{"id":16832,"date":"2012-10-04T08:00:00","date_gmt":"2012-10-04T15:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.thomryng.com\/amateurmonk\/?p=16832"},"modified":"2012-10-04T08:11:53","modified_gmt":"2012-10-04T15:11:53","slug":"canticle-of-brother-sun","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thomryng.com\/amateurmonk\/canticle-of-brother-sun\/","title":{"rendered":"Canticle of Brother Sun"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Saint<\/a><\/p>\n

Most High, all powerful, good Lord,
\nY<\/span>ours are the praises, the glory, the honor,
\nand all blessing.<\/p>\n

To You alone, Most High, do they belong,
\nand no man is worthy to mention Your name.<\/p>\n

Be praised, my Lord, through all your creatures,
\nespecially through my lord Brother Sun,
\nwho brings the day; and you give light through him.
\nAnd he is beautiful and radiant in all his splendor!
\nOf you, Most High, he bears the likeness.<\/p>\n

Praise be You, my Lord, through Sister Moon
\nand the stars, in heaven you formed them
\nclear and precious and beautiful.<\/p>\n

Praised be You, my Lord, through Brother Wind,
\nand through the air, cloudy and serene,
\nand every kind of weather through which
\nYou give sustenance to Your creatures.<\/p>\n

Praised be You, my Lord, through Sister Water,
\nwhich is very useful and humble and precious and chaste.<\/p>\n

Praised be You, my Lord, through Brother Fire,
\nthrough whom you light the night and he is beautiful
\nand playful and robust and strong.<\/p>\n

Praised be You, my Lord, through Sister Mother Earth,
\nwho sustains us and governs us and who produces
\nvaried fruits with colored flowers and herbs.<\/p>\n

Praised be You, my Lord,
\nthrough those who give pardon for Your love,
\nand bear infirmity and tribulation.<\/p>\n

Blessed are those who endure in peace
\nfor by You, Most High, they shall be crowned.<\/p>\n

Praised be You, my Lord,
\nthrough our Sister Bodily Death,
\nfrom whom no living man can escape.<\/p>\n

Woe to those who die in mortal sin.
\nBlessed are those whom death will
\nfind in Your most holy will,
\nfor the second death shall do them no harm.<\/p>\n

Praise and bless my Lord,
\nand give Him thanks
\nand serve Him with great humility.<\/p>\n

AMEN<\/p>\n

(by Saint Francis<\/a> of Assisi<\/a> (1181 \u2013 1226), whose feast is today)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Most High, all powerful, good Lord, Yours are the praises, the glory, the honor, and all blessing. To You alone, Most High, do they belong, and no man is worthy to mention Your name. Be praised, my Lord, through all your creatures, especially through my lord Brother Sun, who brings the day; and you give light through him. 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