Putting together a program for my son and am in MD at the moment, and need a good template for his Nuptial Mass. Anyone have one or can point me to a 'good' one?
It was my understanding that the word alleluia traditionally translated from the old Hebrew is "hail Jaweh". I suppose that could be wrong but I got that information from a Hebraic scholar many years ago.
Here's my thought, ask someone you know, even a priest, what the exact literal translation for the following two words are, "Amen" & "Alleluia". I hope you get the variances that I've got in my life on the misconception of those words. My whole reason for a translation and especially one for understanding and not just artistic ones is so that people learn these things. But I do appreciate all commentary, it does help me to learn. I think that sometimes in the intellectual world it's very easy to lose sight of how much needs to be done and how valuable a simple/literal translation is.
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