Fr. Manoling, then in third year high school, wrote the song after an episode of Fame, the television series about students in a school for the arts in New York.
Based on the Song of Ruth?perhaps one of the most familiar and most well-loved passages in the Bible?"Pananatili" beautifully expresses the kind of love that sacrifices everything to embrace the way of another. At the same time, it is a song that contains Christ's reassurance that His love always remains with us.
