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  • Be praised in and through all creatures

    Good Lord, most high almighty
    to you all praised is due,
    all glory, honour and blessing,
    belong alone to you;
    there is no man whose lips
    are fit to frame your name.

    Be praised, my Lord God,
    in and through all your creatures
    especially among them,
    through noble Brother Sun
    by whom you light the day
    in his radiant splendid beauty
    he reminds us, Lord, of you.

    Be praised, my Lord, through Sister Moon and all the stars.
    You have made the sky shine in their lovely light.

  • Praise be to the Holy Trinity!

    Praise be to the Holy Trinity! God is sound and life, Creator of the Universe, Source of all life, whom the angels sing; wondrous Light of all mysteries known or unknown to humankind, and life that lives in all.

    Hildegard of Bingen, 13th Century; source: Liturgy of the European Ecumenical Encounter, Strasbourg 2001