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2 questions

• QWhy is it that in the third canticle, we say things such as bless the Lord O sun, moon, clouds, snow, heat etc. How can non living things bless the Lord?
• QIn the fourth quarter of the “Doxology of All the Heavenly Beings,” the word first-born refers to whom? Jesus Christ, the saints, or us? The confusion comes from the fact…

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