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A Prayer For Christmas Morning


A Prayer for Christmas Morning

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.

~~ Henry Van Dyke
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