy Gospel according to John
Glory to you, Lord.
sacrifice we offer you with humble and contrite hearts.
On the first day of the week, Mary of Magdala came to the
Pray brethen that our sacrifice may be acceptable to God our tomb early in the morning, while it was still dark, and saw the
Almighty Father. stone removed from the tomb. So she ran and went to Simon
May the Lord accept the sacrifice at your hands, for the Peter and to the other disciple whom Jesus loved, and told
praise and glory of his name, for our good and the good of them, “They have taken the Lord from the tomb, and we
all his Church. don’t know where they put him.”
So Peter and the other disciple went out and came to the
tomb. They both ran, but the other disciple ran faster than
Peter and arrived at the tomb first. He bent down and saw the Do you believe in the Holy Spirit, the holy Catholic Church,
burial cloths there, but did not go in. When Simon Peter the communion of saints, the forgiveness of sins, the resurrection
arrived after him, he went into the tomb and saw the burial of the body, and life everlasting?
cloths there, and the cloth that had covered his head, not I do.
with the burial cloths but rolled up in a separate place. Then God, the all-powerful Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, has
the other disciple, who had arrived at the tomb first, also given us a new birth by water and the Holy Spirit, and forgiven all
went in. He saw and believed. For they did not yet our sins. May he also keep us faithful to our Lord Jesus Christ for
understand the Scripture that Jesus had to rise from the ever and ever.
dead. Amen.
(The priest sprinkles the people with holy water, while an
The Gospel of the Lord. appropriate hymn may be sung.)
Praise to you, Lord Jesus Christ.

Homily Prayer of the Faithful

Renewal of Baptismal Promises The resurrection of the Lord fills us with the sincere desire to
live a new life, characterized by honesty, sincerity, purity,
The Renewal of the Baptismal Promises replaces the dedication and love. Let us ask the Lord that this may become a
Profession of Faith. reality for all as we pray:
Lord, graciously hear us.
Dear friends, through the Paschal Mystery we have been
buried with Christ in baptism, so that we may rise with him to a That the community of believers may bear witness to Christ’s
new life. Now that we have completed our Lenten observance, let resurrection through its example of a continuous conversion from
us renew the promises we made in baptism when we rejected sin, let us pray to the Lord.
Satan and his works, and promised to serve God faithfully in his Lord, graciously hear us.
holy Catholic Church. And so:
Do you reject sin, so as to live in the freedom of God’s That the Holy Father, our Bishop and all our spiritual leaders
children? may enjoy the consolation and peace that flow from Christ’s
I do. resurrection, let us pray to the Lord.
Do you reject the glamour of evil, and refuse to be mastered Lord, graciously hear us.
by sin?
I do. That those who feel disheartened by the situations of
Do you reject Satan, father of sin and prince of darkness? violence, oppression and suffering may find in the Resurrection
I do. the courage they need to continue their quest for a better society,
Do you believe in God, the Father almighty, creator of heaven let us pray to the Lord.
and earth? Lord, graciously hear us.
I do.
Do you believe in Jesus Christ, his only Son, our Lord, who That all of us may receive the Easter blessing of a profound
was born of the Virgin Mary, was crucified, died, and was buried, renewal of our moral values, socio-economic and political
rose from the dead, and is now seated at the right hand of the institutions, let us pray to the Lord.
Father? Lord, graciously hear us.
I do.

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