The Canticle of Brother Sun

[@arth_steps]

I'm converting to Catholicism thanks to my best friend, I'll buy a rosary tomorrow and I have to say that your channel give me hope in my faith! I will try to pray to your father, I'm not good in prayers but I will try! God bless you and your entire family!!

[@ExCathedraFBIV]

God bless you friend. Keep true to the faith. I hope to see you in heaven one day.

[@sschorm]

Rubrum, you must have a great friend! Praying for your conversion.

[@eauesas3309]

Welcomee to the fam

[@raian6896]

Welcome home brother

[@arth_steps]

Thank you all for the messages, guys. I really appreciate it

[@quisutdeusmfl]

I discovered the past year that my vocation is to become a Franciscan friar and so I specially love this hymn O Saint Francis of Assisi, pray for us so that we can love Our Lord as much as you did, and that we can see the great love He has for us that He gave us His beautiful Creation Amen

[@Agrippa31BC]

May Our Lord bless your Vocation, and may Saint Francis intercede for you!

[@quisutdeusmfl]

@@Agrippa31BC God bless you and your people

[@Agrippa31BC]

@@quisutdeusmfl Pray for my vocation too, please, as I’m soon starting seminary.

[@quisutdeusmfl]

@@Agrippa31BC that's great! sure I'll pray for you

[@leonarduskarolusiuliustant7498]

God bless and help you with your vocation, future friar. May you live a long and holy life.

[@andreaugustoferreiradossan4857]

Saint Francis is the absolute madman that everyone should aspire to be

[@tomasveras2175]

He is the definition of crazy for God Holy Father Francis, pray for us

[@fartz3808]

He chose to eat from the same plate as a leper out of solidarity, not showing fear of him or of being infected. It seems relevant considering the pandemic we're in.

[@happygoluckyscamp]

Rumi described love of God as being like a drunk fool, in that you would be intoxicated on God's grace, striped of the material carers of this world. Francesco was clearly drunk on God's grace.

[@luihhiul659]

Saint François priez pour nous 💒🙏🏻☝🏻

[@paoloabella3496]

Imagine confronting a sultan without fear of death because of his faith

[@rombosmanconcalcetin9414]

this song is beautiful, it is a call to love God's creation...

[@memorarenz]

I'm very sorry to hear about your father. May God be with you and your family. Holy Mary, pray for him. Saint Joseph, pray for him. Jesus, Mary, and Joseph, assist us all in our last agony.

[@josephsarkis4443]

May his soul rest in peace with God🙏. But how did you know?

[@sschorm]

@@josephsarkis4443 Look at the description

[@josephsarkis4443]

@@sschorm oh my bad i didn’t look

[@lucasjohnson480]

May he enjoy everlasting life with God and all of his Saints.

[@iiitrifle9895]

Amen. ✝️🇻🇦

[@christ_m0128]

Hello I'm a Middle Eastern Catholic Christian My country is currently in a lot of tension and turmoil, its very hard living here because we do not see any glimpses of hope. But everytime I listen to this I remember that God is here watching over and that just like he set up all the creations of the world he can also give us hope and I know that in the end Christ will win and we will not have to worry anymore. God bless you all

[@iiitrifle9895]

AMEN!

[@aligator6449]

God bless you VIVA CRISTO REY POR SIEMPRE

[@iiitrifle9895]

@@aligator6449 Viva!

[@michaelglueckert7662]

Me in USA pray for your difficulty's!

[@Sidek0]

Lebanon?

[@jakevolpe]

We mustn't forget that the Lord gave us dominion over this world that He created so that we may watch over and protect it. It is the responsibility of all of us to care for our home and all who live on it. Human beings cannot continue to cause irreparable damage to this beautiful gift that He gave us

[@retradretrad545]

This. I don't understand why so many conservative Catholics are against environmentalism. They may say that "the climate changes" and I wouldn't be able to argue with them because I don't know much about science but it's impossible to deny that millions of species are going extinct and that the world's forests are being demolished.

[@Bruno-md9nm]

We can do whatever we want with the enviroment

[@jakevolpe]

@@retradretrad545 We're definitely destroying the environment and slowly killing our planet. I think it's the duty of Catholics to work to protect the planet and it's a tremendous shame that too few of us care

[@Toridou1]

@@retradretrad545 Environmentalism puts the creation above mankind, which was not the intent of the CREATOR. Mankind is not destroying the earth. The earth will always exist and adapt. Environmentalism destroys jobs and the economy. People need to eat and provide shelter for themselves and Environmentalist laws and practices threaten this. People first and environment second. God said be fruitful and multiply not regulate populations. The Lord said conquer the earth and subdue it and live off the land.

[@alejandrogonzalez1532]

@@Toridou1, this doesn’t mean we shouldn’t watch ourselves when polluting the earth, after all this planet is one of God’s greatest gifts that we must take responsibility in preserving its beauty and life without indulging in the mindless spending and fruit of the devil. I am not well mannered in the policies of environmentalist ideologies in all honesty, although I do agree, perhaps taking a radicalist approach may negatively affect humanity’s advances in itself, however as I said before this doesn’t mean we cannot still make an effort to balance our planets dying ecosystems.

[@sschorm]

I'm sorry to hear about your father man. I'll pray for his soul.

[@iiitrifle9895]

Amen ✝️🇻🇦🇻🇦✝️

[@장훈님하고싶은거다해]

I almost cried in physical sense, and cried so hard in spiritual sense.

[@iiitrifle9895]

It's a really beautiful song!

[@masterjunky863]

This beauty is the start of the great Italian poetry tradition 🇮🇹

[@iiitrifle9895]

🇻🇦

[@themajor9059]

As an italian catholic, I've found this song beautiful and blessed

[@iiitrifle9895]

🇻🇦✝️🇻🇦

[@brassboy212]

Wiccans: Only our faith truly cares about nature. St. Francis: Hold my wine...

[@gabrielalejandrosarmientos527]

HOLD MY HOLY WINE, YOU WITCH WOLFS, I TALK WITH THE ANIMALS!

[@nathanjordan7544]

He saw how God created nature to show him and his workmanship

[@jtcunningham7589]

“Again therefore, Jesus spoke to them, saying: I am the light of the world: he that followeth me, walketh not in darkness, but shall have the light of life.” ‭‭St John‬ ‭8:12‬ ‭

[@iiitrifle9895]

Amen.

[@aligator6449]

Amen

[@rahzoriel2103]

The day after being so heart-moved by this marvelous song, Saint Francis guided my hand to prevent my baby son from suffering a terrible accident. He was unscathed, but could well suffer a skull fracture. Thank you, Saint Francis, for your intercession with God to guide my hand and saving my son. May God from intercession of Saint Francis also bless you and your family.

[@iiitrifle9895]

AMEN!!!!!!

[@memorarenz]

Great stuff. May God bless everyone who hears this.

[@GingerJoberton]

Thank you,God Bless YOU

[@LaFlaneuse0]

And all those who cannot

[@iiitrifle9895]

Thank you! Amen!

[@skilo581]

I believe Saint Francis Assisi is among the holiest men to ever walk on the face of earth, next to St. Joseph and St. John the Baptist, whom Jesus say is the greatest of those born of women. St. Francis de Sales, talking about St. Francis Assisi in one of his books says that he was "A man that almost wasn't a man, but a seraphim over the Earth", and refers to him as "The Seraphic of Assisi".

[@Dark6997]

Yes you may know this but St Bonaventure saw St Francis in the way of the Angel of the sixth seal and in the line of the great prophets

[@joevonnivega4224]

Your father raised a great son. I am sure he is so proud of you. He is in paradise now with our Lord. May the Lord Bless him and Bless you 🇻🇦✝️

[@iiitrifle9895]

Amen 🇻🇦🇻🇦🇻🇦

[@sandro-eliesaad9541]

St. Francis didn't take God's forgiveness for granted. Let us learn to be like him

[@iiitrifle9895]

Yes! Amen!

[@riccardocirielli]

Proud to be Italian and to have Saint Francesco as our Saint Patron. Interesting fact: this song "il Cantico delle Creature" it's the first example of Italian poetry ever created

[@mormonfreeman6202]

Saint Francis is my inspiration to be a better person and I do my best to follow his teachings.

[@GaMeR11sHoT]

I'm sorry to hear about your father. No one can bear the departure of their parent, but I'm sure he passed away proud of you knowing he raised a child of God. Remain true to him and he will forever be true to you.

[@asterixs259]

May your father rest in peace in heaven, now he enjoys the company of saint francis and God in all his glory.

[@iiitrifle9895]

Amen

[@robju6054]

My cousin was the Superior General of the Order. All the monks told us they considered him a Saint. Peace be with you. I shall ask him to intercede for all those who sorrow.

[@tomasveras2175]

Your father may be in Heaven vibing this chant with Francis and all God saints

[@ObliviAce]

Hi there. I just read the comment section and i am sorry that your father passed. You will probably not see this comment, but even though its a late ply i will still pray for his soul in purgatory to enter into heaven and for you two to meet eachother there once again. God bless you, and thank you for posting all these beautiful and faith uplifting chants for us.

[@iiitrifle9895]

AMEN!!!!!

[@Generic_Username_01]

God bless you brother. I as well lost my father last year and it hasn't been easy, but the words you wrote in the descripton of your Passion video helped me through all of it: "It was hard making this video, but it was hard for Jesus too." I hope you and your family are in peace, and that your father is resting happily with our Creator.

[@LuísJarles]

This is the most beautiful thing I heard today.

[@basedbrowncath]

I’m really sorry for your father, At least he is in better place now I’ll pray for his soul

[@iiitrifle9895]

Amen!

[@iiitrifle9895]

AMEN!!

[@iiitrifle9895]

Amen!

[@johannfurstvongiallio869]

All creatures of our God and King, Lift up your voice and let us sing: Alleluia! Alleluia! Thou, burning Sun with golden beam, Thou, silver Moon with softer gleam, O praise Him! O praise him! Alleluia! Alleluia! Alleluia!

[@hospitalleretmisericordia1243]

Nothing is more beautiful in music than a choir. Voices together praising Christ. That's it. ✠ DOMINUS VOBISCUM ✠

[@iiitrifle9895]

Dominus Vobiscum ✝️🛐✝️💜🇻🇦

[@Agrippa31BC]

May the Lord receive your father in His Glory!

[@jameslebron5400]

One of the few times I´ve consciously felt actual chills while listening to music, very peculiar sensation-- and it's due not just to the beauty of the sound, but by knowing the wonderful meaning of the words which I vaguely understand by knowing Spanish. PRAISE BE YOU, mi Signore!

[@hiey19]

I'm so sorry for your lost. I wish you the best and keep the good work. Love from France !

[@tomasveras2175]

God bless you and thanks for this video

[@MB-zn9vg]

Happy St. Francis day. St. Francis pray for us 🙏 thank you Jesus. Amen

[@iiitrifle9895]

Amen!

[@iiitrifle9895]

AMEN!!!!!

[@zionmolina3039]

The lyrics are beautiful

[@elchamakito336]

This speaks to the Spirit. Thanks for the upload.

[@matheuslorenzo8382]

PAX ET BONUM! ✝️🙏 Saint Francis, pray for us!

[@iiitrifle9895]

Saint Francis of Assisi, pray for us! ❤️❤️✝️🇻🇦❤️❤️

[@83leela]

God bless my friend I will pray for you Papa! Viva Cristo Rey.

[@iiitrifle9895]

Viva!

[@falangemexicana8554]

The virgin environmentalist liberal vs. the Chad appreciator of God’s Creation

[@gustavogouveia7003]

Gostei do nome, amigo. Saudações brasileiras. Viva Cristo Rey!

[@pedrogabriel3448]

Que Viva Cristo Rey!

[@Kolchak_Enjoyer]

@@alaric_3015 the virgin protestant modernism vs the chad based ancient catholic church

[@andre_cinelli]

Belíssimo nome meu irmão, viva Cristo Rei

[@bruhbruh-us6gl]

@@alaric_3015 I always laugh whenever someone tries to tell me that Protestantism is "Chad". Like bruh Protestantism is being kept on life support by African evangelization campaigns. Protestantism is basically dead, and if not then on the verge of death, in Europe, and in America you see a similar but less dramatic decline.

[@ZiraRisasi]

My favorite saint! Good work

[@iiitrifle9895]

🧡✝️🧡

[@Jack_Henderson]

True beauty! Yet modernists call it the dark ages...

[@doedelzak3914]

From what i understood, historians called it the dark ages only because this age is not as well documented as other ages. ''dark age'' because it's a gap in our historical knowledge.

[@antoniocavalcanti1627]

@@doedelzak3914 To be fair Dark Ages is a term that is no longer used in academic historical debate

[@teris6827]

Tbh i prefer live in the "Dark ages" than live in modern world

[@ml1916]

The Golden Ages would be more accurate.

[@riograndedosulball248]

And of course, it is due to V*ltaire

[@riograndedosulball248]

I thought the first song I should listen to on this new year of our Lord should be a special one. Here I am. Happy new year everyone. may God bless our lives, everyday

[@iiitrifle9895]

Thank you! May God bless you too!

[@Jupiterssilhouette]

This beautiful piece of poetry and music made me shed many tears, thank you for sharing such a meaningful video

[@karmazyn1683]

One of my favourite Catholic songs❤

[@BalgothTheVile]

We are all brothers through God! May God bless you on this blessed day!

[@iiitrifle9895]

Amen!

[@BVM-l7g]

Absolutely marvelous, may God bless you all

[@doroteocincisbiasci1474]

At 9 in the morning this song makes me cry.

[@paean84]

My brother died 10 years ago, This piece of music has made me shed many tears of sadness and gratitude. Thank you Ex Cathedra and keep doing God's work. God bless you and your father.

[@ExCathedraFBIV]

May God have his soul in eternal glory, my friend.

[@iiitrifle9895]

God bless you and your brother! Amen! ✝️🇻🇦✝️

[@jeremiakevin]

I'm a Lutheran living in an island of Sulawesi, Indonesia. As I write this comment on April 20, 2023, there's a solar eclipse happening in Indonesia and the first thing that comes to my mind when the solar eclipse happen is to play this St. Francis of Assisi's canticles. Praise be to you, o Lord!

[@matthewsiregar]

As an asian orthodox, this is a good chant. Kudos my catholic bros ❤

[@sengan2475]

God bless our brothers in the east 🙏

[@cartercollier990]

My soul is burning like the all mighty gift of the Lord of the Sun with this beautiful song

[@pyroparagon8945]

Your father will be in my prayers.

[@iiitrifle9895]

💜✝️Amen!

[@iiitrifle9895]

This beautiful song isn't getting enough attention! ✝️❤️✝️

[@iiitrifle9895]

✝️❤️❤️❤️

[@iiitrifle9895]

🇻🇦

[@iiitrifle9895]

🇻🇦💛

[@iiitrifle9895]

🎵✝️😊

[@iiitrifle9895]

✝️♥️✝️

[@felixpavillet7930]

Amen et que Dieu nous bénisse et nous fasse tous miséricorde en Christ Amen 🛐🕊️✝️⛪📿

[@iiitrifle9895]

Amen!

[@iiitrifle9895]

AMEN!!!!!

[@iiitrifle9895]

✝️✝️✝️✝️

[@usamamohammed2357]

Simpler the things get, more peaceful they become. Like cross.

[@iiitrifle9895]

✝️🇻🇦✝️🛐✝️

[@Jesuslovesallpray]

Keep strong brother, I'll pray for your father.

[@thenamesianna]

This is one of the most important pieces of Italian literature, thank you for sharing it to a wider audience.

[@MrKrumpetz]

Powerful.

[@AGirlWithoutAName]

Just had a debate with a pagan that think Christianity is a plague to Europe because it first “appeared” in modern day Palestine. He also said that Catholicism took a lot from Pagamism. He did not understand anything. So so sad. Here’s a prayer that shows that celebrating the Creation is not adoring or praising Her. This is why Catholicism is so beautiful and true 🙏🏻💙 God bless you ✝️

[@bruhbruh-us6gl]

@@lucasd.6746 The funny thing is that the European Pagans for the most part willingly converted because they could see that Christianity was the superior faith, in terms of reason, veracity, and power. Pagan LARPers don't have any real faith in their "gods", they use them to try to find a link to their past because they've become lost in this new rootless and cosmopolitan world.

[@AGirlWithoutAName]

@Turtle Turtleson III he accused us to worship Idols 😭 I told him he did not understand anything but he refuse to listen

[@AGirlWithoutAName]

@@lucasd.6746 it was actually the case... I agreed with him on the defense of our heritage, thus our race and told him it is not incompatible at all with Christianity but he kept saying “it’s a foreign religion” 🤨

[@AGirlWithoutAName]

@@bruhbruh-us6gl exactly. Europeans converted from paganism to Christianity because it fit us perfectly . Europeans are inherently Christians for various reason but it’s a fact and he refused it 🤨

[@zlatanivanoff8878]

God bless you

[@fernandol.1254]

Sorry to hear about your father, may his soul have a peaceful rest, and thank you for this beautiful piece of art

[@iiitrifle9895]

Amen 🙏✝️🛐🙏

[@asianlifter]

God bless you, my friend..

[@denal132]

my father also passed quite recently, hope you are doing well Ex Cathedra and may God bless you

[@danielbruceagra9022]

Rest in Peace, Father of the owner of this channel this chant reminded me of the episode of the Sermon of Sanint Anthony to the Fish, in which reminded of how beautiful is the God who created all things, he will receive the soul of you father with open arms, as well I hope all of us, God, have mercy upon us, God Bless You, Saint Anthony and Saint Francis, pray for us and pray for his father.

[@GarfieldRex]

BEAUTIFUUUUUL ❤️🙌Praised be the Lord. Kids should be taught this, is a very nice and fun poem/chant.

[@iiitrifle9895]

♥️✝️🛐♥️

[@AmericansEmperor]

This quote comes to mind: “For the obstinate reminder continued to recur: only the supernatural has taken a sane view of Nature. The essence of all pantheism, evolutionism, and modern cosmic religion is really in this proposition: that Nature is our mother. Unfortunately, if you regard Nature as a mother, you discover that she is a step-mother. The main point of Christianity was this: that Nature is not our mother: Nature is our sister. We can be proud of her beauty, since we have the same Father; but she has no authority over us; we have to admire, but not to imitate. This gives to the typically Christian pleasure in this earth a strange touch of lightness that is almost frivolity. Nature was a solemn mother to the worshippers of Isis and Cybele. Nature was a solemn mother to Wordsworth or to Emerson. But Nature is not solemn to Francis of Assisi or to George Herbert. To St. Francis, Nature is a sister, and even a younger sister: a little, dancing sister, to be laughed at as well as loved.” Excerpt From: G. K. Chesterton. “Orthodoxy.”

[@AmericansEmperor]

In short, you have no mother except your own, and the Most Holy Mother Of God.

[@perrocelestial9573]

Chesterton is boring...

[@オルフェーヴルの夫]

@@perrocelestial9573 Just like your life

[@Dark6997]

Only now watching this video I hope your family is doing well and may your father find his place among the saints

[@modernistsgotohell8911]

St. Francis, pray for us and that Russia may be consecrated to the Immaculate Heart of Mary.

[@tomasveras2175]

@@theromanbaron In 1946, during a gathering of youth at Fátima, Sister Lucia was asked by a young Russian girl, Natacha Derfelden as to how the conversion of Russia would be accomplished. Sister Lucia responded that the conversion of Russia would come through the Orthodox Church and "the Oriental rite", seemingly meaning the conversion implied reconciliation and re-union between the Russian Orthodox Church and the Roman Catholic Church.

[@bruhbruh-us6gl]

@@theromanbaron Russians in 50-100 years will be proud papists like myself.

[@bruhbruh-us6gl]

@@theromanbaron You watch and see. Once the consecration happens as specified you will eat your words and your pride.

[@en6064]

I am a Catholic, and I see no need in turning Russia to the Latin rite. I would love for there to be unity, but let the Orthodox retain their beautiful traditions and expression of faith. I do not see why fellow Christians can't be loving and merciful to each other.

[@bruhbruh-us6gl]

@@en6064 The issue isn't that there is no mercy or love between the Catholics and the Orthodox, the issue is that there is no salvation outside the church, and while the Orthodox do come closer than any other Christian group, they are still schismatics.

[@nicolaxsz]

Hope Nero is ok, i will pray for your father. Thanks for the music

[@saintlouisix_]

Belíssimo !

[@padrevaticanballcamedcmsae4389]

Oi

[@padrevaticanballcamedcmsae4389]

Tudo bem?

[@saintlouisix_]

@@padrevaticanballcamedcmsae4389 👍

[@RyanRodriguez-ie8xh]

I absolutely LOVE this song and I had the chance to visit Rome and attend Mass at the Archdiocese of Rome....and I thought the choir sounded familiar! I had no idea this rendition was by them!

[@bruhman3406]

Condolence to you

[@sandro-eliesaad9541]

pls don't stop posting! Much thanks!

[@Likes_Trains]

I am so sorry to hear about the loss of your dad. I hope you can remain strong. He must be proud of you.

[@youngminkwon616]

Just cried a really good cry

[@la9v7]

I really need these songs on Spotify.

[@heyhey8626]

This feels uniquely beautiful

[@Raziel76]

Un canto de una belleza realmente sobrecogedora.

[@freddykrueger709]

May your father rest in peace at the right hand of God

[@iiitrifle9895]

Amen. 💓✝️

[@iiitrifle9895]

Extremely beautiful!

[@iiitrifle9895]

Amen!

[@iiitrifle9895]

AMEN!!!!

[@iiitrifle9895]

Amen ♥️💕♥️

[@iiitrifle9895]

💕

[@iiitrifle9895]

♥️♥️✝️♥️♥️

[@reggiestickleback7794]

Chesterton’s book: “St. Francis” is very powerful

[@crowbirdryuell]

I don't understand why there is 15 dislike for this wonderful prayer song:(

[@seamuswbiggerarmalite3379]

where they accept the Jesuits the Jesuits will rule, the Jesuit general wants world control

[@iiitrifle9895]

Fools!

[@diegofuentes6783]

Laudato Si, mi Signore ❤🙏

[@andre_cinelli]

Saint Francis ora pro nobis

[@padrevaticanballcamedcmsae4389]

Amém

[@andre_cinelli]

@@padrevaticanballcamedcmsae4389 Vaticano ball, A COUNTRYBALL MAIS BASED

[@padrevaticanballcamedcmsae4389]

@@andre_cinelli escolhi vatican ball só por causa do primeiro nome do meu canal xd

[@Kolchak_Enjoyer]

Based.

[@dustmaven]

I was waiting for this!! Thank you brother!!

[@thisisgin16]

We Passionists are in a way, also Sons of the Seraphic Father, as our Holy Founder Paul of the Cross was given direction in his youth by his Capuchins, being later reflected by the emphasis of poverty in our charism. St. Paul of the Cross, Pray for us! St. Francis of Assisi, Pray for us!

[@MilesDei95]

There is not song that i tear up more that this. i dont even speak italian xd

[@treytrapani9813]

Absolutely beautiful

[@saintlouisix_]

I don't know why, but I always get emotional listening to this song 🙇‍♂️

[@Marc-qd4ly]

What a beautiful prayer to remember your father. ¡Viva Cristo Rey, laudato si' mi' Signore! May he rest forever in God's peace and intercede on our behalf

[@iiitrifle9895]

AMEN!!!!

[@Zephro97]

Beautiful

[@puccarvajalvictoralfonso209]

Viva Dios y la Santa Virgen de Guadalupe.

[@seamuswbiggerarmalite3379]

la diosa de la naturaleza? muerte a los masones

[@Angel-xk3uq]

Do you think we will get more songs silmilar to this in the future? This song is very help for with humbling myself in the awe of creation. I am having many problems with my mind and health, so it really helps me hd on to what is truly real and what are my delusions and hallucinations. My favorite part is the praise to God for sister corporal death, for which are people can never escape. Thank for you hard work. @ExCathedra

[@Loktane]

St Antoine, guide nous dans ces sombres heures..

[@樂-z6f]

beautiful

[@baguetteneck95]

This is incredible!

[@teris6827]

Ex Cathedra notification gang LETS GOOOO

[@christophersnedeker2065]

I tell you, love your enemies and pray for those who persecute you, that you may be sons of your Father in heaven. He causes His sun to rise on the evil and the good, and sends rain on the righteous and the unrighteous.

[@padrevaticanballcamedcmsae4389]

Em nome de Deus

[@andre_cinelli]

Vatican ball :o

[@padrevaticanballcamedcmsae4389]

@@andre_cinelli oi

[@padrevaticanballcamedcmsae4389]

@@andre_cinelli brasileiro?

[@andre_cinelli]

@@padrevaticanballcamedcmsae4389 brasileiro de são Sebastião do Rio de janeiro 🇻🇦😎👍🏼

[@padrevaticanballcamedcmsae4389]

@@andre_cinelli ae sim br no meio de tanto gringo kkkk