Panunumpa

Why am I thinking of Panunumpa on a night like this?  I don't know.  I was trying to figure out just how God seems to be letting things flow in my life today in a direction that's so totally different from where I thought I was headed just a month or two ago.  And it was within this context of trying to reach within my heart that I suddenly remembered the refrain of this song.  "...at mapapawi ang takot sa 'kin, pagka't taglay lakas Mo'ng angkin..."

I've always thought that Panunumpa was a song intended for weddings after the movie "Tanging Yaman."  I decided to do a little research about the lyrics and found that it was composed by Fr. JBoy Gonzales to commemorate his own ordination and also as a tribute to his father.  Because the lyrics speak of making a vow to love someone, I guess that's how the song found its way to its present status as a wedding song.

This is not to say that marital love is in any way lesser in stature, but I would certainly hope that someday someone will think of making a YouTube video that also depicts the two themes that Fr. JBoy originally intended the song for.

Meantime, in my heart I feel like singing it as my personal commitment of love to the Lord, that wherever You take me, Lord, "Ikaw lamang ang pangakong mahalin..."



Words and music by JBoy Gonzalez, SJ

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