{"id":51,"date":"2012-12-24T19:30:42","date_gmt":"2012-12-24T19:30:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.slowbloom.com\/blog\/?p=51"},"modified":"2013-02-17T05:01:43","modified_gmt":"2013-02-17T05:01:43","slug":"hallelujah","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.slowbloom.com\/blog\/2012\/12\/hallelujah\/","title":{"rendered":"Hallelujah"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a title=\"Icicle and red globe by jillbertini, on Flickr\" href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/jillbertini\/8301573521\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Icicle and red globe\" src=\"http:\/\/farm9.staticflickr.com\/8360\/8301573521_22965fdb91_n.jpg\" width=\"212\" height=\"320\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>I think most of you know that I&#8217;m not Christian, which means I do not celebrate Christmas &#8211; or at least, not in the way most Christians do. At the beginning of the month I attended a mass wedding where 25 same-sex couples got married. And they sang the Hallelujah chorus from Handel&#8217;s Messiah. I tend to just tune out and not pay attention to the words when anything related to Jesus comes up. For some reason, when they sang <em>He shall reign<\/em> I replaced <em><strong>He<\/strong><\/em> with <em><strong>love<\/strong><\/em> in my mind, and I just loved it so much. So I thought I&#8217;d play around with the rest of the lyrics that specifically referenced a deity and here&#8217;s what I came up with. Wishing you all light and love in the coming year.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>Hallelujah! Hallelujah!<br \/>\nHallelujah! Hallelujah! Hallelujah!<br \/>\nHallelujah! Hallelujah!<br \/>\nHallelujah! Hallelujah! Hallelujah!<br \/>\nFor the [LIGHT OF LOVE] [LIGHT OF LOVE] reigneth.<br \/>\nHallelujah! Hallelujah! Hallelujah! Hallelujah!<br \/>\nFor the [LIGHT OF LOVE] [LIGHT OF LOVE] reigneth.<br \/>\nHallelujah! Hallelujah! Hallelujah! Hallelujah!<br \/>\nThe kingdom of this world<br \/>\nIs become the kingdom of our [LOVE],<br \/>\nAnd of [THE LIGHT], and of [THE LIGHT];<br \/>\nAnd [LOVE] shall reign for ever and ever,<\/p>\n<p>For ever and ever, forever and ever,<br \/>\n[LIGHT OF LOVE], and [LOVE OF LOVES],<br \/>\n[LIGHT OF LOVE], and [LOVE OF LOVES,<br \/>\nAnd [LOVE OF LOVES,]<br \/>\nAnd [LOVE] shall reign,<br \/>\nAnd [LOVE] shall reign forever and ever,<br \/>\n[LIGHT OF LIGHTS], forever and ever,<br \/>\nAnd [LOVE OF LOVES,],<br \/>\nHallelujah! Hallelujah!<br \/>\nAnd [LOVE] shall reign forever and ever,<br \/>\n[LIGHT OF LOVE]! and [LOVE OF LOVES],!<br \/>\nAnd [LOVE] shall reign forever and ever,<br \/>\n[LIGHT OF LOVE]! and [LOVE OF LOVES]!<br \/>\nHallelujah! Hallelujah! Hallelujah! Hallelujah!<br \/>\nHallelujah!<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.lyricsoncall.com\/lyrics\/handels-messiah\/hallelujah-chorus-lyrics.html\">Original lyrics for quick reference<\/a><\/p>\n<div style=\"padding-bottom:20px; padding-top:10px;\" class=\"hupso-share-buttons\"><!-- Hupso Share Buttons - https:\/\/www.hupso.com\/share\/ --><a class=\"hupso_pop\" href=\"https:\/\/www.hupso.com\/share\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/static.hupso.com\/share\/buttons\/button100x23.png\" style=\"border:0px; width:100; height: 23; \" alt=\"Share Button\" \/><\/a><script type=\"text\/javascript\">var hupso_services=new Array(\"Twitter\",\"Facebook\",\"Linkedin\",\"StumbleUpon\",\"Reddit\",\"Print\");var hupso_icon_type = \"labels\";var hupso_background=\"#EAF4FF\";var hupso_border=\"#66CCFF\";var hupso_image_folder_url = \"\";var hupso_url=\"\";var hupso_title=\"Hallelujah\";<\/script><script type=\"text\/javascript\" src=\"https:\/\/static.hupso.com\/share\/js\/share.js\"><\/script><!-- Hupso Share Buttons --><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I think most of you know that I&#8217;m not Christian, which means I do not celebrate Christmas &#8211; or at least, not in the way most Christians do. At the beginning of the month I attended a mass wedding where 25 same-sex couples got married. And they sang the Hallelujah chorus from Handel&#8217;s Messiah. 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