17 October, 2021
Then I heard every creature in heaven and on earth and under the earth and on the sea, and all that is in them, saying: “To him who sits on the throne and to the Lamb be praise and honor and glory and power, for ever and ever”! – Revelation 5:13
Lord God, Maker of heaven and earth and of every animate and inanimate creature and object occupying both these spheres, every being in spirit and mortal form glorifies your Holy Name and we worship and extol your virtues, exalting your Name above every other name. You are the Alpha and the Omega, the only Omnipotent, Omnipresent God, living from everlasting to everlasting, reigning us all forevermore.
Your Power Lord, and faith in your power can move mountains, raze everything to the ground and recreate with the utterance of one Word issued by you and emanating from you, for your Holy Word is life, and is never void but fulfills all that is spoken. You are Perfect and Righteous and your entire creation, in the consent of all the angels and glorified saints, and of the whole church, give praise unto you, God, and to the Lord Jesus Christ, the Lamb of God, for the work of man’s redemption requires that Christ is to be worshipped as the Father. With the consent and acquiescence of the whole of creation in the counsel and purpose of God, and in the work of his providence, constituting Christ as the King, Priest, and Prophet of his church.
And though inanimate creatures, or sensitive creatures, cannot speak, yet they are also said to join in these praises, as the glory of God shines in them, and they shall enjoy something of the liberty of the sons of God. They shall all be subject and obedient unto Christ in their particular divisions and fulfil his will in the execution of the governance of the world, in order to preserve Christ’s Body, the Church and all its members, adding to that number by carrying the message of salvation by faith, to the ends of the earth, in Jesus’ Name. Amen