What does alleluia mean?
Fr Alan said,
"Alleluia means praise the Lord! - Praise Yahweh!
He also said, "Alleluia is an imperative word."
Examples of imperative statements include:
Stand up straight.
Sit still.
Sure enough we are not saying alleluia to God. Fr Alan said we would say alleluia to the person sitting or standing besides us, instructing them to praise God.
Fr Alan also said the alleluia before the Gospel, in the celebration of a Mass, should always be sung and not said. If nobody could sing the alleluia, then this should be omitted.
Let us ask God to help us to become alleluia people, praising God always, with our lips, with our hearts, in our actions, in front of other people.
Alleluia! Praise the Lord! Amen!
Thank you for enlightening me; I never knew it was in the imperative. I shall encourage my children's school to sing the Alleluia as they always flatly speak it at school Mass!
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