SOLEMNITY OF THE ASSUMPTION

FOURTH VIGIL

Immaculate Conception Parish

15 August 2015, 7:00 PM to 12:00 MN

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Introduction
Opening Verse
Hymn: Dakilang Tanda
Opening Prayer
Psalmody
Brief Silence
First Reading (from Sacred Scripture)
Brief Silence
Second Reading (from homilies of the Popes)
Silent Meditation (5 to 10 minutes)
Rosary
Hymn: Salve Regina
Intercessions
The Lords Prayer
Closing Prayer
Blessing
Closing Hymn: Paalam sa Inang Birhen

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Solemnity of the Assumption of Mary
Fourth Vigil

INTRODUCTION
The circumstances of the Dormition of the Mother of God
were known from apostolic times. The Catholic Church
teaches as dogma that the Virgin Mary having completed
the course of her earthly life, was assumed body and soul
into heavenly glory. Many see in the Immaculate
Conception of Our Lady the root reason for her Assumption,
body and soul, into heaven. The two privileges are
intimately linked together. This doctrine was dogmatically
defined by Pope Pius XII on November 1, 1950, in the
Apostolic Constitution Munificentissimus Deus by exercising
papal infallibility.
This solemnity celebrates that God has indeed lifted up
the lowly Mary has been assumed body and soul into
heaven. Mary was lifted up by God because of her
faithfulness to Gods saving mystery, her generosity of life
toward others, and her acknowledgement of God as the
source of her grace and goodness. When we too are faithful,
humble, and generous as Mary models for us, like her we
are lifted up to share in a place prepared by God where in
Christ shall all be brought to life.
This fourth vigil is being offered for families and for the
youth.
Let us all stand and begin our vigil.
OPENING VERSE
God, () come to my assistance.
Lord, make haste to help me.

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Glory to the Father, and to the Son,
and to the Holy Spirit: (All bow at the words Glory to)
as it was in the beginning, is now,
and will be for ever. Amen.
HYMN
Dakilang tanda ang sumikat sa langit,
babaeng nararamtan ng araw.
Syay nakatuntong, sa maliwanag na buwan,
labindalawang bituin ang kanyang korona.

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CLOSING HYMN
Paalam Inang Birhen,
Kasing ningning ng buwan.
Paalam na, paalam.
Kami ay bendisyunan,
Kami ay bendisyunan.
Kami ay pagpalain,
Birheng maawain.
Kami ay kalingain,
Mahal na Ina naming.

Ref: Dakilang tanda, ikaw O Maria,

kahanga-hanga ang iyong tagumpay.
At bakit ganyan ang iyong kagandahan,
bakit nga ganyan yong pag-aalab?
Tinatanghal ka ng tanang nilalang,
Kinalulugdan kang kawangis ng Manlilikha (R.)
Ina ng habag at Ina ng pag-ibig,
sa yo nagniningas ng liwanag.
Sa yoy may apoy, bumubukal ang buhay,
Ang sangnilikhay nabubuhay sa yong tagumpay. (R.)
OPENING PRAYER
Let us pray
[that with the help of Marys prayers
we too may reach our heavenly home].
(Pause for silent prayer.)
Father in heaven,
all creation rightly gives you praise,
for all life and all holiness come from you.
In the plan of your wisdom,
she who bore the Christ in her womb
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You wished Mary to be the mother of the family in the home
of Jesus and Joseph,
may all mothers of families foster love and holiness
through her intercession. (R.)
Lord of heaven and earth, you crowned Mary queen of
heaven,
may all the dead rejoice in your kingdom with the saints
forever. (R.)

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was raised body and soul in glory
to be with him in heaven.
May we follow her example in reflecting your holiness and
join in her hymn of endless life and praise.
We ask this through Christ our Lord.
Amen
PSALMODY

THE LORDS PRAYER

(All sing the Lords Prayer in English, Tagalog or Latin.)

Ant.

Christ ascended into heaven / and prepared an

everlasting place / for his immaculate Mother, /
alleluia.

CLOSING PRAYER
Let us pray.
All powerful and ever-living God,
you raised the sinless Virgin Mary,
mother of your Son,
body and soul to the glory of heaven.
May we see heaven as our final goal
and come to share her glory.
We ask this through our Lord Jesus Christ, your Son,
who lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit,
one God, forever and ever.
Amen.
BLESSING
May the all-powerful Lord grant us a restful night and a
peaceful death.
Amen.

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Psalm 113
Praise the name of the Lord
He has cast down the mighty and has lifted up the lowly
(Luke 1:52).
a
b
A
B
c
D

Praise, O servants of the Lord,

praise the name of the Lord!
May the name of the Lord be blessed
both now and for evermore!
From the rising of the sun to its setting
praised be the name of the Lord!

a
b
A

High above all nations is the Lord,

above the heavens his glory.
Who is like the Lord, our God,
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B
c
D

who has risen on high to his throne

yet stoops from the heights to look down,
to look down upon heaven and earth?

a
b
A
B
c
D

From the dust he lifts up the lowly,

from his misery he raises the poor
to set him in the company of princes,
yes, with the princes of his people.
To the childless wife he gives a home
and gladdens her heart with children.

a
B
c
D

Glory to the Father, and to the Son,

and to the Holy Spirit:
as it was in the beginning is now
and will be forever. Amen.

Ant.

O Santa Maria, O Reynat Ina ng Awa,

Ikay aming buhay, pag-asat katamisan.
Sa yo nga kami tumatawag,
pinapanaw na nak ni Eva;
Sa yo rin kami tumatangis,
dini sa lupang bayang kahapis-hapis.
Kayat ilingon mo sa amin
Ang mga mata mong maawain,
At saka kung matapos aming pagpanaw,
Ipakita mo sa amin:
Ang iyong Anak na si Hesus.
O magiliw, maawain, matamis na Birheng Maria.

Christ ascended into heaven / and prepared an

everlasting place / for his immaculate Mother, /
alleluia.

Pray for us, o holy Mother of God

That we may be made worthy of the promises of Christ.
INTERCESSIONS
Let us praise God our almighty Father, who wished that
Mary, his Sons mother, be celebrated by each generation.
Now in need we ask:

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(R.)

FIRST READING
From the first letter of the apostle Paul
to the Corinthians

1 Cor 15:54b-57

Brothers and sisters: When that which is mortal clothes

itself with immortality, then the word that is written shall
come about:
Death is swallowed up in victory.
Where, O death, is your victory?
Where, O death, is your sting?

Mary, full of grace, intercede for us.

O God, worker of miracles, you made the immaculate Virgin

Mary share, body and soul, in your Sons glory in heaven,
Help all of us to fix our thoughts on things above and
make us worthy to share this glory. (R.)
You made Mary our mother. Through her intercession grant
strength to the weak, healing to the sick, comfort to the
sorrowing,
pardon to sinners, salvation and peace to all. (R.)
You made Mary mother of mercy,
may all young people, especially those who are faced
with trials, feel her motherly love. (R.)
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SILENT MEDITATION
Five to ten minutes of silence to reflect and receive in our
hearts the full resonance of the voice of the Holy Spirit and to
unite our personal prayer more closely with the word of God
and public voice of the Church.
After the silent meditation, all pray the rosary beginning
with the First Glorious Mystery.

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The sting of death is sin, and the power of sin is the law. But
thanks be to God who gives us the victory through our Lord
Jesus Christ.
The word of the Lord.
Thanks be to God.
BRIEF SILENCE
SECOND READING

ROSARY
Let us all kneel and pray the Five Glorious Mysteries.
All kneel to pray the Five Glorious Mysteries of the rosary
beginning immediately with the First Glorious Mystery. (Our
Father, ten Hail Marys, Glory Be). Each mystery is to be led
by a different member of the congregation.
After the Glory Be of the Fifth Glorious Mystery, all stand to
sing the Salve Regina
SALVE REGINA
Salve, Regina, mater misericordiae;
vita, dulcedo et spes nostra, salve.
Ad te clamamus exsules filii Hevae.
Ad te suspiramus gementes et flentes
in hac lacrimarum valle.
Eia ergo, advocata nostra,
illos tuos misericordes oculos ad nos converte.
Et Iesum, benedictum fructum ventris tui,
nobis post hoc exsilium ostende.
O clemens, o pia, o dulcis Virgo Maria.

From a Homily on the Assumption by Pope Benedict XVI

The Feast of the Assumption is a day of joy. God has
won. Love has won. It has won life. Love has shown that it is
stronger than death, that God possesses the true strength
and that his strength is goodness and love.
Mary was taken up body and soul into Heaven: there is
even room in God for the body. Heaven is no longer a very
remote sphere unknown to us.
We have a mother in Heaven. And the Mother of God,
the Mother of the Son of God, is our Mother. He himself has
said so. He made her our Mother when he said to the
disciple and to all of us: Behold, your Mother!. We have a
Mother in Heaven. Heaven is open, Heaven has a heart.
In the Gospel we heard the Magnificat, that great poem
inspired by the Holy Spirit that came from Mary's lips,
indeed, from Mary's heart. This marvellous canticle mirrors
the entire soul, the entire personality of Mary. We can say
that this hymn of hers is a portrait of Mary, a true icon in
which we can see her exactly as she is. I would like to
highlight only two points in this great canticle.
It begins with the word Magnificat:
my soul
magnifies the Lord, that is, proclaims the greatness of

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the Lord. Mary wanted God to be great in the world, great in

her life and present among us all. She was not afraid that
God might be a rival in our life, that with his greatness he
might encroach on our freedom, our vital space. She knew
that if God is great, we too are great. Our life is not
oppressed but raised and expanded: it is precisely then that
it becomes great in the splendour of God.

In the end, they turn out to be merely products of a blind

evolution and, as such, can be used and abused. This is
precisely what the experience of our epoch has confirmed for
us.

The fact that our first parents thought the contrary was
the core of original sin. They feared that if God were too
great, he would take something away from their life. They
thought that they could set God aside to make room for
themselves.
This has been the great temptation of the modern age, of
the past three or four centuries. More and more people have
thought and said: But this God does not give us our
freedom; with all his commandments, he restricts the space
in our lives. So God has to disappear; we want to be
autonomous and independent. Without this God we
ourselves would be gods and do as we pleased.
This was also the view of the Prodigal Son, who did not
realize that he was free precisely because he was in his
father's house. He left for distant lands and squandered his
estate. In the end, he realized that precisely because he had
gone so far away from his father, instead of being free he
had become a slave; he understood that only by returning
home to his father's house would he be truly free, in the full
beauty of life.
This is how it is in our modern epoch. Previously, it was
thought and believed that by setting God aside and being
autonomous, following only our own ideas and inclinations,
we would truly be free to do whatever we liked without
anyone being able to give us orders. But when God
disappears, men and women do not become greater; indeed,
they lose the divine dignity, their faces lose God's splendour.
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Only if God is great is humankind also great. With Mary,

we must begin to understand that this is so. We must not
drift away from God but make God present; we must ensure
that he is great in our lives. Thus, we too will become divine;
all the splendour of the divine dignity will then be ours. Let
us apply this to our own lives.
It is important that God be great among us, in public and
in private life.
In public life, it is important that God be present, for
example, through the cross on public buildings, and that he
be present in our community life, for only if God is present
do we have an orientation, a common direction; otherwise,
disputes become impossible to settle, for our common dignity
is no longer recognized.
Let us make God great in public and in private life. This
means making room for God in our lives every day, starting
in the morning with prayers, and then dedicating time to
God, giving Sundays to God. We do not waste our free time if
we offer it to God. If God enters into our time, all time
becomes greater, roomier, richer.
On this feast day, let us thank the Lord for the gift of the
Mother, and let us pray to Mary to help us find the right
path every day. Amen.
End of the reading from a homily on the Assumption by
Pope Benedict XVI