St. Vincent de Paul - A new song 2025 by Francis Tanseco.

 In 1992, apart from being busy preparing for graduation and reviewing for the Philippines Nursing Licensure Exam in Manila, the Daughters of Charity of Saint Vincent de Paul who runs Concordia College in Paco, Manila, in the Philippines tapped me to play in a musical taking the lead role as St. Vincent de Paul.

The musical was written and directed by Fr. James Reuter. A great director and scriptwriter if I may say so. If Fr. Reuter was not a priest, I bet he would have made many great films and classics and perhaps would have become a great Hollywood director. 

Francis Tanseco as St. Vincent de Paul.

Photo above is Francis Tanseco as St. Vincent de Paul.

I wonder whatever happened to Fr. Reuters creations coz he created many musical. They should be used now and made into films produced by the Catholic Church.

I also wonder if the Daughters of Charity would ever release on YouTube the musical which I played as St. Vincent de Paul. I wish they would, I pray they would. It is my dream to see this video online.

I am lucky to have been directed and being able to perform in Fr. Reuters musical. It was an honor indeed.

This musical was performed at the PICC, Folk Arts Theatre and in many Daughters of Charity of St. Vincent de Paul colleges and universities.

It was a hard work na walang bayad, just honorary like for transportation and food allowances however it was a great experience and my alma matter honored me with a Plague of Appreciation which they presented to me during our class graduation at the PICC.

St. Vincent de Paul being the patron Saint of my school and having have the honor to perform as him in a musical made a great impact to my life. In fact, believe it or not, I feel that he have always been there in my life to protect me.

In honor of this great experience of playing as St. Vincent de Paul and as appreciation of his many great legacy to my Catholic upbringing and influence, and indeed protection - I wrote a lyric for a song, let's call it a poem this time till a melody will be composed to it. I titled this song naturally as "St. Vincent de Paul".


Verse 1

In our world of abundance.
Where greediness is exuberance.
When the poor are more generous than those who have plenty.
Perhaps we should open our hearts anew
And let kindness flow.


Verse 2

In our world where many are cold.
Where struggles abound and problems unsolved.
When the poor have so much more to teach us, they can humble us.
Perhaps like them, let us be a helping hand.
And let healing flow.


Chorus

St. Vincent de Paul
Heal our hurts and ease our pain.
Please come and guide us, let our soul be saved.
Help us vanish the gloom for our chance to bloom.
A beacon of hope for a world to believe in.


Bridge

In a world where men's spirits are broken.
When everybody hurts, and there is war and tension.
When the only thing to do in the shadows of darkness is kindness.
A simple act of love and kindness then compassion reigns.


It is a good reminder to us all what St. Vincent de Paul once said that "the poor have much to teach you. You have much to learn from them".

He showed to us that God's love is reflected as we speak and listen to the poor. The unfortunate circumstances of others should humble us to come to know God better.

St. Vincent de Paul teaches us that even the smallest gesture of generosity can make a difference, perhaps can mean a world to those who have nothing. He emphasizes that if we rely on God, we can overcome even the most difficult circumstances.

St. Vincent de Paul teaches us to see Christ in the poor and suffering which reminds us to live out Jesus calling "whatever you did for one of these least brothers of mine, you did for me" (Matthew 25:40).


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