Friday, January 16, 2009

Today's Office of Readings in the breviary

"Cold northern blasts he sends that turn the ponds to lumps of ice.  He freezes over every body of water, and clothes each pool with a coat of mail."

(from the Book of Sirach, Ch. 43)

2 comments:

Nancy said...

My priest and I always joke that whenever the canticle from Daniel shows up in Morning Prayer like it did this past Sunday (you know - frost and chill, bless the Lord)it's usually bitterly cold outside.

canon1753 said...

-25 below last night....