YOUCAT Lesson 489
YOUCAT the catechism
for Catholic youth
489 What does it mean to
praise God?
God needs no applause.
But we are in need to express spontaneously our delight in God and the rejoicing in our
hearts. We praise God because he exists
and because he is good. We thereby join
even now in the eternal praise of the angels and saints in heaven.
As related in the Book of Daniel,
these men are Hananiah, Azariah, Mishael (also known
as Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego) who were cast into the
fiery furnace by King Nebuchadnezzar and illustrated in a painting from the
late 3rd century or early 4th century in
the Catacomb of Priscilla, Rome.
…..489
“Continue steadfastly in prayer,
being watchful in it with thanksgiving.”
Colossians 4:2
“Prayer does not change God, but it changes the person who
prays.” Soren Kierkegaard
“Blessed are
you, O Lord, the God of our ancestors, praiseworthy and exalted above all
forever;
Blessed are
you in the temple of your holy glory, praiseworthy and glorious above all
forever.
Blessed are
you in the firmament of heaven, praiseworthy and glorious forever.
Bless the
Lord, all you works of the Lord, praise and exalt him above all forever.
Angels of the
Lord, bless the Lord, praise and exalt him above all forever.
All you waters above the
heavens, bless the Lord, praise and exalt him above all forever.
All
you powers, bless the Lord; praise and exalt him above all forever.
Sun
and moon, bless the Lord; praise and exalt him above all forever.
Stars
of heaven, bless the Lord; praise and exalt him above all forever.
Every
shower and dew, bless the Lord; praise and exalt him above all forever.
All
you winds, bless the Lord; praise and exalt him above all forever.
Fire
and heat, bless the Lord; praise and exalt him above all forever.
Cold
and chill, bless the Lord; praise and exalt him above all forever.
Dew
and rain, bless the Lord; praise and exalt him above all forever.
Frost
and chill, bless the Lord; praise and exalt him above all forever.
Hoarfrost
and snow, bless the Lord; praise and exalt him above all forever.
Nights
and days, bless the Lord; praise and exalt him above all forever.
Light
and darkness, bless the Lord; praise and exalt him above all forever.
Lightnings
and clouds, bless the Lord; praise and exalt him above all forever.
Let
the earth bless the Lord, praise and exalt him above all forever.
Mountains
and hills, bless the Lord; praise and exalt him above all forever.
Everything
growing on earth, bless the Lord; praise and exalt him above all forever.
You
springs, bless the Lord; praise and exalt him above all forever.
Seas
and rivers, bless the Lord; praise and exalt him above all forever.
You sea monsters and all
water creatures, bless the Lord; praise and exalt him above all forever.
All
you birds of the air, bless the Lord; praise and exalt him above all forever.
All
you beasts, wild and tame, bless the Lord; praise and exalt him above all
forever.
All
you mortals, bless the Lord; praise and exalt him above all forever.
O
Israel, bless the Lord; praise and exalt
him above all forever.
Priests
of the Lord, bless the Lord; praise and exalt him above all forever.
Servants
of the Lord, bless the Lord; praise and exalt him above all forever.
Spirits
and souls of the just, bless the Lord; praise and exalt him above all forever.
Holy
and humble of heart, bless the Lord; praise and exalt him above all forever.
Hananiah,
Azariah, Mishael, bless the Lord; praise and exalt him above all forever.
For
he has delivered us from Sheol, and saved us from the power of death;
He
has freed us from the raging flame and delivered us from the fire
Give
thanks to the Lord, who is good, whose mercy endures forever.
Bless the God of gods, all
you who fear the Lord; praise and give thanks, for his mercy endures forever.”
Then
King Nebuchadnezzar was startled and rose in haste, asking his counselors, “Did
we not cast three men bound into the fire?” “Certainly, O king,” they answered. “But,” he replied, “I see four
men unbound and unhurt, walking in the fire, and the fourth looks like a son of
God.”
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