Rev. Fr. Democrito Umagtam as first parish priest of the new parish of Our Lady of Perpetual  Help, Canan, Malasiqui, Pangasinan, effective March 19, 2010.

Rev. Fr.  Manuel delos Santos as parish priest of Cristo Divino Tesoro Parish, Buenlag, Calasiao, Pangasinan, effective March 19, 2010.

Rev. Fr.  Rolando Salosagcol as member of Team Ministry of Sts. Peter and Paul Parish, Calasiao, Pangasinan, effective March 19, 2010.

Rev. Fr.  Fernan Estrada as member of the Team Ministry of the Epiphany of the Lord Parish and concurrently Spiritual Director of the Mary Help of Christians High School Seminary, Binmaley, Pangasinan, effective March 19, 2010.

Rev. Fr.  Genaro Herramia as member of the Team Ministry of the St Thomas Aquinas Parish, Mangaldan Pangasinan, effective March 19, 2010, concurrently Director of St Thomas Catholic School Mangaldan.

Rev. Fr. Reydentor Mejia as first parish priest of the new Parish of San Lorenzo Ruiz, Wawa, Bayambang, Pangasinan effective March 19, 2010.

Lord God the creator of all things
Your Spirit moved over the face of the waters at the dawn of creation
You gather the seas into their places and direct the courses of the rivers
We praise you for the gift of water
Now our land is dry and barren, thirsting for life-giving rain
Send rain upon the earth so that it will bring forth life
May we use only the water we each need
And let us take care of and give encouragement to
All those whose livelihood depend on the produce of the land.

After every invocation please say:  We beseech you hear us.

Jesus, Our Lord
We beseech you hear us
Jesus our Lord, protect all tillers of the oil
We beseech you, hear us
Jesus our Lord, bring to all a true knowledge of the stewardship of the land
We beseech you hear us
Jesus our Lord, preserve and increase our fields and flocks.                                                                                 We beseech you hear us
Jesus our Lord, bless our  fields                                                                                                                                           We beseech you hear us
San Isidro, pray for us.

Let us Pray

Sustaining God, we receive the fruits of the earth from your generous hand, yet now we observe the eager earth frustrated by lack of rain.
Have mercy Almighty God on our parched land.
Bring peace to our worried minds and soothe our anxious hearts now and forever.

Amen

The Pangasinan Translation

Katawan min Dios, Manamalsay amin ya ganagana

 Linmaknab so Ispiritu Yo ed tapew na danum nen kagapoy panamalsa

Tinipon Yo ray dayat diad saray pasen da tan inturo Yoy panagosan na saray ilog.

 Idadayew mi Kayo ed say langkap Yod sikamin danum.

 Natan namamagaan tan aliwa lan mabona so dalin min napapaet ed say napanbilayan ya oran.

 Ibaki Yo pay oran ed mundo pian sikatoy makapangiter na bilay.

 Oy la kumon ta say nakaukolan mi labat lan danum so usaren mi

 Tan naasikaso mi kumon tan napabiskeg mi linawa da ray

 Amin ya say panbibilay da et maniilalo labat lad saray bunga na dalin.

Kada kasumpal na pikakasi, say ebat: Talineng Mo kami.

Jesus, a Katawan mi
Talineng mo kami
Jesus, a Katawan mi, ilaban Yo pa ray amin ya dumaralos na dalin
Talineng mo kami
Jesus, a Katawan mi, iter Yod amin so tuan kakabatan na nipaakar ed say panangasikaso na dalin
Talineng mo kami
Jesus a Katawan mi, iyagel tan pabolaslas Yo pa ray kaomaan tan ayayep mi.
Talineng mo kami
Jesus a Katawan mi, bendision Yo pa ray kaomaan mi.
Talineng mo kami
San Isidro, pikasi mo kami.

Mikasi tayo

Dios a managlegpet, nanaawat mi ray bunga-bunga na dalin ya manlalapud mabunlok ya lima Yo, balet natan, nanaimatonan mi so mapilalek ya dalin a nalelepes lapud say kakulangan na oran.

Mangasi Kayo, O Matalonggaring ya Dios, ed saray dalin min namamagaan.
Itdan Yo pay kareenan so nagogonigon ya kanunotan mi, tan tambayoen Yo pa ray mapagan kapusoan mi, natan tan diad ando lan ando.

Amen.

The celebration was opened with the praying of the rosary led by Msgr. Artemio L. Rillera. A Eucharistic Adoration followed with Msgr. Sofronio A. Bancud, the Bishop of Cabanatuan, presiding in the celebration. Msgr. Socrates B. Villegas, the Archbishop of Lingayen-Dagupan, gave the reflection during the holy hour. Msgr. Renato P. Mayugba, the Auxiliary of Lingayen-Dagupan, was the main presider in the Eucharistic celebration which was celebrated later in the morning. Msgr. Mylo C. Vegara, the Bishop of San Jose (Nueva Ecija) gave the homily.

Msgr. Marlo M. Peralta, the Bishop of Alaminos and the Bishop Emeritus of Alaminos, Msgr. Jesus A. Cabrera, were also present during the celebration.

The hands of the priest

In his reflection which he shared during the Holy Hour, Archbishop Socrates B. Villegas, DD, called on the priests to reflect and pray together the mystery of their priesthood by calling to mind the three things which the hands of a priest touched when he was ordained. “All priests have beautiful hands”, Msgr.Villegas further said. “The beauty of the priest’s hands is a gift of God.”

He mentioned that the ordinand touched the floor when he prostrated himself the altar as a sign of his humility. The hands of the ordinand were clasped by the Bishop’s hands as he promised respect and obedience to his bishop and his successors. Msgr. Villegas said that with the promised made by the priest to obey and respect his bishop, the bishop in turn promised to the priest his love. He appealed, “Do not make us hard to love you. As we want to make it easier for you to obey us”. The sacred oil touched the priest’s hands. It is the hand of God touching the priest’s hands with the anointing of holy chrism. The hands of the priests no matter how gnarled they have become will always remain beautiful because they have been made beautiful by God. Villegas reminded the priests that their hands made sacred by God are meant to give. “Do not just give blessings, “he said, “but give also from your pocket. The first duty of a priest is to be giving-priest.”

Msgr. Mylo C. Vergara in his homily exemplified the life of the patron saint of Diocesan priests, St. Jean Marie Vianney. He told the priests St. Jean Vianney’s pious devotion to the Eucharist and his fidelity to the Divine Office. He said, “Let us not be discouraged because we have to Lord to give us strength; and we have each other. The fraternal communion that we share enriches us.”

Parlor games were played after lunch. Basketball games and lawn tennis were played in the afternoon between the teams of the different dioceses.

The First Metropolitan Clergy was held at the Stadia, Dagupan City.

 The Bishops (L-R) Bishop-Emeritus of Alaminos, Bishop Jesus A. Cabrera, Bishop Mylo C. Vergara of San Jose, Archbishop Socrates B. Villegas of Lingayen-Dagupan, Bishop Renato P. Mayugba, Auxiliary of Lingayen-Dagupan, Bishop Sofronio A. Bancud of Cabanatuan, Bishop Artemio L. Rillera of San Fernando (La Union) and Bishop Marlo M. Peralta of Alaminos.

The lay collaborators referred to are the  altar servers, greeters and ushers, collectors, choir directors, extraordinary ministers of Holy Communion, lectors and commentators.

All the seminar participants are to present letters of recommendation from their respective parish priests or school directors. This is to ensure that only lay workers in good standing in the schools or parishes receive commissioning or re-commissioning after the formation program.

All the formation program will be held at the Lay Formation Center. Fr. Mario Sanchez, the Director of LFC, has made the schedule for the formation program.  He urged the priests to follow the schedule to facilitate the submission of the recommendation letters.

BEFORE January 31, 2010 (Sunday), the recommendation letter must contain the following:

i. ALTAR SERVERS – 9 to 15 years old, at least one year in serving the liturgy, must be regularly attending mass and receiving Holy Communion.

ii. COLLECTA TEAM MEMBERS, GREETERS, and USHERS.

iii. CONVENT WORKERS AND PARISH OFFICE SECRETARIES.

b. BEFORE February 17, 2010 (Ash Wednesday), the recommendation letter should contain the names of the Extraordinary Ministers of Holy Communion (EMHC) and the Lectors-Commentators.

c. BEFORE March 28, 2010 (Palm Sunday), the recommendation letter should contain the names of the Choir Directors and Instrumentalists, and the NEW Extraordinary Ministers of Holy Communion and Lectors-Commentators who are to attend the BASIC FORMATION.

Archbishop Villegas mandated that the rite of commissioning for lay liturgical ministers and social action ministers in the parishes will be done during the Holy Thursday Evening of the Lord’s Supper. The Archdiocesan Liturgical Ministry will  prepare the rites.

This is the first time that the liturgical ministers and the social action minister will be commissioned on Holy Thursday. Msgr. Villegas said that “Holy Thursday commemorates not only the institution of the Holy Eucharist  but the mandate to love; hence the commissioning of social action ministers must happen together with the lay liturgical ministers.

In the past, the commissioning of the lay liturgical ministers was done during the Chrism Mass celebrated at the St. John Parish Church in Dagupan City.

Msgr. Villegas emphasized in his letter that “formation is the real meaning of empowerment. True empowerment is only for ministry. Ministry is the sure path to sanctity”.

To view the schedule of the Formation Program, please click the image below or go the Lay Formation Center Website.

“Aming Handog” was emceed by  brothers Jomari and Ryan Yllana. Mr. Dingdong Dantes also performed during the show with a song to the delight of screaming fans! Radha and band and the band Kenyo, Krys Kyzer all perfomed several songs. The Calasiao Children’s Choir had a special participation in the show. The show was highlighted by two LED Video monitors.

The “Fathers” composed of eight priests of the Archdiocese sang a song. The “Fathers” are: Frs. Jerry Cera, Antonio Quintans, Edilberto Calderon, Julius Cuison, Fernan Estrada, Manuel delos Santos, Jim Cerezo and Eric Galivo.

The benefit concert came about from the generosity of Mr. Jomari Yllana who offered to produce the whole show. Mr. Yllana is a close family friend of Msgr. Socrates B. Villegas, DD, the Archbishop of Lingayen-Dagupan.

For the pastoral programs

The concert is to benefit the pastoral programs of the Archdiocese. In his letter to prospective donors, Msgr. Socrates B. Villegas was asking for help to “initiate and sustain some very important pastoral programs for the youth  and the poor in the Archdiocese of Lingayen-Dagupan.” He further said that “we need to upgrade the formation programs of our catechists teaching religion in our public schools, We need to sustain our charitable and developmental programs for the economically poor brothers and sisters. We want to bring the bible to every Christian home. We need to sponsor more students to pursue their college education and contribute to nation building”.

  The Calasiao Children’s Choir

 Pictures courtesy of Fr. Primo Aquino

 My beloved brother priests:

On the day of our ordination as priests, the bishop asked us, “Do you resolve to celebrate faithfully and reverently, in accord with the Church’s tradition, the mysteries of Christ, especially the sacrifice of the Eucharist and the sacrament of reconciliation, for the glory of God and the sanctification of the Christian people?”

Although we have many duties and functions as priests, in the mind of the ordinary Catholic faithful, we are priests because we can preside at the Eucharist and absolve sins in the confessional. We are priests called to bring to the Lord the sacrifice of thanksgiving from His worshiping people. We are priests called to bring the blessings of God to His chosen people. We are caretakers of the mysteries of God.

The faithful, reverent, dignified and solemn celebration of the mysteries of Christ is a mandate imposed on us by ordination. It is a solemn duty.

Good liturgy does not just happen. It is made to happen. Good liturgy calls for fervent preparation and attentive care.

Within this spirit, I wish to raise some issues in our Catholic parishes and communities to help bring about a more inspiring and truly edifying liturgical worship.

Cleanliness is next to Godliness. I encourage you to maintain the cleanliness of our sacred vessels particularly our chalices and ciboria. God deserves the best. Sacred vessels need regular metal plating to maintain their luster befitting the divine worship.

 The altar linens—corporal, purificator and finger towel—are not interchangeable. The corporal is named such because it receives the “corpus” crumbs that may fall from the host when we break the Host at Lamb of God. The corporal must be laid out on the altar only at the presentation of bread and wine and folded back after the purification of the vessels. It must not be left on the altar. According to traditional practice, the corporal is “starched” after washing so that it will be stiff when used at the altar. The “starched stiffness” facilitates finding the crumbs that may fall on it during the Eucharist. The purificator is used to wipe the chalice for droplets of water and wine during the preparation of the gifts and for purifying the chalice, paten and ciborium after Communion. Traditionally, the purificator has an embroidered cross which rests on the mouth of the chalice or some liturgical symbols on the sides. The finger towel is used for drying the hands after washing. To distinguish it from the purificator, the embroidered cross of the finger towel is usually on the corner and not in the middle. Please instruct your sacristans and altar servers to observe the proper use of altar linens.

We must take special care that our Mass vestments are clean and dignified. Cleanliness and dignity need not be expensive.  Dignity and cleanliness in the choice and use of liturgical vestments is not optional. It is imperative on account of the dignity of the liturgy we celebrate. Please dispose of old, tattered and faded vestments properly by burning them.

The church and its surroundings must be kept clean too from trash candy wrappers, soiled missalettes and even stuck chewing gums on the church flooring. Cleanliness is next to Godliness. The church must be the cleanest place in the community.

He who Sings Well Prays Twice. Singing is a form of worship. Singing together also promotes the spirit of unity and communion. Please encourage the choirs to undertake their task as a ministry and not as a performance for public adulation. It is important that the community is animated to join the choir in singing our songs during the liturgy. Secular love songs, even if they have religious themes, do not have any place in the divine liturgy. In obedience to the instructions of the Holy See and until the rules pertaining to dancing within the liturgy have been approved by the Episcopal Commission on Liturgy, please refrain from the practice of having children or young people dance in the parish sanctuary.

And the Greatest of These is Love. Love is best expressed in silence. Where silence is observed, fervor is maintained. Let me offer to you these words from Saint Charles Borromeo on whose feastday, I was installed as your pastor: “You must realize that for us churchmen, nothing is more necessary than meditation. We must meditate before, during and after everything we do. Would you like me to tell you how to give God more pleasing worship? Stay quiet with God. Do not spend your time in useless chatter.”

Please teach the flock again about the Catholic practice of genuflecting before the tabernacle, the observance of prayerful silence in the church, modesty in dress and the discourtesy of chewing gum or using cell phones in the church.

Finally, liturgy is not just obedience to the rubrics and instructions. Good liturgy must make us more loving. Good liturgy cannot save. Only the power of love can bring us to heaven. As a fruit of the faithful and reverent celebration of the mysteries of Christ, we must become more caring and attentive to the needs of the least, the last and the lost. Good liturgy can sanctify only to the extent that it leads us to serve, imitating the example of Him who stooped down to wash the feet of His disciples. Sunday must not only be the dies Domini. May it become too our dies caritatis.

May Saint John, the Beloved Disciple, our patron, help us to grow in holiness and lead us to share the same gift of holiness to all those entrusted to our care.

From the Cathedral of Saint John the Evangelist, December 31, 2009.

When the designated time had come, God sent forth His son, born from a woman (Gal.4:4)

Narito ang takdang panahon. Sa kaganapan ng panahon, isinilang ng isang dalaga ang bugtong na Anak ng Diyos upang maging ating Tagapagligtas. Si Jesus, ang Diyos na Sumasaatin, ang tugon ng mapagmahal na Ama sa lahat ng ating kakulangan at pagmamalabis.

The light of the Christmas star is still upon us. One week after Christmas, we celebrate the Motherhood of Mary. In the womb of this virgin, God and man were united again. In the womb of Mary, God restored wholeness to humankind. The great abyss between the spiritual and the material has been destroyed. The wounds of division are ended. Integrity is back.

Bakit nagkatawang tao ang Diyos? Dahil sa pag-ibig sa atin. Bakit Siya nanirahan kasama ng mga taong hamak at yagit ng lipunan? Dahil mahal tayo ng Diyos. Bakit Siya isinilang sa sabsaban at hindi sa isang palasyo? Dahil sa pag-ibig sa atin. Pag-ibig ang dahilan ng Pasko! Iniibig tayo ng Diyos kaya siya nagkatawang tao at nanirahan bilang ating kapwa tao.

May hamon ang Pasko at Bagong Taon! Kung dahil sa pag-ibig, dumating si Jesus sa ating piling at hinamak ang sarili at naging kapwa natin, ano ang kahulugan nito para sa atin? Sapat bang magpasalamat na lamang at makisabay sa pag-awit ng “Papuri sa Diyos sa kaitaasan”? Sapat ba na batiin natin siya ng “Happy birthday” sa araw ng Kanyang pagsilang?

Maliwanag na hindi sapat ito.Ano ang nararapat nating gawin?

Dapat namang magkatawang tao ang ating pananampalataya at ipakita natin sa ating buhay na mahal natin ang Diyos.

Sa mundong magkahiwalay ang salita at gawa, ipinakita ni Jesus na ang Salita ay dapat na isabuhay. Sa mundong magkahiwalay ang pag-ibig sa Diyos at malasakit sa kapwa, itinuro ni Jesus na ang dalawang pag-ibig na ito ay kambal na hindi dapat hatiin. Sa mundong ang ginhawa ng buhay ay ihinihiwalay sa pananagutan, itinuro ni Jesus ang bawat biyaya ay may karugtong na tungkulin. Sa mundong kung saan ang puso ay ginagamit na sagisag ng pag-ibig, itinuturo ni Jesus na ang pag-ibig ay hindi damdamin kundi paghahandog buhay.. Taksil ang damdamin. Ang pag-ibig ay isang pagpapasya na itaguyod ang kapakanan ng minamahal.

The first month of the year is called January, unfortunately named after a Greek god with two faces—symbol of disunity. The month of January glances at the old year and gazes at the new year at the same time. Janus, the god with two faces, is not ours to imitate. Our Master is Jesus, the God who united word and action. Jesus is the God who makes us whole. Mind and heart must be one. Word and action must be one. Grace and responsibility must come together. Let the new year be a year of wholeness, of integrity.

Bago dumating si Jesus, hiwalay ang puso at isip. Bago dumating si Jesus, hiwalay ang salita at gawa. Bago dumating si Jesus, hiwalay ang tao at Diyos, hiwalay ang tao sa kapwa tao, hiwalay ang bigkas at ang pamumuhay. Pagdating ni Jesus, nagwakas na ang paghihiwalay at sinimulan na ang panahon ng kabuuan. BUO! Buo na tayo. Buo na ang mundo.Ito ang diwa ng Pasko. Tayo ay maging BUO.

Ang kalooban ng Diyos para sa atin ay kaganapan ng buhay. Ang kaganapan ng buhay ay kabanalan ng buhay.. Ang banal ay “holy”. Kaugnay ng salitang “holy” ay “whole”—BUO. Ito ang dahilan kung bakit nagkaroon ng Pasko—upang wakasan ang pagkakahiwalay—upang tayo ay maging buo.

Ang panahon ng Pasko at bagong taon ay araw ng pagbubuo ng mga nagkahiwalay.Ito ay panahon upang magkabati ang may alitan. Higit sa lahat, ito ay panahon ng pagsasabuo ng buhay at salita. Dumating na ang tamang panahon upang mabuo tayo. Ang pangarap natin na maging banal ang bawat isa sa atin ay siyang landas sa kabuuan ng buhay na siyang kalooban ng Diyos para sa atin.

Dumating na ang kabuuan ng lahat ng ating pangarap. Dumating Siya upang tayo ay buuin.

In 2010, let integrity of life flow like a river. Let wholeness shine like the noonday sun. May 2010 see our land healed and made whole again. May Jesus make us all men and women of integrity and character, Christians who teach by the power of exemplary lives.

Happy New Year of integrity!

From the Cathedral of Saint John the Apostle, January 1, 2010

+SOCRATES B. VILLEGAS
Archbishop of Lingayen Dagupan

By Most Rev. Socrates B. Villegas, D.D.

Pastoral Letter from the Archbishop of Lingayen-Dagupan to open the Misa de Gallo to be read from the pulpit in the original Tagalog and/or Pangasinan translation in all churches and chapels during the Eucharistic celebration on December 15, 2009 PM. and December 16, 2009 A.M .

Mga minamahal kong bayan ng Diyos:

Nais ko pong samantalahin ang simula ng simbang gabi upang aking ipahayag ang aking saloobin bilang inyong bagong pastol. Pahintulutan ninyong kausapin ko kayo sa wikang aking nakasanayan—Tagalog. Pangako ko sa inyo na sa mga darating na bagong taon ay pagsisikapan kong matutunan ang wikang Pangasinan upang higit tayong magkalapit.

Narito po ako! Narinig ko po ang tawag ng Diyos upang kayo ay paglingkuran bilang inyong bagong Arsobispo ng Lingayen-Dagupan. Sa pamamagitan po ng atas na gawad ng Santo Papa Benedicto XVI, iniluklok po ako sa Katedral ng San Juan Apostol sa Lungsod ng Dagupan noong ikaapat ng Nobyembre. Bagamat hindi lahat kayo ay nakarating, kayong lahat ay nasa aking isip, damdamin at panalangin. Kinasasabikan ko na kayo ay madalaw paulit ulit sa inyong mga parokya sa darating na bagong taon upang kayo po ay lalo ko pang makilala. Nais ko pong maging kaibigan ninyo. Ituring sana ninyo ako bilang kapatid. Si Jesus ay ating kapatid.

Narito po ako upang maging inyong kaibigan! Ang dahilan ng lahat ng ating gawain sa Simbahan ay pag-ibig—pag-ibig ng magkakaibigan. Ipinakilala ni Jesus ang kanyang sarili hindi bilang pinuno kundi kaibigan. Hindi siya pinunong malayo at mataas bagkus ay kaibigang kaagapay sa paglalakbay. Ang ating saya ay galak ni Jesus. Ang ating pangamba ay inako ni Jesus. Ang ating luha ay kalungkutan ni Jesus. Ito po ang pagkakaibigang handog ko sa inyo. Ipagkatiwala po ninyo sa akin ang inyong saya at lungkot, ang inyong pangarap at pangamba. Binubuksan ko po ang pintuan ng aking tahanan at tanggapan para sa inyo. Umasa rin po kayong dadalawin ko kayo sa mga kapitbahayan at mga barangay. Bigyan po ninyo ako ng pagkakataong maging magkaibigan tayo! Ito po ang diwa ng Pasko. Si Jesus ay ating kaibigan.

Narito po ako upang inyong maging kapatid! Hindi pa ako marunong magsalita ng Pangasinan subalit ito sana ay hind magiging sagabal upang tayo ay maging magkapatid. Iisa ang Panginoon. Iisa ang Simbahan. Maaari tayong maging magkapatid sapagkat tayong lahat ay isinilang mula sa sinapupunan ng Simbahan—ang binyag. “Para sa inyo ako ay Obispo, kasama ninyo ako ay kapatid,” wika ni San Agustin. Bago ako naging pari, ako muna ay kapatid ninyo sa Panginoong Jesus. Turuan ninyo akong magsalita ng Pangasinan sapagkat nais kong lubos na maging kapatid at kababayan ninyo. Ituring ninyo akong kapatid ninyo—sa binyag, sa pananampalataya, sa Panginoon. Si Jesus ang nagbubuklod sa atin.

Narito po ako upang maging ama at pastol! Hindi man karapat-dapat, ako ay naririto bilang kinatawan ni Kristong Hari, Propeta at Pari. Kung pag-ibig ang ating pinagmulan katulad ng nasabi ko na, ang atin namang patutunguhang pangarap ay kabanalan. Ang lahat sana sa Arkidiyosesis ng Lingayen-Dagupan ay maging banal, hindi lamang sa dapit hapon ng panahon kundi ngayon na! Darating ang panahon na ang lahat ng nakikita at naririnig at pinanghahawakan natin ay maglalaho. Iisa lamang ang mahalaga—ang tayo ay mamuhay na banal, katulad ni Kristo, sa pamamagitan ni Kristo, kasama si Kristo. Ito lamang ang layunin ko bilang pastol at ama ninyo—tayong lahat ay maging banal.

In the Archdiocese of Lingayen-Dagupan, may all of us be saints!

Ito nawang tatlong tungkuling nabanggit—ang maging kaibigan, ang maging kapatid at maging tagapangalaga—ang siyang maging pananagutan natin sa isa’t isa. Ito ang ibig sabihin ng Simbahan. Ang Simbahan ay ang bayan ng Diyos. Ang pinagmulan ng ating pagtitipon ay Diyos, hindi tao. Ang dahilan ng ating pagtitipon, sa kabila ng ating pagkakaiba-iba, ay ang Diyos. Maaaring gumuho ang mga simbahan o maanod ng baha ang mga kapilya, subalit ang Simbahang Bayan ng Diyos at Katawang Mistiko ni Kristo ay mananatili at hindi matitinag ng kapangyarihan ng kasamaan.

Ang simula ng simbang gabi ay magandang pagkakataong magsimula tayo sa panibagong pagpapahalaga sa ating pagkakaibigan, pagkakapatiran at pagmamahalan.

Sa harapan ng Panginoon, sama-sama nating sabihin: Panginoon, narito po kami sa Arkidiyosesis ng Lingayen-Dagupan. Maganap nawa sa amin ang inyong kalooban.

Mula sa Katedral ng San Juan Apostol, Dagupan City, Disyembre 16, 2009

+SOCRATES B. VILLEGAS
Arsobispo ng Lingayen Dagupan