Singing my prayer

Yesterday I went to a Filipino Mass. It's been a long time since I've participated in a Filipino Mass and after yesterday's experience, I must say that I miss it.
We have so many beautiful liturgical songs in English, in our own national language and in our dialects. And it is really different when I pray in Filipino. The words of the songs are not the normal words we use in everyday conversations. The words of the songs just seem to express what is most profound in us. It's like having a glimpse of heaven and describing it in our own terms.
And our melodies are so sweet that they just make you forget for a while the struggles of life or you see them from the perspective of sweet chivalry of days past.
I am grateful for that experience. It was a special encounter with God that has touched my Filipino heart and soul.