St. Augustine says, “Whoever sings, prays twice”. Fr. Derrick Yap was a Taoist who found Christ and answered the call to the priesthood because of his expression of his passion for music and dance.
Praise God and Thank God in every moment of our lives. Please pray for more Holy priests who will inspire us for the salvation of souls. Amen.🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🕊️🕊️🕊️🕊️🕊️🕊️🕊️🕊️🕊️🕊️🕊️🕊️🕊️🕊️
You have chosen the best path. May the Holy Spirit guide your every step Fr. Bring more and more souls to God by your music, songs and most of all your very life. Praying for you Fr.
Keep it up Father !! We pray that more of priesthood youth chooses the same for the love and praises of God !! Stay Blessed our Good wishes and Blessings !! 🙏🏻❤️
The youth of today needs Priests such as you, they are too into their phones and lack exercise. This will definitely motivate them and lead them to God.
The light of Christ shines through you Fr ! May you draw many young people into the knowledge of Christ s love for them ! Thank you for sharing your vocation journey with us !
What a beautiful story of your calling father Derrick. Right God called you for a reason. Your talent to share in our modern world is a blessing ,no one that I know as a Catholic has your talent. Go and share your talent and dedication of priesthood be a model to either Catholic or other denominations a blessing. Thank you father Derrick for sharing your story. God bless us🙏
The video is a very beautiful one. I love it so much. Thank you Father Derrick Yap for your beautiful story, your talent and truthfulness. I took photo with you when you came to say mass for our church feast day (September 2012) Church Of The Nativity Of The Blessed Virgin Mary (Upper Serangoon). May JESUS Love, Bless, Guide and Protect you and your priests always. My family and I wish all of you Goodluck, Good Health, Safety and Success always. Happy Chinese Lunar New Year 2023. 😇🙏👍💖
I can fully understand what Fr. Derrick says about his call to praise and glorify God with his God given talent of Music and dance which really can motivate the faithful to come more closely to God. I do have the same experience in my life as a long time choir singer and the joy and fullness that comes when I am singing for the Lord is really amazing and soulful. Sincere prayers for you Fr🙏 Keep us in your prayers
Thankyou Father for your work to bring the kingdom of God down to this earth. Every priest is a blessing. My love to your family that has given us you a gift to the catholic church . I pray that you use your talents to the full for the glory of God.
Rev Father Derrick Yap a certainFilipina ofw Gina Bardon Dapat was supposed to take a long vacation to Cebu City Philippines. She had a booked plane ticket for this week December but she got a serious illness on December 3 . On December 9 she underwent brain surgeries at Tan Toch Seng and most probably still recuperating in her hospital bed. Please do the goodness of singing her a Christmas carol. Her family , spouse and three kids are waiting because since May 2019 she was not able to visit the Philippines and of course to her family. Thank you for the liturgy of the word during the pandemic. God bless us all
According to the scriptures, priests are not a blessing. Cause Jesus abolished priesthood two thousands years ago. He is now and forever, our high priest , according to the order of Melchizedek. See Hebrews chapter 7, verse 17. This is religion to deceive those who do not know the word of truth. Put your faith in Jesus, and be saved today.
Thru this, I know Father Derrick better. Yr passion for music is so great that u sing n dance so well. Even pursuing to be a dance choreographer. U r indeed a special n marvellous priest. God bless you 👍👏🥰🙏
Father, what a testimony, May God Bless You and Your Family, to take such a step from a non_ catholic to A Catholic, May the Holy Spirit guide You through this wonderful journey.
What a beautiful story and another great example of the how wonderfully God works in our lives. I’m glad and grateful that RU-vid had led me to this video, not being a subscriber of this channel (now I’m), on the day before Christmas Eve. I want to dedicate my humble life to God, to do His works. This video is very touching, the story and the way you made it. I actually cried watching the beautiful moments that you captured in the video. Keep up your good works and spread the God’s Love!
What a beautiful journey of call and response . May God continue to bless you and our blessed Mother protect your priesthood. Your call and response is inspiring .
Praise God Dear Fr Please keep 🕺 keep singing 🎶 keep praising Keep loving Our Blessed Mother and Our Blessed Remember Jesus, Love fm India 🇮🇳 New Delhi . Dear Fr Thanks a Million for Saying " Yes" When you were called 🙏
Fr. Derrick, you are a reality in the fullness of life and here's why. Pythagorean tuning is a system of musical tuning in which the frequency ratios of all intervals are based on the ratio 3:2. This ratio, also known as the "pure" perfect fifth, is chosen because it is one of the most consonant and easiest to tune by ear and because of importance attributed to the integer 3. You will learn more of yourself as you go on, and I know you will. Blessed to be a blessing.
It's always to a pleasure to serve with him whenever I happen to be the musician of the day with him being celebrant of the day for wedding masses. Cool, chill out priest who's always a favorite of the young Catholics in Singapore.
What a beautiful blessing to be a part of the St Mary of the Angels community since Dec 2003 when I moved here in Singapore. SMOTA is a vibrant and happy place filled with eager and lovely parishioners and amazingly talented priests who connect with people to bring God's love and words in the most practical yet in heart-piercing- and-soul-searching ways. We, too, are blessed with our brilliant parish priest, Friar Michael and the many priests who came in and out of St Mary's who had became very dear friends to many of us. 💖🙏💖 Fr Derrick did my wedding at the chapel and though it was very small and intimate it was filled with beautiful music of praises and his singing. Thank you very much for everything that you do, Fr Derrick 🙏 We look forward to the launching of this album!😍🤩🥰
Thank you Lord God for Fr Frederick and all your Priest. Thank you fr Frederick for answering God's call. Thank you for sharing your beautiful and inspirational testimony. Thank you for all that you all do for the kingdom. God Bless 🙏 frm. India.
I would love to share your story with others. There was a time some Christian schools wouldn’t take non-Christian students. I tried convincing the decision makers then. Singing and dancing are my passion too. It’s all to glorify our God our maker 💖👍🙏
its likely that Christian school was Protestant .They do also discriminate against Catholic ,unless we convert to their religion .here locally the Catholic school has students from different religions ,race etc.
Thank you for sharing this beautiful conversion and vocation story. Fr. Derrick, you have an amazing voice! Maybe they can include a link to your music? Love that your house includes animals too, especially kitty who likes to play with the Franciscan cord. :)
Thank you God, that Fr Derek yap here was given the gift of your bountiful graces to be a blessing to each other through his apostolic mission of love, music and dance..I shall pray for you that your ministry can touch more souls like me 🙏🏼💒🌷🌷🌷a Pinoy Nurse from Sydney
Pray for me. I too am lay Franciscan since 2007. Music elevates my spirit and makes pray with all my soul and whole being. I don’t remember spending a day without singing no matter my mood. I play piano too and like dancing. Pray for me and my famille as I also pray you. 🙏🙏🙏
Nice getting to know you better from this clip, Fr Derrick. I told you when I bumped into you on the recent long distance coach journey and I reiterate it now, you have a great singing voice! Maybe I'll just add that this is probably what the glorious angels in heaven sound like :) :) Christmas blessings on the anniversary of your baptism!
That was a lovely sharing dear Fr. Derrick. every talent is God given and it is also the way He called you. Your voice is lovely too. I have a son priest who is now a bishop, and his story is different from yours but the same in the calling of God, it is a great and wonderful feeling and I am truly grateful I found your story. Please pray for my son and all priests and religious. God bless po.
If you knew your bible, you would know that Jesus never gave us priests as gifts! Jesus has even abolished priesthood two thousand years ago. He is now our high priest, forever and ever, in the order of Melchizedek. Hebrews chapter 7, verse 17.
@@donaldgodin3491 I am hapy that you know the Bible well but I'm unhappy s that you lack knowledge or being unwilling to know about Priesthood in Our Catholic Faith. I have not comented to seek any one's attention but to openly Thank God for the valuable gifts (Priests) to the world . Those who like the coment does not means that the like My coment but they too expreses theit gtatefullness to God for the gift of the Singing Priest as we all like praise & worship songs. May this Christmass bring Health ,peace & Joy to the world. Thank you
@@sprouts6158 I know very well what catholic faith is, cause I was myself a Roman Catholic until I reached forty years old. And it's not based on the truth of the word of God, but on tradition of men. The bible teach that priesthood was valid under the Old covenant only, under Moses law. Jesus Christ Himself has abolished priesthood, by his own death and resurrection. He is now our high Priest, for all eternity, in the of Melchizedek. Hebrews chapter 7, verse 17. So, who is right here? You and your Roman catholic doctrine, or God and His word? Learn the truth from the scriptures, and get saved today. John chapter 3, verse 16
@@donaldgodin3491 I am not interested to discuss about it for when there is a will there is a way to understand & believe . I hope and pray that one day you'll get back to your Catholic faith in which lots of graces could be obtained through the holy hands of a Priest.. God bless.
Thank God 🙏 for calling more young people to enter in to the life of priesthood in the Catholic Church. Bless them all to serve You faithfully through your church ministries. Amen 🙏🙏🙏
Wow! Thank u as instrument to all of us created by God to all be near to Jesus youre perfectly chosen to serve and proclaime the good deed of our Christ Jesus. Please dont give up God will keep you to your faith and may you continious to spread the Gospel. God is great all the time. Amen.
Quote to SHARE by St. Teresa of Avila "Behind each priest, there is a demon fighting for his fall. If we have the language to criticize them, we must have twice as much to pray for them."
Thank you, Fr. Derrick for your ministry. You’re very talented yet so humble. Our God is truly an amazing God who calls people of different and diverse backgrounds, even non-Catholics to Himself and to serve His flock. May God bless you and other friars in your community always ❤
