Open Up the Doors

  Open up the doors, open up your eyes
     Let the Spirit blow right through you
     Open up your mind, let your soul be free
     Let His Spirit come transform you now.

His love is so amazing, I can hardly believe it’s true
There’s something so unchanging ‘bout what He’ll do for you

I know you’re feeling lonely, need a breath of fresher air
He’ll give you grace if only you say a prayer.

Surrender to the ever-living One
Whose shines with rays so brighter than the sun.
 

The Journey Continues

What am I doing here
In the middle of nowhere
When can I learn the exile’s over, when can I go home
I send a dove from the mountaintop
She’s soaring, but my spirit’s not
When can I learn to fly unto the sun?

     This path I tread is growing long
     But I rely on Christ who makes me strong
     I’ll dance and sing ‘till the day I’m new
     For this path, I pray, leads me to You.

By the mountain streams I trod,
Drinking from the life of God
My food the will of Him whom I pursue
The path leads deep into the wilderness
I trust that Christ is Lord of this
For though I’m alone, I’m not deserted anymore.
 

Libations
“But even if I am being poured out like a libation over the sacrificial service of your faith, I am glad of it and rejoice with all of you.” ~ Philippians 2:17

An olive growing on the tree
Is picked and trampled down by Thee
The oil of gladness flows to the earth
The olive crushed brings forth new birth

Unless a grain falls down and dies, it remains but a single grain.

    I am being poured out like a libation
     Emptied from the inside, that I may be filled again
     With Your Holy Spirit, fill my soul to overflowing
     With Your Holy love…I am Your libation.

You tread the winepress of my soul
I pray Your wine will make me whole
Libations poured for thirsty men
Use me to make them whole again.

I will become a living sacrifice if
You will become my one and only prize that
The world may be transformed by living in Your light.

Stillness (Psalm 131)

    As a child has rest in its mother’s arms, even so my soul
    Trust in the Lord, O Israel, forever more.

O Lord, my heart is not proud
Nor haughty my eyes
I have not gone after mysteries
Nor marvels that are beyond me.

Truly I have set my soul
In silence, and peace.
As a child has rest in its mother’s arms
Even so my soul.

     Like the deer that longs for running streams, my soul yearns for You
     My heart aflame with love for You, the living God.
 

Broken Unto You

     I’m broken, but I seek Your face
     Wounded, Your healing grace
     Empty, Your saving cup
     Fallen, You pick me up, pick me up.

I’m trusting in a grace I cannot feel
Not knowing if Your love is even real
I come with wounds that only You can heal.

Before Your table Lord I humbly kneel
And beg for crumbs from Your most sacred Meal
I wait the day Your glory is revealed.

I search the sacred writings for something that’s igniting
To light my soul on fire with the taste of sacred love
And I will keep on hoping, until the door is open,
And I will keep on praising ‘till I’m made new.
 

I'm Ready

    Lord, I’m willing and this time I’m ready
    My legs are trembling but Your grace is steady
    You give power to the frightened and Your strength to the weak
    You give grace and peace to all who seek
    They who wait on the Lord shall rise up strength
    On the wings of the eagle they shall run at length
    They will walk through the mountains and will not grow faint
    And the Lord shall be my ever-living strength.

Lord, You’ve put me in a battle I’m not strong enough to fight
And I’ve seen might makes right in this life without light
But though an army camp against me, no evil should I fear
For Your rod and Your staff and Your grace is ever near
But still with hope beyond all telling I can’t help but be afraid
For You of all should know that it’s of dust that I have been made
And though I want to give control of my soul to the One I seek,
You know the spirit is willing but the flesh is weak.

The Lord is a warrior, Lord is His Name!
He is strengthening my heart and I will never be the same
And my foes never know that it’s the Lord Who’s got my back
And they will stumble and fall when they make their attack
So if this is my creed, then why have I trembled
When I see the world in armor, for battle assembled
Should be no fear, nowhere near, persevere to what’s true
When I fall on my knees and cry, “Lord, I trust in You!”

So with courage at hand and the Lord at my side
I will fight the good fight until the day that I die
With holiness as my breastplate and faith as my shield
And the Sword of the Spirit as the weapon that I wield.
And though I fear of how weak and how fallen I can be,
I gotta respect and reflect Your power made perfect in me.
For You are God and I am not, how can I question Your ways
And You have promised to be with us till the end of our days.
 

We're Christians (Or That's What We Claim)

I don’t know how to tell you, so I’d better start
We’ve got to change our life
We say we’re Christian but we’ve got divided hearts
But God can end this strife.
Christ has no words but ours, no lives to spread His truth.

     I can see clearly now that they’re looking at us
     Trying to find someone to blame
     So we must live the life, it’s so obvious
    ‘Cause we’re Christians, or that’s what we claim
    And we live for the love of His Name.

If we don’t change our lives to be a sign of contradiction,
They’re gonna lose their faith.
We can lead them to seek things of evil, or we could be
An avenue of grace.
Christ has no words but ours, no lives to spread His truth.

And I wonder if our hearts are truly pure
And I wonder if God’s wanting something more.
 

Song of Joy

    I'll sing of the love, perfect love that is true
     The love that I've known from my youth
     I sing in thanksgiving for all that You do
     I sing of the joy that is You.

Your love is unending
Your Blood is proof
That I am forgiven
All praise to You.

Your mercy, unfailing
From age to age
All nations sing together
Love that knows no end

Generations shall sing Your praise
As time will cease and pass away
Your love is present day by day, my God.

I Look At You
Everyday I look at you, and realize what I’ve missed
All those things you do, I shouldn’t have dismissed
But what else can I say, I’ve chosen the better part

     And I look at you again, to see what I’m losing
     That’s when I really know, I know what I’m doing
     I’d gladly give it all up to see you contented
     For both our greater goods is what I’ve intended
     Every time I look at you.

To see you ‘round me always breaks my heart
This hole inside with what shall I fill it?
I thought I’d never bear for us to be apart
But this love I have for you is starting to bear fruit.

I see there’s something there, supernatural
And through my pain, I shall care, I shall care for you
For though you won’t be mine
I shall always love you
Every time I look at you.

I Cannot Offer You

I cannot offer You an unsullied robe
For I have killed my soul time and time again
I cannot offer You a sacrifice of gold
Prized so highly by the sons of men.

     But with a contrite heart and a humble spirit
     Let my poor soul be received
     As a fragrant gift like incense in Your house
     In Your mercy I believe.

I cannot offer You penitential flesh
For I am weak and frail of body and soul
I cannot offer You sorrow-laden tears
For I am obstinate and feeling so cold.

I believe in the promise of love, that covers my sins
I believe in the mercy of love, and newness within.
 

Holding On

Falling leaves, wandering dreams
Love can seem so far away now
Wanting to know, if I let go
Who’s holding on, who’s got my back now?

     I’m holding on to You, ‘cause You’re all I’ve got left
     In sorrow I leave, while everyone slept
     But the truth is You’ve called, and tomorrow I’ll die
     For You to rise to life.

Flowers bloom in the crystal moon
But I know soon it all fades away
Lives will end, but still, my Friend,
I’m holding on – I won’t let You go.

This is the final song I’ll sing,
For You, my God, are everything
I long to see You in my grasp
For now I have the peace at last
For bound to You my soul is free
I’ll praise Your Name eternally
And I’ll continue holding on
And I’ll sing the notes of this last song.
 

Special thanks to St. Camillus, St. John Vianney, St. Maximillian Kolbe, Bl. Theresa of Calcutta, St. Padre Pio, Ven. Teresita Quevedo, St. Thomas Becket for lending your quotes to this CD.