Thursday, February 27, 2014

IN ANSWER TO YOUR CALL

Tune: CALL TO CHRISTIANSS
Words and music by Fr. J. Roel Lungay
Performed by Fr. J. Roel Lungay
Piano Arrangement by TQ Solis, Jr.
Orchestration by Romeo Mascarinas

Cover Art by Glenn Angcla

1
Your hands, O Lord, are strong
To touch, and heal, and save;
You win o’er pain and death
You save us from the grave.

2
You bring us life and health
You came to preach Good News;
The poor have now the Gospel
To celebrate new birth.

Refrain:
In answer to your call
Our Savior and our God
True love we give all
Alleluia! Alleluia!
Alleluia!

3
You come to dwell with us
You are within our reach;
You give us bread and wine
To feed eternally.

(Repeat Refrain)

Coda:
Alleluia! Alleluia!
Alleluia!

Words and music © 1994, 2013 Fr. J. Roel Lungay for Fro’s Music
All rights reserved



LET ALL THE EARTH RESOUND

Tune: CALL TO CHRISTIANS
Meter: 6 6 6 6
text: Music: Fr. J. Roel Lungay
Performed by Fr. J. Roel Lungay
Piano arrangement by TQ Solis, Jr.
Orchetration by Romeo Mascarinas

Cover Art by Glenn Angcla

1
Let all the earth resound
The heaven’s joyful praise;
To God who comes to save us,
Secure vict’ry for us

2
We praise you evermore
More graces from above
The day of our salvation
Has fin’lly come to us.

Refrain:
You call us to proclaim
The Good News to the world
Baptize in the name
Of Father, Son, and Holy Ghost
Let us serve you ‘til the end.

3
Come, promise from on high
O Jesus, Lord divine
In faith and humble presence
You are the King of kings

(Repeat Refrain)

Coda:
Alleluia! Alleluia!
Alleluia!

Words and music © 1994, 2013 Fr. J. Roel Lungay for Fro’s Music
All rights reserved





HILLS OF THE NORTH, REJOICE!

Tune: CALL TO CHRISTIANS
Meter: 6 6 6 6
Text: Editors of English Praise
Music by Fr. J. Roel Lungay
Performed by Fr. J. Roel Lungay
Piano arrangement by TQ Solis, Jr.
Orchestration by Romeo Mascarinas

Cover Art by Glenn Angcla

1
Hills of the North, rejoice!
Echoing songs arise!
Hail with united voice
Him who made earth and skies!

2
Isles of the Southern seas,
Sing to the listening earth;
Carry on every breeze
Hope of a world’s new birth.

Refrain:
Hills of the North, rejoice!
Our Savior and our God
Has come for us all
Alleluia! Alleluia!
Alleluia!

3
Lands of the East, arise!
He is your brightest morn;
Greet Him with joyous eyes,
Praise shall His path adorn.

(Repeat Refrain)

Additional Verses:

4
Shores of the utmost West,
Lands of the setting sun;
Welcome the heavenly guest
In whom the dawn has come.

(Repeat Refrain)

5
Shout, as your journey on!
Songs be in every mouth!
Lo, from the North they come,
From East and West and South.

(Repeat Refrain)

Coda:
Alleluia! Alleluia!
Alleluia!

Text: Editors of English Praise; Based on Charles E. Oakley, 1832-1865
© 1975 Oxford University Press (Adapted)
Music © 1994, 2013 Fr. J. Roel Lungay for Fro’s Music





REJOICE, THE LORD IS KING

Tune: CALL TO CHRISITIANS
Meter: 6 6 6 6
Text: Charles Wesley, 1707-1788
Music: Fr. J. Roel Lungay, b. 1960 © 1994
Performed by Fr. J. Roel Lungay
Piano arranged by TQ Solis, Jr.
Orchestration by Romeo Mascarinas
Cover Art by Glenn Angcla

1
Rejoice, the Lord is King!
Your Lord and King adore!
Rejoice, give thanks and sing,
And triumph evermore!

2
The Lord, our Savior reigns,
The God of truth and love;
When he had purged our sins,
He took his seat above.

Refrain:
The Lord is King, rejoice!
I say again, rejoice!
He’s Savior of all!
Alleluia! Alleluia! Alleluia!

3
Rejoice in glorious hope!
Our Lord the judge shall come
And take his servants up
To their eternal home.

(Refrain)

Coda:
Alleluia! Alleluia! Alleluia!

Text: Charles Wesley, 1707-1788; Refrain by J. Roel Lungay
Music © 1994 J. Roel Lungay




TO CHRIST, THE KING OF PEACE

Tune: CALL TO CHRSITIANS 
Meter: 6 6 6 6
Text: Summi Parentis Filio; Paris Breviary, 1736 (Adapted)
Music: Fr. J. Roel Lungay (1994)
Performed by Fr. J. Roel Lungay
Piano arrangement by TQ Solis, Jr.
Orchestration by Romeo Mascariñas
Cover Art by Glenn Angcla

1
To Christ, the Prince of Peace,
And Son of God most high,
The father of creation,
Sing we with holy joy.

2
Deep in his heart for us,
The wound of love he bore,
The love with which he brings,
The hearts that him adore.

Refrain:
O Jesus, victim blest,
What else but love so fine
You choose to give all
Alleluia! Alleluia!
Alleluia!

3
O Fount of endless life,
O Spring of water clear,
O Flame celestial bliss
We unto you draw near.

(Repeat Refrain)

Coda:
Alleluia! Alleluia!
Alleluia!

Text: Summi Parentis Filio; Paris Breviary, 1736; Trans. by Edward Caswall, 1814-1876
Music: A CALL TO CHRISTIANS; Fr. J. Roel Lungay © 1994 for Fro’s Music



TO GOD WITH GLADNESS SING

Tune: CALL TO CHRISTIANS 
Meter: 6 6 6 6
Based on Psalm 95
Text: James Quinn, SJ, b. 1919
Music: Fr. J. Roel Lungay, b. 1960 © 1994
Vocals by Fr. J. Roel Lungay
Piano arrangement by TQ Solis, Jr.
Orchestration by Romeo Mascarinas
Cover Art by Glenn Angcla

1
To God with gladness sing,
Your Rock and Savior bless;
Within his temple bring
Your songs of thankfulness!

2
He cradles in his hand
The heights and depths of earth;
He made the sea and land,
He brought the world to birth!

Refrain:
To God with gladness sing
All creatures Him adore
The God of us all
Alleluia! Alleluia! Alleluia!

3
Your heav’nly Father praise,
Acclaim his only Son,
Your voice in homage raise
To Him who makes all one!

(Refrain)

Coda:
Alleluia! Alleluia! Alleluia!

Text: James Quinn, SJ, Copyright © 1980, G.I.A. Publications, Inc.
Refrain © 2013 J. Roel Lungay (12/28/13)
Music: CALL TO CHRISTIANS © 1994 J. Roel Lungay




Tuesday, February 25, 2014

MY SONG IS LOVE UNKNOWN

Tune: CALL TO CHRISTIANS 
Meter: 6 6 6 6 with Refrain
Text: Samuel Crossman, c. 1624-1683
Music: Fr. J. Roel Lungay, b. 1960 © 1994
Performed by Fr. J. Roel Lungay
Piano arranged by TQ Solis, Jr.
Orchestration by Romeo Mascarinas
Cover Art by Glenn Angcla

1
My song is love unknown,
My Savior’s love for me,
Love to the loveless shown
That they might lovely be.

2
He came from his blest throne,
Salvation to bestow,
But all made strange, and none
The longed-for Christ would know.

Refrain:
But who am I, my Lord
That for my sake you’ve come
The God of us all
Alleluia! Alleluia! Alleluia!

3
Here might I stay and sing,
No story so divine:
Never was love, dear King,
Never was grief like thine.

(Refrain)

Coda:
Alleluia! Alleluia! Alleluia!

Text: Samuel Crossman, c. 1624-1683;
Refrain added by Fr. J. Roel Lungay (1/3/14)
Music: CALL TO CHRISTIANS; Fr. J. Roel Lungay © 1994 Fro's Music




WALK HUMBLY WITH OUR GOD

Tune: CALL TO CHRISTIANS 
Meter: 6 6 6 6 with Refrain
Words and music by Fr. J. Roel Lungay
Performed by Fr. J. Roel Lungay
Piano arranged by TQ Solis, Jr.
Orchetration by Romeo Mascarinas
Cover Art by Glenn Angcla

1
What sacrifice to bring?
What tribute can I sing?
Love, mercy and compassion
Walk humbly with our God.

2
This fellowship of love
Where every one can join;
Let’s clothe ourselves in Christ
Walk humbly with our God.

Refrain:
The Church of Christ on earth
Is one community:
The Body of Christ
Alleluia! Alleluia!
Alleluia!

3
O Spirit of the Christ
Inflame the hearts of all
Hail to the Living God
Walk humbly with our God

Words and music by Fr. J. Roel Lungay © 1994, 2014
All rights reserved




HAVE MERCY, LORD, ON US

Tune: CALL TO CHRISTIANS
Meter: 6 6 6 6 with Refrain
Text: Psalm 51; Nahum Tate, 1652-1715,
and Nicholas Brady, 1659-1726 (Adapted);
Music: Fr. J. Roel Lungay, b. 1960 © 1994
Performed by Fr. J. Roel Lungay
Piano arrangement by TQ Solis, Jr.
Orchestration by Romeo Mascariñas
Cover Art by Glenn Angcla

1
Have mercy, Lord, on us,
For you are ever kind;
Though we have sinned before you,
Your mercy let us find.

2
Lord, wash away our guilt,
And cleanse us from our sin;
For we confess our doings,
How great our guilt has been.

Refrain:
We come to you, O Christ
Who searches for the lost
True love you give all
Alleluia! Alleluia! Alleluia!

3
The joy your grace can give,
Let us again obtain,
And may your Holy Spirit
Sustain our life within.

(Refrain)

Coda:
Alleluia! Alleluia! Alleluia!

Text: Psalm 51; Nahum Tate, 1652-1715, and Nicholas Brady,
1659-1726 (Adapted); Refrain © 2013 J. Roel Lungay (12/14/13)
Music © 1994 J. Roel Lungay for Fro's Music
International Copyright Secured. All rights reserved




HAIL TO THE LORD WHO COMES

Tune: CALL TO CHRISTIAS 
Meter: 6 6 6 6 with Refrain 
Text: John Ellerton, 1826-1893, alt.
Music: Fr. J. Roel Lungay, b. 1960 © 1994
Performed by Fr. J. Roel Lungay
Piano arrangement by TQ Solis, Jr.
Orchetration by Romeo Mascarinas
Cover Art by Glenn Angcla

1
Hail to the Lord who comes,
Comes to his temple gate;
Not with his angel host,
Not in his kingly state.

2
But, born upon the throne
Of Mary’s gentle breast,
Watched by her careful love,
In her fond arms at rest.

Refrain:
Hail to the Lord who comes
We’re filled with holy joy
The God of us all
Alleluia! Alleluia! Alleluia!

3
There Joseph at her side
In reverent wonder stands;
And filled with holy joy
Old Simeon in his hands.

(Refrain)

Coda:
Alleluia! Alleluia! Alleluia!

Additional Texts:

4
O Light of all the earth
To us come hastily!
Come to your temples here
That we from sin set free.

5
Thus to the Father’s house
He comes, the heav’nly guest
Before your Father’s face
May all presented be!

(Refrain)

Text: John Ellerton, 1826-1893, alt.; Refrain © by J. Roel Lungay (1/2/14)
Music © 1994 J. Roel Lungay



GOOD CHRISTIAN FRIENDS, REJOICE!

Tune: CALL TO CHRISTIANS
Meter: 6 6 6 6 with Refrain
Text: John M. Neale, 1818-1866
Music: Fr. J. Roel Lungay, b. 1960
Performed by Fr. J. Roel Lungay
Piano arrangement by TQ Solis, Jr.
Orchestration by Romeo Mascarinas
Cover Art by Glenn Angcla

1
Good Christian friends, rejoice
With heart and soul and voice;
Give heed to what we say:
Our Christ is born today!

2
Good Christian friends, rejoice
With heart and soul and voice;
Now hear of endless bliss:
The Christ was born for this!

Refrain:
The Savior of the world
Is born on Christmas day!
The God of us all:
Alleluia! Alleluia!
Alleluia!

3
Good Christian friends, rejoice
With heart and soul and voice;
You need not fear the grave:
The Christ was born to save!

(Repeat Refrain)

Coda:
Alleluia! Alleluia!
Alleluia!

Text: In Dulci Jubilo; Latin and German, 14th Cent;
tr. By John M. Neale, 1818-1866
Music: Fr. J. Roel Lungay, b. 1960, © 1997 Fro’s Music



ALL PRAISE TO YOU, O GOD

ALL PRAISE TO YOU, O GOD 6 6 6 6 Meter

Text: Thomas Ken, 1637-1711, alt.

Music: Fr. J. Roel Lungay, b. 1960

Performed by Fr. J. Roel Lungay

Piano arrangement by TQ Solis, Jr.

Orchestration by Romeo Mascarinas

Cover Art by Glenn Angcla

1
All praise to you, O God
For all the blessings rich;
Keep us we pray, O Christ
Beneath your mighty wings.

2
Forgive us, Lord, through Christ
Whatever wrong we’ve done;
Give to the world your peace
Let’s live in one accord.

Refrain:
All praise to you, O God
For all the blessings rich;
The God of us all
Alleluia! Alleluia!
Alleluia!

3
Enlighten us, O God
And give us rest this night.
O strengthen us, we pray,
And serve you when we wake.

(Repeat Refrain)

Coda:
Alleluia! Alleluia!
Alleluia!

Text: Thomas Ken, 1637-1711, alt.
Music: Fr. J. Roel Lungay, b. 1960, © 1997 Fro’s Music



A CALL TO CHRISTIANS

A CALL TO CHRISTIANS

#ArtOfHymning #Hymn #HymnsRetuned #FrosMusic

Tune: CALL TO CHRISTIANS
Meter: 6 6 6 6 with Refrain
Text: Sr. M. Francis
Music by Fr. J. Roel Lungay
Performed by Fr. J. Roel Lungay
Piano arrangement by TQ Solis, Jr.
Orchestration by Romeo Mascariñas
Cover Art by Glenn Angcla

1
A light within the world
Yes, witness are we
To bear the light of Christ
For all the world to see.

2
Your love and light, O Lord,
You send us to impart
To those who know you not
Yet, love them in your heart.

Refrain:
We come with joy, O Christ
In answer to your call
True love we give all
Alleluia! Alleluia! Alleluia!

3
Have mercy on the world
That sin and strife may cease
Extend your reign, O Christ
You are the King of peace.

(Refrain)

Coda:
Alleluia! Alleluia! Alleluia!

Text: Sr. M. Francis. Copyright Unknown
New Music © 1994 J. Roel Lungay for Fro's Music
International Copyright Secured. All rights reserved