"Broken Hallelujah" June 9, 2023

Broken Hallelujah

This song speaks to me! I want to share it with you, as it may speak to you as well!

With my love and my sadness 
I come before You Lord 
My heart’s in a thousand pieces
Maybe even more

Yet I trust in this moment
You’re with me somehow
And You’ve always been faithful 
So Lord even now

When all that I can sing 
Is a broken hallelujah
When my only offering 
Is shattered praise 
Still a song of adoration 
Will rise up from these ruins
I will worship You and give You thanks
Even when my only praise
Is a broken hallelujah

Oh Father, You have given 
Much more than I deserve 
And I have felt Your hand of blessing 
On me at every turn

How could I doubt Your goodness
Your wisdom, Your grace
So Lord hear my heart
In this painful place

When all that I can sing 
Is a broken hallelujah
When my only offering 
Is shattered praise 
Still a song of adoration 
Will rise up from these ruins
I will worship You and give You thanks
Even when my only praise
Is a broken hallelujah

The artist writes: “Broken Hallelujah” is one of the most moving songs I have ever heard. I believe that there is a presence of the Lord that comes when we as believers offer up a sacrifice of praise and I think that when things are not going the best, when our circumstances could not look worse, I think that when we offer up a Hallelujah to the Lord that that honors him more than any other thing. And so “Broken Hallelujah” is a song that mirrors the power that can happen when we as believers lift up that sacrifice of worship to His name." – Mandisa
 

Fr. Robert T. Cooper, Pastor

Divine Mercy Parish and St. Elizabeth Ann Seton School