"'Ice and snow, bless the Lord.' I prayed these words once again recently in Morning Prayer and, frankly, they just left me cold.
"These
words of praise were sung by Azariah, one of the three brave young men
who were cast into Nebuchadnezzar's white hot furnace as punishment for
their disobedience to the king. (The story is found in chapter three of
the Book of Daniel.) Maybe the image of cold and chill, and ice and
snow, was comforting for the young heroes in the midst of their torture,
but not so much for me right now."
In a recent commentary, Bishop Thomas J. Tobin, of the Diocese of Providence
(RI), reflected on we should be able to "praise the Lord in every season of the year, and
that we should be able to praise him in every season of life too.
To access Bishop Tobin's complete essay, please visit:
The Imitation of Christ: Ice and Snow, Bless the Lord! Really? (10 FEB 22)
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