The Priest • Lacordaire (ft. Art Ungab)

THE PRIEST

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Words: Jean Baptiste Henri Dominique Lacordaire, 1802-1861
Music: Fr. Leoncio Santiago, 1973
Artist: Art Ungab
Arrangers: Fr. J. Roel Lungay, Romeo Mascariñad

To live in the midst of the world
without wishing its pleasures
To be a member of each family,
yet belonging to none
To share all suffering;
to penetrate all secrets;
To heal all wounds;
to go from men to God
and offer Him their prayers;
To return from God to men
to bring them pardon and hope.
To have a heart of fire for Charity,
and a heart of bronze for Chastity;
To teach and to pardon,
console and bless always.
My God, what a life, what a life
and it’s yours, O priest of Jesus Christ.

(Interlude)

To teach and to pardon,
console and bless always.
My God, what a life, what a life
and it’s yours, O priest of Jesus Christ.

Text: Jean Baptiste Henri Dominique Lacordaire, 1861-1862. Public Domain
Music: Fr. Leoncio Santiago, 1973. UST Central Seminary, Manila, Philippines