Showing posts with label Songs. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Songs. Show all posts

Come Holy Ghost!

Come, Holy Ghost, Creator blest,
and in our souls take up Thy rest;
come with Thy grace and heavenly aid
to fill the hearts which Thou hast made.
O comforter, to Thee we cry,
O heavenly gift of God Most High,
O fount of life and fire of love,
and sweet anointing from above.

Thou in Thy sevenfold gifts are known;
Thou, finger of God's hand we own;
Thou, promise of the Father, Thou
Who dost the tongue with power imbue.

Kindle our sense from above,
and make our hearts o'erflow with love;
with patience firm and virtue high
the weakness of our flesh supply.

Far from us drive the foe we dread,
and grant us Thy peace instead;
so shall we not, with Thee for guide,
turn from the path of life aside.

Oh, may Thy grace on us bestow
the Father and the Son to know;
and Thee, through endless times confessed,
of both the eternal Spirit blest.

Now to the Father and the Son,
Who rose from death, be glory given,
with Thou, O Holy Comforter,
henceforth by all in earth and heaven. Amen.

Hallelujah?

Last night I was pointed to a video on Facebook of an 8 year old girl, Rhema Marvanne, with a great voice singing "Hallelujah" (the version you can hear in one of the Shrek movies).  It  sounds like she's singing for the Lord, but the lyrics of that song begin with King David's "secret chord, which pleased the Lord" then says "but you don't really care for music, do ya." Next it goes into King David's great sin. Then she sings, "I know that there's a God above..." but the written lyrics in the video say "Well maybe there's a god above..." and goes on to say "the only thing I learned from love was how to shoot somebody who'd out drew ya..." The final verse I have mixed feelings... is it a loss of faith in the "cold and broken hallelujah," or is it someone who has found faith in their darkest hour? In short, the song throws mixed signals... but it's an 8 year old with a wonderful voice singing something from Shrek, maybe that's all one should take from it?
Here's Rhema's video:


The original scene from Shrek (not great video quality, but the sound is ok).  In the movie it depicts Shrek's darkest hour - when he's giving up on Fiona.  Ok, it's Disney, so it all works out, but the underlying message behind this song still bugs me.  Here's that video:


Here's another from Rhema which is, IMHO, a bit more appropriate:

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