Rite of Solemn Profession

EUCHARISTIC CELEBRATION AND RITE OF SOLEMN PROFESSION 1
Commentator:
Dear friends in Christ, we are gathered here this morning as one family of God to partake in
the Holy Eucharist and as we witness the Solemn Profession of Religious Vows of our
beloved brothers, Brother Arjay Cecilio, and Brother Emiliano Gutierrez, Jr. of the Clerics
Regular Minor.
Solemn Profession is the highest and most complete expression of the consecration to God
in the service of the Church, and of full aggregation in the religious family of the Clerics
Regular Minor. It is the sign of the spousal love that indissolubly unites Christ to the Church,
his spouse. As we begin the celebration, let us welcome Christ in the presence of the clergy,
with Reverend Father Teodoro Kalaw, CRM, Superior General of the Clerics Regular Minor-
Adorno Fathers. Please all rise.
ENTRANCE PROCESSION
After the people and the religious community members have gathered and everyone is properly positioned, the
procession begins through the church to the altar; during this time a suitable hymn is sung. The procession
takes place as follows: first the thurifer; followed by the cross with two candle bearers, altar servers, the
candidates for the profession accompanied by their novice master, the deacons, the concelebrants, the
presider.
After the Entrance Hymn, the celebrant says:
GREETINGS
Celebrant: IN THE NAME OF THE + FATHER, AND

OF THE SON, AND OF THE HOLY
SPIRIT.
Assembly: Amen.
Celebrant: THE GRACE OF OUR LORD JESUS

CHRIST, AND THE LOVE OF GOD AND
THE COMMUNION OF THE HOLY SPIRIT
BE WITH YOU ALL.
Assembly: And with your spirit.
A short introduction may be inserted by the celebrant pertaining to the celebration. Then follows the Penitential
Act, to which the celebrant invites the faithful, saying:
Celebrant: BROTHERS AND SISTERS, LET US

ACKNOWLEDGE OUR SINS, AND SO
PREPARE OURSELVES TO
CELEBRATE THE SACRED
MYSTERIES.
A brief pause for silence follows. Then all recite together the formula of general confession:
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
IN WHAT I HAVE FAILED TO DO,
And, striking their breast, they say:
THROUGH MY FAULT, THROUGH MY

FAULT, THROUGH MY MOST
GRIEVOUS FAULT;
Then they continue:
THEREFORE I ASK BLESSED MARY

EVER-VIRGIN, ALL THE ANGELS AND
SAINTS, AND YOU, MY BROTHERS
AND SISTERS, TO PRAY FOR ME TO
THE LORD OUR GOD.
The absolution by the celebrant follows:
Celebrant: MAY ALMIGHTY GOD HAVE MERCY ON

US, FORGIVE US OUR SINS, AND
BRING US TO EVERLASTING LIFE.
Assembly: Amen.
KYRIE (to be sung)
Celebrant: GLORIA IN EXCELSIS DEO.

GLORIA (to be sung)
COLLECT
Celebrant: LET US PRAY

Pause for silent prayer
O GOD, WHO WILLED THAT THE

GRACE OF BAPTISM SHOULD
FLOURISH IN THESE YOUR SERVANTS,
SO THAT THEY MIGHT STRIVE TO
FOLLOW MORE CLOSELY IN THE
FOOTSTEPS OF YOUR SON, GRANT,
WE PRAY, THAT, CONSTANTLY
SEEKING EVANGELICAL PERFECTION,
THEY MAY ADD TO THE HOLINESS OF
YOUR CHURCH AND INCREASE HER
APOSTOLIC ZEAL. THROUGH OUR
LORD JESUS CHRIST, YOUR SON,
WHO LIVES AND REIGNS WITH YOU IN
THE UNITY OF THE HOLY SPIRIT, ONE
GOD, FOR EVER AND EVER.
Assembly: Amen.
Commentator: Please all be seated as we listen to the Word of God.
THE LITURGY OF THE WORD

FIRST READING
A reading from the book of the Prophet Isaiah Isaiah 61:9-11
The word of the Lord.

Assembly: Thanks be to God.
RESPONSORIAL PSALM: c/o Choir

SECOND READING
A reading from the First Letter of Saint Paul to the Corinthians 1 Cor 1:22-31
The word of the Lord.

Commentator: Please all stand to honor the Gospel.
GOSPEL ACCLAMATION
GOSPEL Lk 1:26-38
Priest: The Lord be with you.
Priest: A reading from the Holy Gospel according to Saint Luke
Assembly: Glory to you, O Lord.
The Gospel of the Lord.

Assembly: Praise to you, Lord Jesus Christ.
Commentator: Please all be seated as we begin the rite of Religious Profession.
The candidates for religious profession will remain standing.
RITE OF RELIGIOUS PROFESSION

After the proclamation of the Gospel, all sit while candidates remain standing at their designated places.
PRESENTATION & EXAMINATION

The Local Superior presents the candidates:
Local Superior: MAY THE CANDIDATES FOR THE SOLEMN

PROFESSION OF RELIGIOUS VOWS
PLEASE COME FORWARD.
He calls them by name.
Local Superior: Brother ARJAY CECILIO

of the Clerics Regular Minor.
Candidate: PRESENT.
Local Superior: Brother EMILIANO GUTIERREZ, JR.,

of the Clerics Regular Minor.
Candidate: PRESENT.
The candidates present themselves before the Superior General or his delegate:
Celebrant: DEAREST SONS, WHAT DO YOU ASK

GOD AND HIS HOLY CHURCH?
Candidate: I, (each one says his name and then they continue along),
with the help of God and the guidance of the formators
have known and experienced the consecrated life
according to the spirit of the Order of the Clerics Regular
Minor. Now, Father, we humbly ask you that we may be
allowed to make the solemn profession of vows in this
same family in which we want to persevere until death for
the greater glory of the Risen Christ and the service of the
Church.
The candidates sit, listens to the homily.

HOMILY
After the homily and a short moment of silent meditation, only the candidates stand before the celebrant. The
celebrant, standing, poses the following questions:
Celebrant: MY DEAREST BROTHERS, YOU ARE

ALREADY CONSECRATED TO GOD
THROUGH BAPTISM. DO YOU WANT NOW
TO CONSECRATE YOURSELVES TO HIM
MORE INTIMATELY WITH THE NEW AND
SPECIAL BOND OF THE SOLEMN
PROFESSION OF RELIGIOUS VOWS?
Candidate: Yes, I do.
Celebrant: ARE YOU RESOLVED, WITH THE HELP OF

GOD, TO UNDERTAKE THAT LIFE OF
PERFECT CHASTITY, OBEDIENCE,
POVERTY AND HUMILITY CHOSEN FOR
THEMSELVES BY CHRIST OUR LORD AND
HIS VIRGIN MOTHER, AND TO PERSEVERE
IN IT FOREVER?
Candidate: I am.
Celebrant: ARE YOU RESOLVED TO STRIVE

STEADFASTLY FOR PERFECTION IN THE
LOVE OF GOD AND OF YOUR NEIGHBOR
BY LIVING THE GOSPEL WITH ALL YOUR
HEART AND TO OBSERVE THE
CONSTITUTIONS AND RULES OF OUR
RELIGIOUS FAMILY OF THE CLERICS
REGULAR MINOR?
Candidate: I am.
Celebrant: ARE YOU RESOLVED, WITH THE HELP OF

THE HOLY SPIRIT, FOLLOWING THE
EXAMPLE OF THE FOUNDERS, TO SPEND
YOUR WHOLE LIFE TO THE GENEROUS
SERVICE OF GOD’S PEOPLE?
Candidate: I am.
Celebrant: MAY GOD WHO HAS LOVED YOU WITH AN

EVERLASTING LOVE AND HAS CALLED
YOU TO FOLLOW CHRIST IN OUR
RELIGIOUS FAMILY, STRENGTHEN THIS
YOUR DESIRE WITH HIS GRACE, AND
BRING IT TO FULFILLMENT UNTIL THE DAY
OF CHRIST THE LORD AND GRANT YOU
THE REWARD PROMISED TO THOSE WHO
FOLLOW HIM FAITHFULLY.
All: Amen.
LITANY OF SUPPLICATION
All rise and the celebrant address the assembly saying:
Commentator: All stand.
Celebrant: DEAR FRIENDS IN CHRIST, LET US PRAY TO

GOD THE ALMIGHTY FATHER FOR THESE
SERVANTS OF HIM WHOM HE HAS CALLED TO
FOLLOW CHRIST IN THE RELIGIOUS LIFE; IN
HIS LOVE MAY HE BLESS THEM WITH HIS
GRACE AND STRENGTHEN THEM IN HIS HOLY
PURPOSE.
The deacon or concelebrant invites the people to kneel saying:
[Deacon/Priest: Let us kneel]

The celebrant kneels before his seat; the candidates instead prostrate or kneel; all others kneel. During the
Easter Season and on Sundays all remain standing, except the candidates.
Lord, have mercy, Lord, have mercy.

Christ, have mercy. Christ have mercy.
Lord, have mercy. Lord, have mercy.
Holy Mary, Mother of God, Pray for us.

Saint Michael, Pray for us.
All you holy angels of God, Pray for us.
Saint John the Baptist, Pray for us.

Saint Joseph, Pray for us.
Saints Peter and Paul, Pray for us.
Saint John, Pray for us.
All you holy Apostles and Evangelists, Pray for us.
Saint Mary Magdalene Pray for us.

All you holy disciples of the Lord, Pray for us.
Saint Stephen, Pray for us.

Saint Lawrence, Pray for us.
Saint Agnes, Pray for us.
All you holy martyrs, Pray for us.
Saint Basil, Pray for us.

Saint Augustine, Pray for us.
Saint Benedict, Pray for us.
Saint Bernard, Pray for us.
Saint Francis of Assisi Pray for us.
Saint Dominic, Pray for us.
Saint Ignatius of Loyola, Pray for us.
Saint Vincent de Paul, Pray for us.
Saint John Bosco, Pray for us.
Saint Catherine of Siena, Pray for us.
Saint Teresa of Jesus, Pray for us.
Saint Francis Caracciolo, Pray for us.
Saint Therese of Lisieux, Pray for us.
Saint Pius of Pietrelcina, Pray for us.
San Lorenzo Ruiz ng Maynila, Pray for us.
San Pedro Calungsod, Pray for us.
Lord be merciful, Lord, save your people.

From all evil, Lord, save your people.
From every sin, Lord, save your people.
From everlasting death, Lord, save your people.

By your coming as man, Lord, save your people.
By your death and rising to new life, Lord, save your people.
By your gift of the Holy Spirit, Lord, save your people.
Be merciful to us sinners, Lord, hear our prayer.

By the self-offering of your servants and their apostolic
Lord, hear our prayer.
work, make the life of your Church evermore fruitful.
Give in ever greater abundance the gifts of the Holy
Spirit to your servant, Pope Francis, and to all his Lord, hear our prayer.
brother bishops,
By the life and labor of all religious promote the welfare
of all people.
Lead all men and women to the fullness of the Christian
life,
Grant that all religious communities may live and grow
in the love of Christ and the spirit of their founders,
Give to all who profess the Gospel counsels a fuller
share in the work of redemption,
Reward a hundredfold the parents of your servants for
the sacrifice they have made.
Grant that these your sons who now dedicate their lives
to you, may be more and more conformed to the image Lord, hear our prayer.
of Christ,
Give to our brothers the strength to persevere in the
new commitment of consecrated life,
Bless, sanctify and consecrate our brothers, Lord, hear our prayer.
Jesus, Son of the living God, Lord, hear our prayer.

Christ, hear us Christ, hear us.
Lord Jesus, hear our prayer Lord Jesus, hear our prayer.
Only the celebrant rises and with hands extended, says:
Celebrant: LORD GRANT THE PRAYERS OF YOUR

PEOPLE. PREPARE THE HEARTS OF YOUR
SERVANTS FOR CONSECRATION TO YOUR
SERVICE. BY THE GRACE OF THE HOLY SPIRIT
PURIFY THEM FROM ALL SIN AND SET THEM
ON FIRE WITH YOUR LOVE. WE ASK THIS
THROUGH CHRIST OUR LORD.
[Deacon/Priest: Let us rise]
Commentator: All stand.

All stand.
The celebrant sits on the chair prepared for him; the two witnesses approach the celebrant, standing, act as
witnesses of the profession. Each of the candidates kneel before the celebrant and make his solemn profession.
At the end each return to his seat.
FORMULA OF PROFESSION
Candidate: To the Greater Glory of the Risen Christ, I, _______, born in _____________,
on the ________________, baptized on the ________________, in the parish
of _______________________________, in ____________________, in the
firm will to consecrate myself more intimately to God and to follow more closely
the Lord Jesus for my entire life, before my brothers who surround me and in
your hands, Very Reverend Father Teodoro Kalaw, CRM, Superior General of
the Clerics Regular Minor, freely make a solemn vow of perpetual chastity,
poverty, obedience and of not seeking ecclesiastical dignities outside the
Order, according to the Constitutions and Rules of the Clerics Regular Minor.
Moreover, I swear not to endeavor to be elected to the office of Major Superior
or local superior in our Order. I entrust myself with all my heart to this religious
family, to live in perfect charity in the service of God and of the Church, in union
with the Eucharistic Sacrifice of Christ, according to the charism and example
of the Founders, with the grace of the Holy Spirit, the help of the Blessed Virgin
Mary and the intercession of St. Michael and St. Joseph, our Protectors. Given
at __________, on the _____________.
SOLEMN BLESSING AND CONSECRATION OF THE PROFESSED

The newly professed kneel before the celebrant. With extended arms over the newly professed, the celebrant
says the prayer of blessing.
Celebrant: FATHER IN HEAVEN, SOURCE OF ALL

HOLINESS, CREATOR OF THE HUMAN
RACE, YOUR LOVE FOR US WAS SO
GREAT THAT YOU GAVE US A SHARE IN
YOUR OWN DIVINE LIFE. NEITHER THE SIN
OF ADAM NOR EVEN THE SINS OF THE
WHOLE WORLD COULD ALTER YOUR
LOVING PURPOSE.
IN THE DAWN OF HISTORY, YOU GAVE US

ABEL AS AN EXAMPLE OF HOLINESS.
LATER, FROM YOUR BELOVED HEBREW
PEOPLE YOU RAISED UP MEN AND

WOMEN GRACED WITH EVERY VIRTUE.
FOREMOST AMONG THEM ALL STANDS

MARY, THE EVER-VIRGIN DAUGHTER OF
ZION. FROM HER PURE WOMB WAS BORN
JESUS CHRIST, YOUR ETERNAL WORD,
THE SAVIOR OF THE WORLD.
YOU SENT HIM, FATHER, AS OUR

PATTERN OF HOLINESS. HE BECAME
POOR TO MAKE US RICH, A SLAVE TO SET
US FREE. WITH LOVE NO WORDS CAN
TELL HE REDEEMED THE WORLD BY HIS
PASCHAL MYSTERY AND WON FROM YOU
THE GIFTS OF THE SPIRIT TO SANCTIFY
HIS CHURCH.
THE VOICE OF THE SPIRIT HAS DRAWN

COUNTLES NUMBERS OF YOUR
CHILDREN TO FOLLOW IN THE
FOOTSTEPS OF YOUR SON. THEY LEAVE
ALL THINGS TO BE ONE WITH YOU IN THE
BONDS OF LOVE AND GIVE THEMSELVES
WHOLLY TO YOUR SERVICE AND THE
SERVICE OF ALL YOUR PEOPLE.
LOOK WITH FAVOR, THEN, ON THESE

YOUR SERVANTS WHO HAVE HEARD
YOUR CALL. SEND THEM THE SPIRIT OF
HOLINESS; HELP THEM TO FULFILL IN

FAITH WHAT YOU HAVE ENABLED THEM
TO PROMISE IN JOY. KEEP ALWAYS
BEFORE THEIR EYES, CHRIST, THE DIVINE
TEACHER.
SHINE IN THEM A PERFECT CHASTITY,

GENEROUS OBEDIENCE, A POVERTY
LIVED WITH EVANGELICAL JOY. MAY
THEIR HUMILITY BE PLEASING TO YOU,
FATHER, SERVE YOU WITH GENEROUS
OBEDIENCE, AND CLING TO YOU
WHOLEHEARTEDLY. MAY THEY BE
PATIENT IN TRIALS, STEADFAST IN FAITH,
JOYFUL IN HOPE, FERVENT IN LOVE.
MAY THEY BUILD UP THE CHURCH BY THE

HOLINESS OF THEIR LIVES, ADVANCE THE
SALVATION OF THE WORLD, AND STAND
AS SIGNS OF THE BLESSINGS THAT ARE
TO COME.
LORD, PROTECT AND GUIDE THESE

SERVANTS OF YOURS. AT THE JUDGMENT
SEAT OF YOUR SON BE YOURSELF HIS
GREAT REWARD. GIVE THEM THE JOY OF
VOWS FULFILLED. MADE PERFECT IN
YOUR LIFE, MAY THEY REJOICE IN THE
COMMUNION OF YOUR SAINTS AND
PRAISE YOU FOR EVER IN THEIR

COMPANY.
WE ASK THIS THROUGH CHRIST OUR

LORD.
Assembly: Amen.
After the blessing, the celebrant and the assembly sit while the professed remain standing.
Commentator: Please be seated as we witness the presentation of the symbols of

profession.
GIVING OF THE CRUCIFIX
From the Constitutions of the Clerics Regular Minor:
Commentator: Following Christ, the religious will learn to live no more for himself, but for
the Lord who loved him and gave himself for him, and to complete that
which is lacking in the sufferings of Christ for his body, which is the Church.
The cross should be for us, as it was for Christ, the proof of the greatest
love. We will thus render testimony of the mysterious rapport between
renunciation and joy, between sacrifice and expansion of the heart,
between discipline and spiritual freedom. (Cost. 62)
The first professed kneel before the celebrant to receive the crucifix.
Celebrant: BROTHER ARJAY CECILIO, RECEIVE THE

CROSS OF CHRIST; IN UNION WITH THE
CRUCIFIED, MAY YOUR LIFE BE A LIVING
SACRIFICE, HOLY AND ACCEPTABLE TO GOD.
Professed: Amen.
Then follows the second one:
Celebrant: BROTHER EMILIANO GUTIERREZ, JR., RECEIVE

THE CROSS OF CHRIST; IN UNION WITH THE
CRUCIFIED, MAY YOUR LIFE BE A LIVING
SACRIFICE, HOLY AND ACCEPTABLE TO GOD.
Professed: Amen.
GIVING OF THE TOWEL AND WASHING OF THE FEET
From the Constitutions of the Clerics Regular Minor:
Commentator: Our founders wanted the Clerics Regular Minor to add to the vows of
chastity, poverty and obedience, as an ulterior and more profound
assimilation to the humble Christ, the solemn vow of not seeking
ecclesiastical dignities. (Cost. 6) The humble presence of Jesus in the
Eucharist, and his action of washing the feet of his disciples, are for us
particular motive for dedicating ourselves to the poor, the sick and the
suffering and the marginalized of all kinds, for their complete human and
Christian promotion. (Const. 89).
Then the professed, come before the celebrant and, kneeling, receive the towel:
Celebrant: BROTHER ARJAY CECILIO, RECEIVE THE

TOWEL, SYMBOL OF HUMBLE AND GENEROUS
SERVICE AND, AS YOU RECOGNIZE CHRIST AS
YOUR LORD AND MASTER, MAY YOU IMITATE
HIM IN WASHING THE FEET OF THE BROTHERS,
NOW AND FOREVER.
Professed: Amen.
Then follows the second one:
Celebrant: BROTHER EMILIANO GUTIERREZ, JR, RECEIVE

THE TOWEL, SYMBOL OF HUMBLE AND
GENEROUS SERVICE AND, AS YOU
RECOGNIZE CHRIST AS YOUR LORD AND
MASTER, MAY YOU IMITATE HIM IN WASHING
THE FEET OF THE BROTHERS, NOW AND
FOREVER.
Professed: Amen.
The professed, assisted by an acolyte in the sanctuary arear, washes and dries the feet of the designated
person.
WELCOME IN THE COMMUNITY
After the rite, the professed line themselves up before the celebrant who rise from his sit to give the formula of
acceptance in the community.
Celebrant: DEAREST SONS, WITH GREAT JOY, WE

WELCOME YOU DEFINITIVELY TO OUR FAMILY
OF THE CLERICS REGULAR MINOR; FROM
NOW ON EVERYTHING WILL BE SHARED
BETWEEN US: “COMMON IS GOD, COMMON IS
THE COMMITMENT TO PERFECTION, COMMON
ARE THE DIFFICULTIES, COMMON THE WORK,
COMMON THE SALVATION, COMMON FINALLY
WILL BE THE GLORY.” (Const. 69)
The exchange of peace follows among religious and during this time a hymn is sung.
Commentator: Please be seated for the Liturgy of the Eucharist.
LITURGY OF THE EUCHARIST

Preparation of the Altar and the Gifts
The celebrant goes to the altar and kisses it. The celebrant takes the paten with the bread and holds it slightly
raised above the altar with both hands, saying in a low voice:
Celebrant: BLESSED ARE YOU, LORD GOD OF ALL

CREATION, FOR THROUGH YOUR
GOODNESS WE HAVE RECEIVED THE
BREAD WE OFFER YOU: FRUIT OF THE
EARTH AND WORK OF HUMAN HANDS, IT
WILL BECOME FOR US THE BREAD OF
LIFE.
Then he places the paten with the bread on the corporal. The people may respond:
Assembly: Blessed be God forever.
Celebrant: By the mystery of this water and wine may we come to

share in the divinity of Christ who humbled himself to
share in our humanity.
The celebrant then takes the chalice and holds it slightly raised above the altar with hands, saying:
Celebrant: BLESSED ARE YOU, LORD GOD OF ALL

CREATION, FOR THROUGH YOUR
GOODNESS WE HAVE RECEIVED THE

WINE WE OFFER YOU: FRUIT OF THE VINE
AND WORK OF HUMAN HANDS, IT WILL
BECOME OUR SPIRITUAL DRINK.
Then he places the chalice on the corporal. The people may respond:
Assembly: Blessed be God forever.

After this, the celebrant, bowing profoundly, says quietly:
Celebrant: WITH HUMBLE SPIRIT AND CONTRITE HEART MAY WE

BE ACCEPTED BY YOU, O LORD, AND MAY OUR
SACRIFICE IN YOUR SIGHT THIS DAY BE PLEASING TO
YOU, LORD GOD.
Then the celebrant, standing at the side of the altar, washes his hands, saying quietly:
Celebrant: WASH ME, O LORD, FROM MY INIQUITY AND

CLEANSE ME FROM MY SIN.
Commentator: Please all stand.
Standing at the middle of the altar, facing the people, extending and then joining his hands, he says:
Celebrant: PRAY, BROTHERS AND SISTERS, THAT MY

SACRIFICE AND YOURS MAY BE
ACCEPTABLE TO GOD, THE ALMIGHTY
FATHER.
Assembly: May the Lord accept the sacrifice at your hands for the praise and glory
of his name, for our good and the good of all his holy Church.
PRAYER OVER THE OFFERINGS
Celebrant: RECEIVE THE GIFT AND INTENTIONS

OF YOUR SERVANTS, O LORD, AND
CONFIRM IN YOUR LOVE THOSE WHO
PROFESS THE EVANGELICAL
COUNSELS. THROUGH CHRIST OUR
LORD.
Assembly: Amen.
PREFACE: Religious life as service of God through the imitation of Christ.
Celebrant: THE LORD BE WITH YOU.

Celebrant: LIFT UP YOUR HEARTS.

Assembly: We lift them up to the Lord.
Celebrant: LET US GIVE THANKS TO THE LORD OUR

GOD.
Assembly: It is right and just.
Celebrant: IT IS TRULY RIGHT AND JUST, OUR

DUTY AND OUR SALVATION, ALWAYS
AND EVERYWHERE TO GIVE YOU
THANKS, LORD, HOLY FATHER,
ALMIGHTY AND ETERNAL GOD
THROUGH CHRIST OUR LORD
HE IS THE UNBLEMISHED FLOWER,
WHO SPRANG FROM THE ROOT OF
THE VIRGIN AND DECLARED THE

PURE OF HEART BLESSED, TEACHING
BY HIS WAY OF LIFE THE
SURPASSING WORTH OF CHASTITY.
HE CHOSE ALWAYS TO HOLD FAST TO
WHAT IS PLEASING TO YOU AND,
BECOMING OBEDIENT FOR OUR SAKE
EVEN UNTIL DEATH, HE WILLINGLY
OFFERED HIMSELF TO YOU AS A
PERFECT AND A FRAGRANT
SACRIFICE.
HE CONSECRATED TO A FULLER
SERVICE OF YOUR MAJESTY THOSE
WHO FOR LOVE OF YOU LEAVE ALL
EARTHLY THINGS AND PROMISED
THEY WOULD FIND TREASURE IN
HEAVEN.
AND SO THE COMPANY OF ANGELS
AND SAINTS WE SING THE HYMN OF
YOUR PRAISE AS WITHOUT END WE
ACCLAIM:
SANCTUS (to be sung)
EUCHARISTIC PRAYER III

The celebrant with hands extended, says:
Celebrant: YOU ARE INDEED HOLY, O LORD, AND

ALL YOU HAVE CREATED RIGHTLY
GIVES YOU PRAISE, FOR THROUGH
YOUR SON OUR LORD JESUS CHRIST,
BY THE POWER OF THE HOLY SPIRIT,
YOU GIVE LIFE TO ALL THINGS AND
MAKE THEM HOLY, AND YOU NEVER
CEASE TO GATHER A PEOPLE TO
YOURSELF, SO THAT FROM THE
RISING OF THE SUN TO ITS SETTING A
PURE SACRIFICE MAY BE OFFERED
TO YOUR NAME.
He joins his hands and, holding them extended over the offerings, says:
THEREFORE, O LORD, WE HUMBLY

IMPLORE YOU: BY THE SAME SPIRIT
GRACIOUSLY MAKE HOLY THESE
GIFTS WE HAVE BROUGHT TO YOU
FOR CONSECRATION,
He joins his hands and makes the Sign of the Cross once over the bread and chalice together, saying:
THAT THEY MAY BECOME THE BODY

AND + BLOOD OF YOUR SON OUR
LORD JESUS CHRIST
He joins his hands.
AT WHOSE COMMAND WE
CELEBRATE THESE MYSTERIES.
The words of the Lord should be pronounced clearly and distinctly, as the nature of these words requires.
FOR ON THE NIGHT HE WAS

BETRAYED
He takes the bread and, holding it slightly raised above the altar, continues:
HE HIMSELF TOOK BREAD, AND,

GIVING YOU THANKS, HE SAID THE
BLESSING, BROKE THE BREAD AND
GAVE IT TO HIS DISCIPLES, SAYING:
He bows slightly.
TAKE THIS, ALL OF YOU, AND EAT OF

IT, FOR THIS IS MY BODY, WHICH WILL
BE GIVEN UP FOR YOU.
He shows the consecrated host to the people, places it again on the paten, and genuflects in adoration. After
this he continues:
IN A SIMILAR WAY, WHEN SUPPER

WAS ENDED,
He takes the chalice and, holding it slightly raised above the altar, continues:
HE TOOK THE CHALICE, AND, GIVING

YOU THANKS, HE SAID THE
BLESSING, AND GAVE THE CHALICE
TO HIS DISCIPLES, SAYING:
He bows slightly.
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.
He shows the chalice to the people, places it on the corporal, and genuflects in adoration.
Celebrant: THE MYSTERY OF FAITH.

And the people continue acclaiming while they remain kneeling.
MEMORIAL ACCLAMATION (to be sung)

Then the celebrant, with hands extended, says:
THEREFORE, O LORD, AS WE
CELEBRATE THE MEMORIAL OF THE
SAVING PASSION OF YOUR SON, HIS
WONDROUS RESURRECTION AND
ASCENCION INTO HEAVEN, AND AS
WE LOOK FORWARD TO HIS SECOND
COMING, WE OFFER YOU IN
THANKSGIVING THIS HOLY AND
LIVING SACRIFICE.
LOOK, WE PRAY, UPON THE
OBLATION OF YOUR CHURCH AND,
RECOGNIZING THE SACRIFICIAL
VICTIM BY WHOSE DEATH YOU
WILLED TO RECONCILE US TO
YOURSELF, GRANT THAT WE, WHO
ARE NOURISHED BY THE BODY AND
BLOOD OF YOUR SON AND FILLED
WITH HIS HOLY SPIRIT, MAY BECOME
ONE BODY, ONE SPIRIT IN CHRIST.
Concelebrant: MAY HE MAKE OF US AN ETERNAL
OFFERING TO YOU, SO THAT WE MAY
OBTAIN AN INHERITANCE WITH YOUR

ELECT, ESPECIALLY WITH THE MOST
BLESSED VIRGIN MARY, MOTHER OF
GOD, WITH BLESSED JOSEPH, HER
SPOUSE, WITH YOUR BLESSED
APOSTLES AND GLORIOUS
MARTYRS, WITH SAINT FRANCIS
CARACCIOLO, SAINT MICHAEL THE
ARCHANGEL AND WITH ALL THE
SAINTS, ON WHOSE CONSTANT
INTERCESSION IN YOUR PRESENCE
WE RELY FOR UNFAILING HELP.
Concelebrant: MAY THIS SACRIFICE OF OUR
RECONCILIATION, WE PRAY, O LORD,
ADVANCE THE PEACE AND
SALVATION OF ALL THE WORLD. BE
PLEASED TO CONFIRM IN FAITH AND
CHARITY YOUR PILGRIM CHURCH ON
EARTH, WITH YOUR SERVANT
FRANCIS OUR POPE AND REX
ANDREW OUR BISHOP, THE ORDER
OF BISHOPS, ALL THE CLERGY, AND
THE ENTIRE PEOPLE YOU HAVE
GAINED FOR YOUR OWN.
STRENGTHEN IN THEIR HOLY
RESOLVE, O LORD, THESE YOUR
SERVANTS, WHO TODAY HAVE
BOUND THEMSELVES TO YOU
PERPETUALLY IN THE SACRED
BONDS OF RELIGIOUS PROFESSION,

AND GRANT THAT THEY MAY SHOW
FORTH IN YOUR CHURCH THE NEW
AND ETERNAL LIFE PURCHASED FOR
US BY CHRIST’S REDEMPTION.
LISTEN GRACIOUSLY TO THE
PRAYERS OF THIS FAMILY, WHOM
YOU HAVE SUMMONED BEFORE YOU:
IN YOUR COMPASSION, O MERCIFUL
FATHER, GATHER TO YOURSELF ALL
YOUR CHILDREN SCATTERED
THROUGHOUT THE WORLD.
Concelebrant: TO OUR DEPARTED BROTHERS AND
SISTERS AND TO ALL WHO WERE
PLEASING TO YOU AT THEIR PASSING
FROM THIS LIFE, GIVE KIND
ADMITTANCE TO YOUR KINGDOM.
THERE WE HOPE TO ENJOY FOR
EVER THE FULLNESS OF YOUR
GLORY
He joins his hands.
THROUGH CHRIST OUR LORD,

THROUGH WHOM YOU BESTOW ON
THE WORLD ALL THAT IS GOOD.
The celebrant takes the chalice and the paten with the host and, raising both, he says:
THROUGH HIM, AND WITH HIM, AND IN

HIM, O GOD, ALMIGHTY FATHER, IN
THE UNITY OF THE HOLY SPIRIT, ALL
GLORY AND HONOR IS YOURS, FOR

EVER AND EVER.
GREAT AMEN (to be sung)
COMMUNION RITE
Celebrant: AT THE SAVIOR’S COMMAND AND

FORMED BY DIVINE TEACHING, WE
DARE TO SAY:
All: Our Father, who art in heaven, hallowed be thy
name: 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.
Celebrant: DELIVER US LORD, WE PRAY, FROM

EVERY EVIL, GRACIOUSLY GRANT
PEACE IN OUR DAYS, 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.
The people conclude the prayer acclaiming:
Assembly: For the kingdom, the power and the glory are yours,
now and forever.
SIGN OF PEACE
Then the celebrant, with hands extended, says aloud:
Celebrant: LORD JESUS CHRIST, WHO SAID TO

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.
He joins his hands.
WHO LIVE AND REIGN FOR EVER AND

EVER.
Assembly: Amen.
The celebrant, extending and joining his hands, adds:
Celebrant: THE PEACE OF THE LORD BE WITH

YOU ALWAYS.
Celebrant: Let us offer each other the sign of peace.

All make an appropriate sign of peace, according to local custom. The priest gives the sign of peace to one
another.
BREAKING OF THE BREAD

AGNUS DEI (to be sung)
Celebrant: MAY THIS MINGLING OF THE BODY AND
BLOOD OF OUR LORD JESUS CHRIST
BRING ETERNAL LIFE TO US WHO RECEIVE
IT.
Then the celebrant, with hands joined, says quietly:
Celebrant: MAY THE RECEIVING OF THE BODY AND

BLOOD, LORD JESUS CHRIST, NOT BRING
ME TO JUDGMENT AND CONDEMNATION,
BUT THROUUGH YOUR LOVING MERCY BE
FOR ME PROTECTION IN MIND AND BODY
AND A HEALING REMEDY.
Communion
The celebrant genuflects, takes the host and, holding it slightly raised above the paten or above the chalice,
while facing the people, says aloud:
Celebrant: BEHOLD THE LAMB OF GOD, BEHOLD HIM

WHO TAKES AWAY THE SINS OF THE
WORLD. BLESSED ARE THOSE CALLED
TO THE SUPPER OF THE LAMB.
And together with the people he adds once:
Assembly: Lord, I am not worthy that you should enter under my

roof but only say the word and my soul shall be healed.
The celebrant, facing the altar, says quietly:
Celebrant: MAY THE BODY OF CHRIST KEEP ME SAFE

FOR ETERNAL LIFE.
He reverently consumes the Body of Christ. Then he take the chalice and says quietly:
Celebrant: MAY THE BLOOD OF CHRIST KEEP ME SAFE

FOR ETERNAL LIFE.
After this, he takes the paten or ciborium and approaches the communicants. The celebrant raises a host
slightly and shows it to each of the communicants saying:
THE BODY OF CHRIST.

The communicants answer:
Amen.
COMMUNION HYMN
PERIOD OF SILENCE
PRAYER AFTER COMMMUNION
Bishop: LET US PRAY.

HAVING RECEIVED WITH REVERENCE
THE DIVINE MYSTERIES, WE HUMBLY
BESEECH YOU, O LORD, TO INFLAME
WITH THE FIRE OF THE HOLY SPIRIT
THESE YOUR SERVANTS, BOUND TO
YOU NOW BY AN ACT OF SACRED
OFFERING, AND TO ADMIT THEM FOR
EVER TO THE COMPANY OF YOUR
SON. WHO LIVES AND REIGNS FOR
EVER AND EVER.
Assembly: Amen.
CONCLUDING RITES
Commentator: All rise.
Celebrant: THE LORD BE WITH YOU.

Celebrant: Bow down for the blessing.
Celebrant: MAY GOD, THE INSPIRER OF EVERY

GOOD RESOLVE, FOSTER YOUR
PURPOSES AND STRENGTHEN YOUR
HEARTS, THAT WHAT YOU HAVE
PROMISED YOU MAY KEEP WITH
PERSEVERING FAITH.
Assembly: Amen.
Celebrant: MAY HE GRANT YOU TO HASTEN IN THE

JOY OF CHRIST ALONG THE NARROW
WAY YOU HAVE CHOSEN, REJOICING TO
BEAR THE BURDENS OF YOUR
BROTHERS
Assembly: Amen.
Celebrant: MAY THE CHARITY OF GOD MAKE OF YOU

A FAMILY BROUGHT TOGETHER IN THE
LORD’S NAME, TO SHOW FORTH THE
IMAGE OF THE LOVE OF CHRIST.
Assembly: Amen.
Celebrant: AND MAY ALMIGHTY GOD BLESS ALL OF

YOU WHO ARE GATHERED FOR THESE
SACRED RITES, + THE FATHER, + THE
SON, + AND THE HOLY SPIRIT.
Assembly: Amen.
Celebrant: The celebration is ended, go in peace to love

and serve the Lord.
FINAL HYMN
Mass Proper and Ritual Mass for Religious Profession from the Roman Missal: English Translation
according to the Third Typical Edition, Catholic Book Publishing Corp, 2011.
Profession Rite and Texts from Rite of Profession of the Order of Clerics Regular Minor Updated
Book of Rituals and The Rites of the Catholic Church, Volume II.

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EUCHARISTIC CELEBRATION AND RITE OF SOLEMN PROFESSION 1

After the Entrance Hymn, the celebrant says:

Celebrant: IN THE NAME OF THE + FATHER, AND

Celebrant: THE GRACE OF OUR LORD JESUS

Celebrant: BROTHERS AND SISTERS, LET US

I CONFESS TO ALMIGHTY GOD, AND

THROUGH MY FAULT, THROUGH MY

THEREFORE I ASK BLESSED MARY

Celebrant: MAY ALMIGHTY GOD HAVE MERCY ON

KYRIE (to be sung)

Celebrant: GLORIA IN EXCELSIS DEO.

Celebrant: LET US PRAY

O GOD, WHO WILLED THAT THE

THE LITURGY OF THE WORD

The word of the Lord.

RESPONSORIAL PSALM: c/o Choir

The word of the Lord.

Commentator: Please all stand to honor the Gospel.

The Gospel of the Lord.

RITE OF RELIGIOUS PROFESSION

PRESENTATION & EXAMINATION

Local Superior: MAY THE CANDIDATES FOR THE SOLEMN

Local Superior: Brother ARJAY CECILIO

Local Superior: Brother EMILIANO GUTIERREZ, JR.,

Celebrant: DEAREST SONS, WHAT DO YOU ASK

The candidates sit, listens to the homily.

Celebrant: MY DEAREST BROTHERS, YOU ARE

Celebrant: ARE YOU RESOLVED, WITH THE HELP OF

Celebrant: ARE YOU RESOLVED TO STRIVE

Celebrant: ARE YOU RESOLVED, WITH THE HELP OF

Celebrant: MAY GOD WHO HAS LOVED YOU WITH AN

Commentator: All stand.

Celebrant: DEAR FRIENDS IN CHRIST, LET US PRAY TO

The deacon or concelebrant invites the people to kneel saying:

[Deacon/Priest: Let us kneel]

Lord, have mercy, Lord, have mercy.

Holy Mary, Mother of God, Pray for us.

Saint John the Baptist, Pray for us.

Saint Mary Magdalene Pray for us.

Saint Stephen, Pray for us.

Saint Basil, Pray for us.

Lord be merciful, Lord, save your people.

From everlasting death, Lord, save your people.

Be merciful to us sinners, Lord, hear our prayer.

Jesus, Son of the living God, Lord, hear our prayer.

Only the celebrant rises and with hands extended, says:

Celebrant: LORD GRANT THE PRAYERS OF YOUR

Commentator: All stand.

SOLEMN BLESSING AND CONSECRATION OF THE PROFESSED

Celebrant: FATHER IN HEAVEN, SOURCE OF ALL

IN THE DAWN OF HISTORY, YOU GAVE US

PEOPLE YOU RAISED UP MEN AND

FOREMOST AMONG THEM ALL STANDS

YOU SENT HIM, FATHER, AS OUR

THE VOICE OF THE SPIRIT HAS DRAWN

LOOK WITH FAVOR, THEN, ON THESE

HOLINESS; HELP THEM TO FULFILL IN

SHINE IN THEM A PERFECT CHASTITY,

MAY THEY BUILD UP THE CHURCH BY THE

LORD, PROTECT AND GUIDE THESE

PRAISE YOU FOR EVER IN THEIR

WE ASK THIS THROUGH CHRIST OUR

Commentator: Please be seated as we witness the presentation of the symbols of