Frost and cold, bless the Lord. Ice and snow, bless the Lord;

Canticle of the Three Holy Children

Bless the Lord, all you works of the Lord;

Praise and exalt him above all forever.

Angels of the Lord, bless the Lord;

You heavens, bless the Lord;

All you waters above the heavens, bless the Lord.

All you hosts of the Lord; bless the Lord. 

Sun and moon, bless the Lord; 

Stars of heaven, bless the Lord. 

Every shower and dew, bless the Lord; 

All you winds, bless the Lord. 

Fire and heat, bless the Lord; 

Cold and chill, bless the Lord. 

Dew and rain, bless the Lord; 

Frost and cold, bless the Lord. 

Ice and snow, bless the Lord; 

Nights and days, bless the Lord. 

Light and darkness bless the Lord; 

Lightning and clouds, bless the Lord.

Let the earth bless the Lord; 

Praise and exalt him above all forever. 

Mountains and hills, bless the Lord

Everything growing from the earth, bless the Lord. 

You springs, bless the Lord; 

Seas and rivers, bless the Lord. 

You dolphins and all water creatures, bless the Lord;

All you birds of the air, bless the Lord. 

All you beasts, wild and tame, bless the Lord;

Praise and exalt him above all forever. 

You sons of men, bless the Lord; 

O Israel, bless the Lord. 

Priests of the Lord, bless the Lord;

Servants of the Lord, bless the Lord. 

Spirits and souls of the just, bless the Lord;

Holy men of humble heart, bless the Lord. 

Ananias, Azarias, Misael, bless the Lord; 

Praise and exalt him above all forever. 

Let us bless the Father and the Son and the Holy Ghost;

Let us praise and exalt God above all forever.

Blessed are you in the firmament of heaven;

Praiseworthy and glorious forever.

Not the two Corinthians

Craig Gilbert's report that 'Reince Priebus, former Wisconsin GOP leader, out as White House chief of staff' at the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel also included a status report on biblical illiteracy.

"Speculation has been rampant for weeks about the departure of Priebus. ...

"But that speculation spiked with Trump’s decision to hire as his new communications director Anthony Scaramucci, who proceeded to wage a war of words against Priebus, culminating in a profane screed published by the New Yorker.

"In that article, Scaramucci was quoted as calling Priebus a “paranoid schizophrenic” (with a certain profanity attached). In another interview, he said he and Priebus were like Cain and Abel, the brothers in the Bible. (Cain murdered Abel)."

The Bible emerges from sacred tradition as a liturgical book... the Bible’s native context is the sacred liturgy

The Bible emerges from sacred tradition as a liturgical book; for this reason the Bible’s native context is the sacred liturgy. Only in this, its native context, can it be heard rightly, for the Church alone is the space in which the Word of God, contained in the Scriptures, attains its fullest and most powerful resonance."
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In the Radiance of the Liturgy
The Bible, this liturgical book belonging to the Church, is also the source of a personal hearing of the Word of God, notably in lectio divina. Unlike Protestants who may open the Bible at random, or follow a personal reading plan, or use it to prepare a teaching or sermon, Catholic and Orthodox Christians submit to the Church’s use of the Bible in the liturgy. Lectio divina is, then, intrinsically related to the sacred liturgy; it flows out of the sacred liturgy and back into it. The Catholic or Orthodox Christian can never, even when reading the Scriptures in solitude, remove the Bible from its native context, which is the sacred liturgy. Only in the radiance of the sacred liturgy — and in relationship to the altar, towards which the proclamation of the Word God orients us, — can one read and hear the Scriptures as the Holy Ghost, who inspired them, intends.

excellent article at Vultus Christi

What if I told you...

via Mark Shea