Favorite Proverb

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"Great men tell the truth and are seldom believed. Lesser men are generally believed, though they seldom speak the truth."
(Fulton Sheen)


"Touch of Heaven" by Michael Dubina and Fr. J. Roel Lungay

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DREAMS

DREAMS

Words by Michael Dubina

Music by J. Roel Lungay

Arranged and performed by Fr. J. Roel Lungay

1
Each day of life holds many dreams
For human hearts to share
And every dream is filled with joys
To comfort life's despairs.
But we must choose the dream we want
To be our very own;
And we must nurture it, with love,
That blesses heart and home.

2
It is God's will that this should be,
To add new hope to life;
And be a haven of content
From weariness and strife.
For He has seen how frail we are
In purpose, heart and limb,
And must have dreams to comfort us
And light the way to Him.

(Repeat 1)

Coda:
So we must choose the dream we want
To be our very own;
And we must nurture it, with love,
That blesses heart and home.

From New Hope Books (1993). Used by permission
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GIFTS TO FIND

GIFTS TO FIND

Words by Michael Dubina

Music by TQ Solis, Jr.

Arranged and performed by Fr. J. Roel Lungay

1
From each day of life on earth
Learn to find a gift of mirth;
From the days when things go wrong
Find a smile or prayerful song.
Tears of anguish, rants of ire
Will not change what has transpired.
Tears of anguish, rants of ire
Will not change what has transpired.

2
Find a faith to faith renew
From each day you're passing through;
Find a touch of peace and grace
From the days that grief embrace.
Let no cloud of past dismay,
Dim your sunshine of today.
Let no cloud of past dismay
Dim your sunshine of today.

3
What is done - or means to be -
Will not change with woeful plea;
Hopes and dreams that TIME estranged
Hate and anger will not change.
Learn to find some love each day
In the time you find to pray.
Learn to find some love each day
In the time you find to pray.

Coda:
In the time you find to pray.

From New Hope Books (1995).Used by permission
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GIVEN DAYS

GIVEN DAYS

Words by Michael Dubina

Music by J. Roel Lungay

Arranged and performed by Fr. J. Roel Lungay

1
In the name of love and Jesus
I will live each given day
As a servant of His wisdoms
And a serf unto His ways.

2
I will walk the paths and byways
He would have me walk each day
And be humble to His teachings
That are guides to Christian way.

3
I will serve Him with devotion
As I have not done before
And be true to Christian duties
I have flaunted or ignored.

4
For my life is torn and tattered
By my sins of youth and strife
And I seek to earn salvation
In my twilight years of life.

From the book, Priceless Gifts (1994)
Used by permission of New Hope Books
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LOVE OF HEART

LOVE OF HEART

Words by Michael Dubina

Music by J. Roel Lungay

Arranged and performed by Fr. J. Roel Lungay

1
The greatest treasure on this earth
That God has willed to be
Is just the gift of love of heart
He gave to you and me.
For in this gift He sowed the seeds
To harvest goals in life
That will fulfill us with content
And give us strength in strife.

2
It is the treasure meant to be
A bond of sacred tie
To bless upon us joys of life
Until the day we die.
And by His grace to light
The way to peace of heart and mind
That is the goal of every soul,
Above all other kind.

(Interlude)

(Repeat last 4 lines of 2nd Stanza)

From the book, Minutes of Gold (1992)
Used by permission of New Hope Books
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PRAYER

PRAYER

Words by Michael Dubina

Music by J. Roel Lungay

Arranged and performed by Fr. J. Roel Lungay

1
There is holy peace and comfort
In the sanctity of prayer
That I wish I could deliver
To all people everyhwhere.

2
I just wish it was a harvest
I could share and give away
To enrich my world of people
With the love in Christian way.

3
God is gracious, kind and healing
When we come to Him in prayer
And we only need to trust Him
To be cradled in His care.

4
Does not matter what our station
Or our sinfulness of ways
He forgives us and rewards us
When we kneel to Him, to pray.

From the book, Praise Him (1996)
Used by permission of New Hope Books
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SOWER OF SEEDS

SOWER OF SEEDS

Words by Michael Dubina

Music by J. Roel Lungay

Arranged and performed by Fr. J. Roel Lungay

1
Let us sow God's seeds of glory
On our roads of life:
Seeds of virtue, love and comfort
That diminish strife.
Everywhere we walk or journey
Let us sow His seeds
And be planters of the harvest
That fulfill our needs.

2
Some may fall on barren wasteland
As the Scriptures warned;
Some may fall on stones of pavement;
Some among the thorns.
But the ones we sow with patience
And with Christian care
He will grow for us to harvest
Of the fruits they bear.

(Interlude)

Coda:
Everywhere we walk or journey
Let us sow His seeds
And be planters of the harvest
That fulfill our needs.

From the book, Let Not Your Heart Be Troubled (1992)
Used by permission of New Hope Books
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THIS IS THE DAY

THIS IS THE DAY

Words by Michael Dubina

Music by J. Roel Lungay

Arranged and performed by Fr. J. Roel Lungay

1
This is the day the Lord has made
To bless the earth with sun and shade
And grace the life of you and me
With joys of holy ecstacy.

2
So let us join in His embrace
And prove deserving of His grace;
By sharing Christian gifts of heart
That are the blessings He imparts.

3
Let this be day of joy and love
That honors Him and God above;
And bears no trace of human greed
That steals from me so you succeed.

4
Let's live it as it's meant to be
With heaven's gifts to you and me
And live and love in Christian ways
That praise the Lord and praise this day.

From the book Follow The Light (1996)
Used by permission of New Hope Books
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TODAY

TODAY

Words by Michael Dubina

Music by J. Roel Lungay

Arranged and performed by Fr. J. Roel Lungay

1
Yesterday has come and gone
And never more will be;
Tomorrow's dawn is grace of God
That may not light for me.

Refrain 1:
But I still have today to live
Today belongs to me
And I must live each precious hour
The best that I can be.

2
I can't recall to better live
The day that passed away
And can't be sure God means for me
To try another day.

Rerain 2:
So all I have is just today
This tiny breath of time
To do and say what best endears
Each treasured love of mine.

(Interlude)

(Repeat Refrain 2)

From the book Safe Harbor (1994)
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TOUCH OF HEAVEN

TOUCH OF HEAVEN

Words by Michael Dubina

Music by J. Roel Lungay

Performed by Juli Maners

Fiddle arrangements by Fr. J. Roel Lungay and David "Puddin" Russell

Keyboards and strings by Gerry Peters

Fiddle by David "Puddin" Russell

1
I can see the gifts of glory
God has willed to earth and man,
But their miracles of splendor
I will never understand.

Chorus:
I can see a touch of heaven
In the flowers that He sowed
For they bear the awe of stardust
And a twilight's afterglow.

2
Works of majesty and wonder -
That are everywhere I look -
From an ocean's wild enchantment
To a peaceful, forest brook.

(Repeat Chorus)

3
Does not matter where I wander -
Day or night, on land or sea -
Everywhere, I see the glories
He has willed to earth and me.

(Repeat Chorus twice)

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Text © 1990 Salesian Missions. Used by permission
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WHAT GOD HAS MADE

WHAT GOD HAS MADE

All of creation is for all creatures God has created and we have a grave responsibility of keeping it safe and livable for our children and our children's children and the rest of the future inhabitants of this universe. A legacy handed on to be handed down for others more!

Words by Michael Dubina

Music by J. Roel Lungay

Arranged and performed by Fr. J. Roel Lungay

1
What God has made is meant to be
For all the world to hear and see
And grace each span of land and sea
With life and love and majesty.

2
But we must do what must be done
To keep His treasures, everyone,
And save for those who are to come -
The wonders He has built and done!

(Interlude)

(Repeat 1 and 2)

From the book Priceless Gifts (1994)
Used by permission of New Hope Books
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