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With grateful hearts and prayers, we warmly invite everyone to join the Send-Off Party for Rev. Fr. Antonio Galela and R...
13/05/2026

With grateful hearts and prayers, we warmly invite everyone to join the Send-Off Party for Rev. Fr. Antonio Galela and Rev. Fr. Gil Jun Sacupayo as we celebrate their service, dedication, and new journey ahead.

Let us come together in fellowship, thanksgiving, and joy as we honor these beloved servants of God. Your presence will surely make this celebration more meaningful. 💙🙏

Wedding Mass ❤️❤️
08/05/2026

Wedding Mass ❤️❤️

02/05/2026

Looking for Old Picture sa Quezon Chapel.
Bsen naay inyoha🙏🙏

11/04/2026

Let us always trust God's Plan❤️❤️

09/04/2026

Kahit di na para sakin Lord, para sa pamilya ko nalang 🙏🙏

07/04/2026

With God nothing is impossible ❤️

Mary, Jesus and the Angels📯📯With Mary’s faith, Jesus’ love, and the angels’ joyful message—He is risen! ✝️🌅💛
04/04/2026

Mary, Jesus and the Angels📯📯

With Mary’s faith, Jesus’ love, and the angels’ joyful message—He is risen! ✝️🌅💛

He is risen! ✝️🌅May this Easter Sunday fill your heart with peace, hope, and new beginnings. 💛✨
04/04/2026

He is risen! ✝️🌅
May this Easter Sunday fill your heart with peace, hope, and new beginnings. 💛✨

04/04/2026

✝️ WHY WE SING “EXSULTET” 😳
THE MOST POWERFUL HYMN YOU’VE NEVER UNDERSTOOD
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In the darkness of the Easter Vigil…

A candle is lit.
The church is still.

And then a voice breaks the silence:

👉 “Exsultet!”- Rejoice!

Why does the Church begin the greatest night of the year with this ancient chant?

Because this is not just a hymn.

👉 It is a proclamation of victory.

✝️ 1. IT IS THE CHURCH’S OFFICIAL ANNOUNCEMENT OF THE RESURRECTION

The Exsultet is sung after the Paschal Candle enters.

Why?

Because:

👉 The Light has returned
👉 Christ has risen

And the Church cannot remain silent.

So she sings:

👉 “Let heaven rejoice, let earth be glad!”

This is not music.

👉 It is announcement.

✝️ 2. IT CALLS ALL CREATION TO REJOICE

The Exsultet does something unusual.

It doesn’t just speak to people.

It calls:

Heaven

Earth

Angels

The entire universe

👉 To rejoice.

Why?

Because the Resurrection is not just about humans.

👉 It is cosmic.

Creation itself is being restored.

✝️ 3. IT PROCLAIMS THE “HAPPY FAULT” 😳

One of the most shocking lines says:

👉 “O happy fault… that earned for us so great a Redeemer!”

How can sin be “happy”?

It doesn’t mean sin is good.

👉 It means:

👉 God brought a greater good out of it.

Sin brought death

Christ brought salvation

So the fall of Adam…

👉 Became the doorway for divine mercy.

✝️ 4. IT EXPLAINS THE MEANING OF THE CANDLE

The Exsultet speaks about:

👉 The Paschal Candle

A flame that is shared but not diminished

A light that conquers darkness

This is Christ:

👉 Given to all… yet never reduced.

✝️ 5. IT CONNECTS PASSOVER TO CHRIST

The hymn recalls:

The Exodus from Egypt

The night of liberation

The passing over of death

Then reveals:

👉 Christ is the true Passover.

Pharaoh - defeated

Slavery - broken

Death - conquered

What happened in Egypt…

👉 Is fulfilled in Christ.

✝️ 6. IT IS SUNG AT NIGHT, FOR A REASON

The Resurrection is first announced:

👉 In the night.

Why?

Because:

👉 Light shines best in darkness.

The Exsultet is not sung in daylight celebration.

👉 It is sung in the tension between darkness and dawn.

✝️ 7. MOST PEOPLE HEAR IT… BUT DON’T REALIZE WHAT’S HAPPENING

Let’s be honest:

Many hear the Exsultet…

👉 But don’t understand it.

Yet in that moment:

👉 The Church is:

Proclaiming victory over death

Interpreting all of salvation history

Announcing the Resurrection before the Gospel is even read

✝️ FINAL MESSAGE

Why do we sing the Exsultet?

Because:

👉 Silence is no longer possible
👉 Darkness has been broken
👉 Christ is alive

This hymn is not decoration.

👉 It is the Church crying out:

👉 “He has risen, and everything has changed.”

Before the Resurrection Gospel is even proclaimed, the Church has already announced the victory, through a hymn older than most nations.

✝️

04/04/2026

Renewal of baptism.
Bag-ong tubig ug bag-ong saad✝️

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