You Raise Me Up - Tribute to Gordon B. Hinckley

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"You Raise Me Up" is a popular song in the inspirational mold. The music was written by Secret Garden's Rolf Løvland and the lyrics by Brendan Graham, a veteran songwriter from Ireland. The song has now been covered more than 125 times.[1]

The song was originally written as an instrumental piece and titled "Silent Story." The melody is based on a traditional Irish tune, especially the opening phrase of its chorus.

[LDSmiche]

I miss Pres. Hickley, he was a great man but I knew that God never leave us alone for he called again another great man for all of us.. I Believe in all the prophets of God..

[watertoncafe]

a great tribute - "you raised me up to more than I can be" - I think our Lord smiles when beautiful voices and music combine in a wholesome way to pay tribute to Him and to lift up and inspire us!

[hogsandsooners]

This song was written to Christ, not a man.

[TheNickhis]

@hogsandsooners I agree wholeheartedly. This song was dedicated to president Hinckley because the song shares his view of Jesus Christ.

[hogsandsooners]

@TheNickhis Except, he was not a believer in the Christ of the New Testament. Although Mormonism borrows the name of Jesus Christ to legitimize their faith, the doctrine is blasphemous in its teaching of Christ.

[TheNickhis]

@hogsandsooners

We could go on and on about your lack of understanding of the LDS church, but your statement did not disprove that Hinckley viewed Jesus Christ as his savior, who (as this song's lyrics state) "raises [him] up, to more than [he] can be." There is nothing blasphemous in the LDS church's (or "Mormonism" as you call it) teaching of Christ.

[hogsandsooners]

@TheNickhis Let's see: no virgin birth, spirit brother of Lucifer, his death on the cross was insufficient in-and-of itself...blasphemous! Joseph Smith, if you will allow yourself to do some research, fits the the definition of false prophet to a "T". He conveniently omitted parts of the Bible that he chose and created the Book Of Mormon to tell his tale. Do you truly believe that as we are, God once was, and as God is we may one day become? You can't claim to believe The Bible if you do.

[TheNickhis]

@hogsandsooners no virgin birth?? where did you get that from??? how about you get information a reliable source? And you totally twisted the words on "his death on the cross was insufficient in-and-of itself," we believe he atoned for our sins in the Garden of Gethsemane AND on the cross. Where in The Holy Bible does it state that God would provide no further revelation to man?

"Do you truly believe that as we are, God once was, and as God is we may one day become?"

"Be ye therefore perfect..."

[TheNickhis]

@hogsandsooners You twist words around and make up lies about our church. I will not attempt to argue with you any further if I have to deal with correcting your information that you probably got from some pastor who really doesn't want to lose his congregation (particularly the "tithing" money they line his wallets with) to the LDS church.

[COMALiteJ]

@hogsandsooners, What version(s) of the Bible do you believe to be authoritative?

[hogsandsooners]

@TheNickhis Why were black people not allowed in the church for the first century? What is the significance of their skin color? Has there been a "New Testament Of The Latter Day Saints" that repealed these ideals like polygamy, or like other contrived religions, did it finally come to light that it was flawed and bogus from the beginning? But, due to pride, and lives wasted in the wrong, the church chose revision instead of throwing in the towel. Too much money and power at hand to jump ship.

[bomac10000]

@hogsandsooners I have an equally good question, why would Christ not minister to the Gentiles? Was he a bigot? racist? Why did God allow Abraham more than one wife? Isaac? David (A man that God said was a "man after His own heart?

He's another one, what happened to the power to administer in the name of God? Christ gave men the authority to do that in his time, why is that power not evident in orthodox Christianity in this day? Even St Augustine admitted that he had no power to do those things

[COMALiteJ]

@bomac10000, God didn’t just ALLOW David more than one wife. He flatly stated (through His Prophet Nathan) that He personally OUTRIGHT •GAVE• David the wiVeS (PLURAL!!) of his master Saul unto his bosom (II Samuel 12 — key verse 8, but do read the WHOLE chapter so that you know that this isn’t out of context — note that Nathan is castigating David here for the Bathsheeba thing, which was the FIRST TIME that David majorly fell out of favor with God! What he says in verse 8 was BEFORE then!)

[kitty10123579]

I can't hear it. BOO!

Worst video EVER!

[thebrettfamily]

@kitty10123579 We're sorry if you had any problems. It was the best audio available for this performance. Please let us know if you have any other audio problems. We'd like to take care of them if we can.

[BrisingrJS]

@kitty10123579 GET BETTER SPEAKERS!!!!!!!!

[moymoyguwapo]

brett family you're awesome. You are one of the good examples and role model to those young couples like mine.:) love you guys

[thebrettfamily]

@moymoyguwapo Thank you so much. Love right back at you.

[Tenerifelynn]

Just love this song and the words are so true too. And sang very beuatifully too

[thebrettfamily]

@Tenerifelynn Thank you so much Tenerifelynn! Hopefully it uplifted you a bit. :)

[IX19UT8O]

Another beautiful posting. Thanks for sharing this one too. There's a ton of beauty and talent in the LDS church. Great respect for all. God bless all.

[thebrettfamily]

@IX19UT8O You're right about the talent. We're very grateful for the gifts we've been given. Thank you for your encouragement and support.

[IX19UT8O]

@thebrettfamily: Is there no beauty in the LDS church, was I wrong? Regardless, I believe there is.

[alanpoodle]

EXCELLENT............BLACKBURN LANCASHIRE......ALAN BRIGGS

[thebrettfamily]

@alanpoodle Thank you Alan! Glad to be YouTube friends!

[PhenoxRyzing]

I absolutely love that you performed this song... I wish so much I could have been with you and performed it with you, but as that wasn't meant to be, I am extremely grateful that you performed it.

You raise me up, you give me faith/.... I thought of President Hinckley as "my prophet", as probably so many other youth and young adults.... and other members worldwide...

Thank you so much for sharing your faith. It honestly does mean everything to some of us........ thanks.

[thebrettfamily]

@PhenoxRyzing We wish you could have been there too! But thank you for the comment.  It means a lot. We appreciate you taking the time to encourage and support good things. We'll see you again soon!

[Gaarasgirlfriend1000]

he was such a good man. i miss him. :)

[thebrettfamily]

@Gaarasgirlfriend1000 We miss him too, but we are so grateful for his exemplary life and his testimony of the Savior.  Have a great day!

[FireYourJOB]

To The brettfamily

Thank You soo much for posting this

[thebrettfamily]

@FireYourJOB You are absolutely welcome!

[drizztfirefly]

amazing it brings a tear to your eye to hear this and also know its honoring president Hinckley.

[thebrettfamily]

@drizztfirefly Thank you for the post drizztfirefly. And thanks for connecting with us here. Have a good one!

[dialtone777]

hey i have met yall!!! i ran the sound and lights and the liberty theatre in hartshorne,ok

[thebrettfamily]

Sweet! Thanks for finding us online.  We love Hartshorne! Hope all is well!

[morgensternxR]

I love the prophet :)

[TheMariahBearCloud]

This is truly amazing. =]

[thebrettfamily]

Thank you for commenting on another of our videos! Glad we're YouTube friends!

[SteveAndAlice001]

Thank you so much for sharing this. It made me cry. (In a good way of course)

[thebrettfamily]

Glad it was in a good way! And you're welcome!

[o900junior]

Your family is truly blessed to have such beautiful voices, and then be able to share those talents with the President of the Church of that time would have been such an honour. May the Lord bless you and your family and may you carry on sharing your talents to the world. God bless!!!

[thebrettfamily]

Thank you for taking the time to write that comment. It was an honor to perform for President Hinckley, and we feel very grateful every time we think about it.

[clockwork8t2]

Words can't describe how poignant this song is. A truly great man he was. Cheers for the post man.

[thebrettfamily]

It is a great song isn't it? We were just grateful for the chance to perform it.

[slavaplaybball]

Thank you for this!

[thebrettfamily]

You are absolutely welcome!

[aikosukahi]

this brings tears to my eyes.. i was a convert in the time of pres. Hinklet and i did love him and thought he was a great man, a prophet og God. thanks for this.. one of my favorite song dedicated to one of my most beloved people and who changed my life forever :)

[pipercallie37]

You did a wonderful job back then. and It still makes tear up still today. thanks for sharing your heavenly voices with us.

[thebrettfamily]

Thank you for supporting us to allow us to share our gifts. Hope all is well!

[Chrisclem1]

i never new how much i loved the Prophet Gordon B. Hinkely until he died, When i pondered his life i Knew he loved the lord and the Church and thus loved you and me. This is a beautiful tribute, thank you for posting and thanks for the wonderful comments

[thebrettfamily]

You are very welcome. Thank you for your encouraging words!

[JoeyPittSteelers]

I love this tribute! Our ward did a musical tribute to Gordon B. Hinckley too, after he passed away... he will definitely be missed. Thanks for sharing :)

[thebrettfamily]

You are welcome! We are so grateful to have had the chance to pay tribute to him in this way.

[woopzitwasme]

hahahaha i dont think ive heard anything in the conference center as close to "irreverent" (although it wasnt) as that drum cue before the heavy chorus. That guy was rockin!

[thebrettfamily]

Yeah, we were a little nervous about it at first. But the Choir directors were all for it. It turned out to make the even more powerful we think.

[jasonyen32]

awesome

[kaysab174]

Amazing!

[pilgergufy]

What a shame that it is was not dedicated to the one who only is worthy of our praise JESUS

[canadianbacon007]

Temple Square, quite a sight.

[thebrettfamily]

Definitely an incredible place huh?  Have you been there before?

[canadianbacon007]

Haven't had that pleasure. I hope to someday visit SLC.

[thebrettfamily]

Thank you everyone for your wonderful comments about this video! This was an incredible experience for us, and we are glad to be able to share it a little.

[GwLDS]

also it is grate that you can share your gift with others my heavenly farther and Jesus Christ bless you and your family

[GwLDS]

i did a video with this song about the pioneers spooky

[thebrettfamily]

Hey, thanks for the video response! You have a great video.

[GwLDS]

i think it gos well with video you did

[thebrettfamily]

Yeah, you did a fantastic job. Which recording of the song are you using for the video? Is it Westlife's arrangement?

[GwLDS]

yes it is the westlife one i love the power they have in their voice but to tell the truth i just love the song.

[crscholes]

I saw them live in my town they were great! Brydon(the blonde one) was tellin about the family and he said Garon(the brunette younger boy) used to be a boy saprano then he had a bad case of puberty! haha I laughed so hard but this is great! I was so sad to hear about Pres. Hinkley

[Benjieguy]

goose

[Beeepeee123]

Wow, this whole performance gave me the goose bumps, that was amazing. Just thinking about this song and Pres. Gordon B. Hinkley made me cry, you're amazing.

[Celestia51]

This is a beautiful and inspiring tribute to Pres. Hinkley.

[lgjazz22]

I really love this song they sang in tribute to President Hinckley! Very inspiring. The Brett Family is a great, loving and amazing family all around.

[CelticGirl16]

have to say somethng..i know all the bretts personally...great persons..and i have to agree with duckduckllama...

youraise me up...beautiful song.

[duckduckllama]

I know the first speaker personally, and I can assure you that he wants to be there. He is one of the best members of the church I know. He has a very strong testimony of this gospel. He also loves to sing. I can assure you that no one is forcing him to be there.

[Rammiumptum]

Theyre kinda in my family...or step family...my step dads niece is married to the dad from the brett singers brother.

[NoobsyPoopsy]

beautiful!

[hermione066]

i miss Pres. Hinckley..... just think hes in a better place... *sigh* im starting to cry...

[siobhansmommy]

I STILL miss Pres. Hinckley and I'm not even LDS. I think the new fella, Pres. Munson is a wonderful man and I keep him in my prayers. LSA folks are such good people;I really admire them. This tribute's just beautiful and so uplifting.

[siobhansmommy]

Sorry, I meant LDS (not Louisiana State!!!). And I've been told it's President Monson. He's such a warm gentleman..I wish him all the best and blessings from God!

[1DIMCO93]

shooster11,

"That same magic" has to do with two things: first, the recording isn't as good as one you'd hear from Josh Groban or Celtic Woman--hearing the Brett Family in person is a very powerful experience; second, they were not merely trying to imitate Josh Groban's style, but present it in their own way.

[shooster11]

Understood, but they fell way short of the mark in their own intepretation of the song. Not every performance of this song is going to hit the mark everytime. Some people have the ability to do so and some do not. This family, as good as they are, did not do it with "You Raise Me Up." If that hurts your feelings or their's, so be it.

[eldestfreak]

i agree

[shooster11]

An "A" for effort, but it just doesn't have that same magic that Josh Groban or Celtic Woman has when they sing "You Raise Me Up."

[lgjazz22]

WOW!!! Very good arrangement of the song!! Loved it a lot!! Very well done Brett Family Singers..very well done!! :D

[PreMissionKid]

Wow, that was way good! Good job to them, I love that song...definately a different approach than I had heard...but man it works :D

Thank you

[Marveliz]

pretty song.. I really love it says. Good job, guys!!!