Liturgical Leaflet for an Active Participation in the Celebration of the Eucharist

1 November SOLEMNITY OF ALL SAINTS Year A, B, C

Glory to God in and through the Saints!

he celebration of the Solemnity of All Saints is a wonderful op-

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faith.
portunity to give glory to God for the abundance of holiness in the
Church, and to honor all the heroes and heroines of the Christian

The “canonized saints” are only the tip of the iceberg – the iceberg of
Christian holiness which comprises millions of holy people whose names
are not found in the calendars. They performed no miracles, nor did they
enjoy any supernatural apparition. They were only “ordinary Christians”
– just as we are. The only thing “extraordinary” in them was their faithful
love for God and generous love for people.
Their success is an encouragement to all of us, ordinary faithful who
share with them the sincere desire to “go to heaven.” All we have to do is
follow their style – to live our ordinary lives loving God and neighbor to
the best of our ability and thereby make our lives a beautiful gift for the Lord.

ourselves to celebrate the sacred Gloria

mysteries. (Pause) All – Glory to God in the high-
All – I confess to almighty God est, and on earth peace to people
Entrance Antiphon and to you, my brothers and of good will. We praise you,
(To be recited only when no sisters, that I have greatly we bless you, we adore you, we
entrance hymn is sung.) sinned, in my thoughts and in glorify you, we give you thanks
my words, in what I have done for your great glory, Lord God,
Let us all rejoice in the Lord, and in what I have failed to do, heavenly King, O God,
as we celebrate the feast day in (strike your breast) through almighty Father.
honor of all the Saints, at whose my fault, through my fault, Lord Jesus Christ, Only Be-
festival the Angels rejoice and through my most grievous gotten Son, Lord God, Lamb of
praise the Son of God. fault. Therefore I ask blessed God, Son of the Father, you take
Mary ever-Virgin, all the An- away the sins of the world, have
Greeting gels and Saints, and you, my mercy on us; you take away the
P – In the name of the Father, and brothers and sisters, to pray sins of the world, receive our
of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit! for me to the Lord our God. prayer; you are seated at the right
All –Amen! P –May almighty God have hand of the Father, have mercy
P –The grace of our Lord Jesus mercy on us, forgive us our sins, on us. For you alone are the Holy
Christ, the love of God the Fa- and bring us to everlasting life. One, you alone are the Lord, you
ther, and the communion of the All –Amen! alone are the Most High, Jesus
Holy Spirit be with you all! P –Lord, have mercy! Christ, with the Holy Spirit, in the
All – And with your spirit! All –Lord, have mercy! glory of God the Father. Amen!
P –Christ, have mercy!
Penitential Act All –Christ, have mercy! Collect (Opening Prayer)
P –Brethren, let us acknowl- P –Lord, have mercy! P –Almighty ever-living God,
edge our sins, and so prepare All –Lord, have mercy! by whose gift we venerate in one

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celebration the merits of all the and might be to our God for- we may be called the children
Saints, bestow on us, we pray, ever and ever. Amen!” of God.
through the prayers of so many Then one of the elders Yet so we are. The reason
intercessors, an abundance of the spoke up and said to me, “Who the world does not know us
reconciliation with you for which are these [who are] wearing is that it did not know him.
we earnestly long. white robes, and where did Beloved, we are God’s chil-
Through our Lord Jesus they come from?” dren now; what we shall be
Christ, your Son, who lives and I said to him, “My lord, has not yet been revealed. We
reigns with you in the unity of you are the one who knows.” do know that when it is re-
the Holy Spirit, God, for ever and He said to me, “These are the vealed, we shall be like him,
ever. ones who have survived the for we shall see him as he is.
All – Amen! time of great distress; they Everyone who has this hope
have washed their robes and based on him makes himself
made them white in the blood pure, as he is pure.
of the Lamb.” The Word of the Lord!
The Word of the Lord! All – Thanks be to God!
All – Thanks be to God!
1st Reading Rv 7:2-4.9-14 Gospel Acclamation
Exiled on the island of Patmos, Responsorial Psalm Ps 24
the apostle John is caught up in All – Alleluia! Alleluia!
ecstasy and has a breathtaking R –Lord, this is the people that “Come to me, all you who
vision of the immense throng of longs to see your face! labor and are burdened,
all the saints in heaven. They and I will give you rest,”
give glory to God for the salva- says the Lord!
tion granted them through the Alleluia! Alleluia!
blood of the Lamb, Jesus Christ.
R –A reading from the Book of Gospel Mt 5:1-12
Revelation Today’s Gospel text is commonly
called “the Beatitudes.” This
I, John, saw another angel very famous passage exalts some
come up from the East, hold- of the virtues that Jesus consid-
ing the seal of the living God. ers indispensable for all those
He cried out in a loud voice to who want to enter the Kingdom
the four angels who were given * The Lord’s are the earth of Heaven.
power to damage the land and and its fullness; the world and
the sea, “Do not damage the those who dwell in it. For he P –The Lord be with you!
land or the sea or the trees until founded it upon the seas and All – And with your spirit!
we put the seal on the foreheads established it upon the rivers. P –A reading from the holy
of the servants of our God.” I R. Gospel according to Mat-
heard the number of those who thew
* Who can ascend the moun- All – Glory to you, O Lord!
had been marked with the seal tain of the Lord? Or who may
– one hundred and forty-four When Jesus saw the
stand in his holy place? He
thousand marked from every crowds, he went up the moun-
whose hands are sinless, whose
tribe of the Israelites. tain, and after he had sat down,
heart is clean, who desires not
After this, I had a vision his disciples came to him. He
what is vain. R.
of a great multitude, which began to teach them, saying:
no one could count, from ev- * He shall receive a blessing “Blessed are the poor in spirit,
ery nation, race, people and from the Lord, a reward from for theirs is the kingdom of
tongue. They stood before the God his savior. Such is the race heaven. Blessed are they who
throne and before the Lamb, that seeks for him, that seeks mourn, for they will be com-
wearing white robes and hold- the face of the God of Jacob. R. forted. Blessed are the meek,
ing palm branches in their for they will inherit the land.
hands. They cried out in a loud 2nd Reading 1 Jn 3:1-3 Blessed are they who hun-
voice: “Salvation comes from We participate in Christ’s divine ger and thirst for righteous-
our God, who is seated on the sonship, so we must keep our- ness, for they will be satisfied.
throne, and from the Lamb!” selves pure from every defile- Blessed are the merciful, for
All the angels stood around the ment because we are destined they will be shown mercy.
throne and around the elders to enjoy God’s loving presence Blessed are the clean of heart,
and the four living creatures. for ever. for they will see God. Blessed
They prostrated themselves are the peacemakers, for
before the throne, worshiped R –A reading from the First they will be called children
God, and exclaimed: “Amen! Letter of John of God. Blessed are they who
Blessing and glory, wisdom and Beloved: See what love the are persecuted for the sake of
thanksgiving, honor, power, Father has bestowed on us that righteousness, for theirs is the

1 November
kingdom of heaven. Blessed are response be: sacrifice at your hands, for the
you when they insult you and praise and glory of his name,
persecute you and utter every All –God of all holiness, hear for our good and the good of all
kind of evil against you falsely our prayer! his holy Church.
because of me. Rejoice and be C –For the Church, the earthly
glad, for your reward will be home of all saints: May she be Prayer over the Offerings
great in heaven.” the loving mother who teaches P –May these offerings we
The Gospel of the Lord! her children to pursue their sanc- bring in honor of all the Saints
All – Praise to you, Lord Jesus tification by living the values be pleasing to you, O Lord, and
Christ! enshrined in the Beatitudes. Let grant that, just as we believe the
us pray! R. Saints to be already assured of
Homily C –For the Holy Father and all immortality, so we may experi-
other spiritual leaders: May they ence their concern for our salva-
Profession of Faith be living beacons of holiness pat- tion.
(Nicene-Constantinopolitan Creed) Through Christ our Lord.
terned after the example of Jesus
All –I believe in one God, the Fa- and Mary, and all the saints. Let All – Amen!
ther almighty, maker of heaven us pray! R.
and earth, of all things visible Preface of All Saints
and invisible. C –For all our leaders: May they
give justice to the oppressed, P –The Lord be with you!
I believe in one Lord Jesus All –And with your spirit!
Christ, the Only Begotten Son work for true peace, and with
their right use of funds and re- P –Lift up your hearts!
of God, born of the Father be- All –We lift them up to the
fore all ages. God from God, sources, ensure that our country-
men do not go hungry or thirsty. Lord!
Light from Light, true God from P –Let us give thanks to the
true God, begotten, not made, Let us pray! R.
Lord our God!
consubstantial with the Father; C –For Christians who are per- All –It is right and just!
through him all things were secuted for their faith: May they P –It is truly right and just, our
made. For us men and for our stand firm in the face of suffer- duty and our salvation, always
salvation he came down from ing and death, confident of the and everywhere to give you
heaven, (bow)* and by the Holy glorious reward that awaits them thanks, Lord, holy Father, al-
Spirit was incarnate of the Vir- in heaven. Let us pray! R. mighty and eternal God.
gin Mary, and became man.* For today by your gift we
For our sake he was crucified C –For all our deceased brothers
and sisters: May they be admit- celebrate the festival of your
under Pontius Pilate, he suf- city, the heavenly Jerusalem, our
fered death and was buried, and ted to the joys of eternal life in
heaven, through the mercy of mother, where the great array of
rose again on the third day in our brothers and sisters already
accordance with the Scriptures. God and the intercession of all
the saints. Let us pray! R. gives you eternal praise.
He ascended into heaven and is Towards her, we eagerly
seated at the right hand of the C –For all of us: May we discov- hasten as pilgrims advancing
Father. He will come again in er anew the call to become saints by faith, rejoicing in the glory
glory to judge the living and the and pursue this goal through the bestowed upon those exalted
dead and his kingdom will have generous fulfillment of our du- members of the Church through
no end. ties in imitation of the saintly whom you give us, in our frailty,
I believe in the Holy Spirit, people who have preceded us. both strength and good example.
the Lord, the giver of life, who Let us pray! R. And so, we glorify you with
proceeds from the Father and the the multitude of Saints and An-
P –Lord of all holiness, God
Son, who with the Father and the gels, as with one voice of praise
of all peace, listen to our hum-
Son is adored and glorified, who
ble petitions and grant eternal we acclaim:
has spoken through the prophets.
happiness in heaven to all those All – Holy, holy, holy Lord, God
I believe in one, holy, catholic
You have redeemed through the of hosts. Heaven and earth are
and apostolic Church. I confess
blood of Jesus, the proclaimer full of your glory. Hosanna in
one Baptism for the forgiveness
and exemplar of the Beatitudes, the highest!
of sins and I look forward to the
who lives and reigns for ever and Blessed is he who comes in
resurrection of the dead and the
ever. the name of the Lord. Hosanna
life of the world to come. Amen!
All – Amen! in the highest!
Prayer of the Faithful
Memorial Acclamation
P –As we honor all the saints
in heaven, including the most P –The mystery of faith!
unassuming and unknown, let All – When we eat this Bread and
us offer our humble prayers that Preparation of the Gifts drink this Cup, we proclaim your
as many as possible may share P –Pray, brethren. . . Death, O Lord, until you come
their eternal happiness. Let our All – May the Lord accept the again!

Solemnity of All Saints

 Communion Hymn is sung.) – May God the Father of mer-
Blessed are the clean of cy, who created you for the
heart, for they shall see God. joys of heaven, grant you
Blessed are the peacemakers, the abundance of everlast-
All – Our Father . . . for they shall be called children ing life with Him.
P –Deliver us, Lord . . . of God. Blessed are they who All – Amen!
All –For the kingdom, the are persecuted for the sake of P –May God the Son, who be-
power, and the glory are righteousness, for theirs is the came a human being and
yours, now and for ever. Kingdom of Heaven. died on the cross for our
(Mt 5:8-10) sake, enable you to enjoy
Sign of Peace the fruits of his Incarnation,
Prayer after Communion Death, and Resurrection.
Breaking of the Bread
P –As we adore you, O God, All – Amen!
All – Lamb of God, you take who alone are holy and wonder- P –May God the Holy Spirit,
away the sins of the world: have ful in all your Saints, we im- who purifies you with His
mercy on us. (2x) plore your grace, so that, com- presence and strengthens
Lamb of God, you take ing to perfect holiness in the you with His grace, lead
away the sins of the world: fullness of your love, we may you to the home of all the
grant us peace. pass from this pilgrim table saints in heaven.
to the banquet of our heavenly All – Amen!
Communion homeland.
P –Behold the lamb of God be- Through Christ our Lord. P –And may the blessing of al-
hold him who takes away the sins All – Amen! mighty God: the Father, and
of the world. Blessed are those the Son, and the Holy Spirit
descend upon you and re-
called to the supper of the lamb.
main with you for ever.
All – Lord, I am not worthy
All – Amen!
that you should enter under my
roof, but only say the word and P –The Lord be with you! P –Go in peace glorifying the
my soul shall be healed. All – And with your spirit! Lord by your life.
All – Thanks be to God!
Communion Antiphon P –Bow your heads and pray
(To be recited only when no for God’s blessing. (Pause)

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 CONGRATULATIONS!
Kalakbay at Katoto

C ongratulations! We hear the word uttered

every time one achieves something of sig-
nificance … graduating from College, success-
goes far beyond the limping “congratulations”
that we give each other.

fully defending a Master’s thesis, celebrating But the eight beatitudes or “macarisms” are
a milestone in the journey called life, etc. We anything but half-hearted and tentative! They
use it liberally. We love to hear it from others. are unilateral declarations of what it means to
For us Filipinos who don’t seem to find it easy be considered blessed, not from the point of
to show appreciation for good things done by view of human beings, but from God’s vantage
others, “congratulations” is the closest many point. From the human viewpoint, the happy
of us can get to saying “you have done very and contented are those who have things, who
well,” or “you are so fortunate!” hold power, and who are held in high esteem
by all.
We hear the word “makarios” today, not once,
not twice, but eight times! “Congratulations” juts right out of this purely
human context and viewpoint. You get it when
The Greek word “makarios” comes closest to you achieve something prized and valued by
our “congratulations.” It is a word of praise. worldly men and women. It is not what the 45
It, too, is a word denoting one’s contentment beatitudes in the Old Testament referred to.
that someone else finds himself or herself in a Neither is it equivalent to the macarisms of the
fortunate situation. Whilst literally, it means New Testament, most especially these eight.
“happy,” it means more than just the emo- At the end of the day, the 8 beatitudes turned
tional state of being satisfied. It is blessedness the world’s values on its head. The blessed
that goes beyond personal contentment, a and the happy (the makarioi) are not those
state that speaks more about the benefits that who have and hold and lord it over others. The
extend to others, instead of being focused on blessed and the happy are those declared as
one’s self and one’s internal state. such by God, not by the world.

Today’s gospel passage is an eight-fold greeting And that blessedness is literally “out of this
of blessedness and happiness that precisely world!”