A Prayer for Christmas Morning (Henry Van Dyke)
The day of joy returns,
Father in Heaven, and crowns another year
with peace and good will.
Help us rightly to remember
the birth of Jesus, that we may share in the song of the angels, the
gladness of the shepherds, and the worship of the wisemen.
Close the doors of hate and
open the doors of love all over the world…Let kindness come with every gift and good desires with every greeting.
Deliver us from evil, by the blessing that Christ brings, and teach us
to be merry with clean hearts.
May the Christmas morning make us happy to be thy children,
And the Christmas evening bring us to our bed with grateful thoughts,
forgiving and forgiven, for Jesus’ sake.
Amen.
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