Prayer Booklet Essay

"It was not you who chose me,
                        But
          It is I who chose you.”
                  (John 15:16).

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January 18, 2012
FIRST DAY
OPENING MASS
Sacred Heart Seminary – Bacolod
5:30 PM
Venue: Sacred Heart Seminary, Shrine

MOST REV. VICENTE M. NAVARRA, D.D.
Bishop of Bacolod

Servers and Choir: Sacred Heart Seminary
Diocese of Bacolod

OPENING PRAYER:
Let us pray.
Father of heaven and earth, hear our prayers, and show us the way to peace in the world. Grant this through our Lord Jesus Christ, your son, who lives, and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit, One God for ever and ever.
All: Amen.
LITURGY OF THE WORD
First Reading
1 Samuel 17:32-33. 37. 40-51   David overcome the philistine with sling and stone.
A reading from the first book of Samuel

David spoke to Saul:
“Let your majesty not lose courage.
I am at your service to go and fight this Philistine.”
But Saul answered David,
    “You cannot go up against this Philistine and fight with him,
For you are only a youth, while he has been a warrior from his youth.”
David continued:
“The Lord, who delivered me from the claws of the lion and the bear,
Will also keep me safe from the clutches of this Philistine.”
Saul answered David, “ Go! The Lord will be with you.”

Then, staff in hand, David selected five smooth stones from the wadi
And put them in the pocket of his shepherd’s bag.
With his sling also ready to hand, he approached the Philistine.

With his shield bearer marching before him,
  The Philistine also advanced closer and closer to David.
When he had sized David up,
And seen that he was youthful, and ruddy, and handsome in appearance,
The Philistine held David in...