~ Hallelujah ~

by Tina~in_ut

for Helen.....who just LOVES this song~

Growing up, my dad used to wake us up on Easter morning with this song blasting throughout the house. I miss it. I always thought it was so pretty and then it would dawn on me that I wanted to scream Hallelujah with them. Hearing that song meant Lent was over. Catholics don't say or sing the word Hallelujah (means Praise God) during the entire season of Lent, so it's a big deal to hear it on Easter Sunday. Hearing it meant that I could have chocolate, or soda, or watch TV again.....or whatever I gave up for Lent that year! It meant getting together with my big family, having lots of food, and an Easter Egg Hunt.

Now it just reminds me of my dad. I can see him at the record player putting the needle on the record at just the right spot and playing it for the tenth time that morning......over and over it played. I'd even get in the shower and come out and it would still be playing. He wouldn't stop until my mom got sick of it and told him to stop playing it. lol!~ Then, of course, we would hear it at church. I always thought, "Ha! My dad already played that this morning. You're too late!"

While searching for just the right video of this song, I found one with the Mormon Tabernacle Choir singing and thought.....uh....not! I found one with the words and it was okay. And then I found this one. I was so excited. It's in a church in Rome that I've visited called Santa Maria Sopra Minerva. It's the only Gothic style church in Rome and so beautiful inside. There is nothing I love more than beautiful music in a beautiful church in my favorite city in the world. I hope you all have a Blessed Easter Sunday.