Prayer Of Rupert Mayer

Lord, what You will let it be so

Where You will there we will go
What is Your will help us to know

Lord, when You will the time is right

In You there's joy in strife
For Your will I'll give my life

To ease Your burden brings no pain

To forego all for You is gain
As long as I in You remain

REFRAIN:
Because You will it, it is best
Because You will it, we are blest
Till in Your hands our hearts find rest
Till in Your hands our hearts find rest

The lyrics of this song are by Blessed Rupert Mayer, S.J. a contemporary Jesuit recently beatified. Moved by the
text, Manoling wrote the music during a retreat in Baguio.

I Seek You for I Thirst

REFRAIN:
Though many times I run from You in shame
I lift my hands and call upon Your name
For underneath the shadow of Your wings
My melody is You

O Lord, I seek You for I thirst

Your mercy is the rain on the desert of my soul

O Lord, I raise my lifeless eyes and see Your glory shine

How Your kindess overflows (REFRAIN)

O Lord, Your sanctuary calls

I yearn to be with You in the rivers of Your love (REFRAIN)

Composed during a retreat, this new age inspired version of Psalm 63 was the only religious song in the 1992
Ateneo Himigsikan Song Contest. It won First Place.

If I Could Touch You

If I could touch You, I'd heal Your broken palms

If I could hold You in my arms
I'd call the soft breeze to caress Your weary arms
I'd call the moonbeam to dispel this darkest night
If I could touch You, I would

If I could hear You, Your words of anguish

If You'd just whisper in my ear
The sadness weighing down Your heart that no man sees
If You'd just call me, I would sing of flaming hope
If I could hear You, I would

Long have I waited for you to hear My cry

Long have I waited for you to answer My plea
What you do to you brethren You do it for Me
I am in the brokennes and woundedness of man

COUNTERPOINT:
Yes, you can touch Me
I'm in the least of your brethren
I'm in the weak and small
I need your hands to bear My weary arms
I need your touch to heal My wounded palms.
Yes, you can touch Me
Yes, you can hear Me

Manoling wrote this song as a prayer to Christ crucified.