Bukas Palad's New Album Christify

Last Saturday, my family and I watched a concert of the Bukas Palad Choir. I’m literally a fan of liturgical songs and I believe that these meaningful songs play a huge part in the mass. These are songs that empower you, inspire you and brings out emotions that you can’t express. Mass songs played a huge role in my life not only because my late father used to be a church choir organist, but it’s also because those songs gave me a lot of strength during the low points in my life. Anyway Bukas Palad opened the program with the lively “Let Your Praises Be Heard”. I love that song. It made me dance for joy because I felt God’s love right then and there. After a brief introduction the choir sang the immortal compositions of the Jesuits. The first note of Sayo Lamang gave me the chills. I was listening to such beautiful music that it made me cry. The lyrics was so deep and real, added with the accompaniment of a beautiful melody, I just cried. My mom who was seated next to me was also crying. The first part of the concert featured the popular songs while on the second part, they sang songs from their new album Christify. (I bought the CD and the music sheets by the way!) Anyway, one of the choir members said that Christify was about how we could live our lives according to the will of God. He said that giving praises to God does not end with the recessional song, the true challenge begins there. I love all of the songs from Christify. My favorites are Kailan Pa Man, Miserere, Magnificat and Sa Tahanan ng Poon.

My mom usually says that singing church music is twice as good as saying a prayer. Maybe it’s because you get to praise, pray and sing to God at the same time. I met some of the members after the concert and I can’t help but say thank you to them. Truly they have touched many people that night in many ways that they can ever imagine. How wonderful it must be to be a part of something so amazing! After the concert, I was so inspired that I one of the lines from the song “Amare et servire” which they sang kept on playing inside my head. In omnibus Amare et servire Domino.” In everything love and serve the Lord. That’s what I will do exactly. From this moment on, I will do everything for the love and service of God. Ad Majorem Dei Gloriam!