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Dear Mike,
I am not sure why the priest objected,
because the phrase is not objectionable.
The YHWH form was banned because
it is the name that the Jews believe
no one should say except the High
Priest, once a year. They don't even
spell out the word God, writing G-d
instead.
Out of respect for them, and because Yahweh was
never a word that was sung or spoken
by Jews or Christians, we have stopped
using it. As for the other phrase, elohim baruch haShem, it means:
God, Blessed be the Name
It is the polite way that Jews do
refer to God. Sometimes they just
say Ha Shem (The
Name).
Mary Ann
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