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The word "Alleluia" or "Hallelujah" (from Hebrew הללו יה), which literally means "Praise ye Yah" or "Praise Jah, you people", is used in different ways in Christian liturgies. "Praise Jah" is a short form of "Praise Yahweh", or of "praise ye Jehovah".
In the spelling "Alleluia", the term is used also to refer to a liturgical chant in which that word is combined with verses of Scripture, usually from the Psalms. This chant is commonly used before the proclamation of the Gospel.
The Hebrew word Halleluya as an expression of praise to God was preserved, untranslated, by the Early Christians as a superlative expression of thanksgiving, joy, and triumph. Thus it appears in the ancient Greek Liturgy of St. James, which is still used to this day by the Patriarch of Jerusalem and, in its Syriac recension is the prototype of that used by the Maronites. In the Liturgy of St. Mark, apparently the most ancient of all, we find this rubric: "Then follow Let us attend, the Apostle, and the Prologue of the Alleluia."—the "Apostle" is the usual ancient Eastern title for the Epistle reading, and the "Prologue of the Alleluia" would seem to be a prayer or verse before Alleluia was sung by the choir.
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(written by Julia Fordham)
Allelu
Alleluia
I made it through
The day without you
Just a day
Another day
But I'm on my way
For a hushed sweet moment
Everything made sense
And all my misplaced judgements
Were awash with innocence
For a hushed sweet moment
It felt like time stood still
I only know I love you
And that I always will
By the shore
Near the harbor
A distant light
Shines on the water
Just a light
Oh distant light
Guide me through the night
chorus
An Alleluia chorus
Rang out across the waves
I have not gone the distance
But I am on my way
chorus
Alleluia