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is annual of Misza Ceremony>
2. The annual procedure of
Missa offering ceremony
Before
8.00 a.m. all Catholic need to prepare everything that need for
that this event. Then place all reed mats on the floor then bring
joss stick and flower in front of the ancestor cemetery. Supreme
Patriarch of Buddhist is the president of the ceremony and the priest
will dress with white long sleeves ground, the waist will be tight
with red rob that have big cross holding. The parade will start
from the front of the cemetery which lead by the ceremony assistant
who will carried a big Cross sign and following by joining person
the president will came at last of the end of the parade. Then when
get to Sala Rommit hall they have to stop at Buddhist image stage
just one time then they approaching the seat where it has been arranged.
The ceremony procedure will divide into
three parts:
1. The beginning part
<The
leader prist is in charge to splash the on the holy water to the
cemetry>
Ceremony
will start at about 8.00 am the master will ask all Catholic to
stand up and he will start to sing opening ceremony song. It has
to include the Satukran Song 2 form the supreme Buddhist of Aboilradchatanee
and end at 20th song. But the master of ceremony will selected only
song that more relevant to the ceremony. When he have finished the
opened song ceremony then he will walk to the stage and open the
book song. While he is sing a song his right hand need to make and
a cross in forehead, chest and the shoulder of himself with the
blessing of Deca-pranum. Then Catholic that come for this ceremony
will follow the president with blessing the word "Father and Son
and God soul Amen" all of them put hand together and bow. Then following
by chanting between President and all catholic for gathering this
ceremony.
2. The Vocal Ceremony part
The
ceremony master will ask everyone to sit and listening while they
are put hand together, he will read out chapter1, 2 from the Bible
or from old book, which is a short time reading. Most of this reading
involving all massage of moral. After the end of the reading the
master will say this is God vocal that everyone with replied with
Thanks God. In between of the master read chapter 1 and 2 they will
sing dedicated song to God.
After that parts of sing a song the president
will walk to the reading stage. The master will ask everyone to
stand up to listening to his chanting. Then the master ask everyone
to sit again, president will chant the sermon for about 20 min.
When it has finished all people in the ceremony will make a cross
sign by use a right hand side. The master will ask everyone to stand
up again and 5-6 of church senior carried donation bag to donate
from the audience. In every year the donated money is about two
or three ten thousand, that money then will be place into the prepared
cup to offering to God at the God worship stage. While they donated
money have to chant the sermon too.
<The
cemetry of poor people who been worship by relative>
3. Thanks God procedure.
Then
audience will ask to sit and start to sing 1-2 worship song from
the Satukran2 book. Usually it contains 33 songs for God's worship,
the songs that only relevant to this ceremony event will be selected.
While the audience sing a song some of the audience will present
Church worship such as the candles that had light, Kalic bowl that
contain wine, bread, flowerpot with the worship from the audience
such as donated money, vegetables, fruits, meat, dessert, soft drink,
drinking water flower basket. All Catholic will present all the
worship in the middle of the hall then the president will stand
in front of the God stage then everyone offering the worship applicant
to him and it will be place on to the worship stage.
The
president will bless for whom that have offering for god. The audiences
will back to the seat, the president will stay in worship stage
then open the wine container. The assistant will offer the president
with a small bottle of water to mix with the wine and wash president
hand. Then the entire leader will join with president to offering
worship applicant to God. The audience will received the Mahasanit
sermon (holy communion) which allow them to ask for forgiven, to
plead guilty to God via the Priest then they will liberated from
that guilt. Therefore who wish to received that sermon have to stand
in the middle of the hall or might need to make another queue outside
the hall. This is for the convenient for received the sermon.
The master then start to sing Mahasanit 2-3 songs from the supreme
Buddhist of Aboilradchatanee in this book contain 10 songs that
involving about death person but the song will selected with the
most relevant song. When the president have finished with drinking
the wine as well as the audience, he will wait at the chair. Whereas
the priest with assistant 6-7 people will help to carried the Kalic
bowl which contain bread that have been blessed from the Mahasanit
sermon to audience to have one each. The Mahasanit receiver will
rise the left hand on the right hand to make a cross sign. The leader
assistant will use his right pick up the piece of bread of Mahasanit
Holy Communion and said the body of Jesus and the recipient said
Amen.
<The
worship of ancestor sprite for chiners and Lambodia community>
Then
the recipient will use his right hand to pick it up to his mount
until it is melted (you not allow to chewing it). After that Mhasanit
sermon sheet will be put it all back together into the Kalic bowl
then it will be fill with drinking water for everyone to drink after
finished it will be clean and stored. The president back to the
stage again to blessing after the Makasanit (holy communion) then
back to the seat. Some of the audience will join the Cemetery blessing
with walk out by following from the ceremony assistant, which hold
the blessing cup. When they get to the cemetery the assistant will
use the branch of tree or flower to splash the holy water on to
the cemetery. While the relative have to sit down around the cemetery
to receive the holy water as soon as they receive they have to make
a cross sign.
Joining
leader and ceremony assistant will circulating to splash holy water
until they meet with other one that splashing holy water. In blessing
cemetery it takes about 10 minutes when finished they will come
back to worship stage. The ceremony assistant will stored the cup
of holy water then back to join the closing ceremony.
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