our christmas prayer

O merciful God, we thank you for Christmas time and all that it means to us.

When Jesus, Your divine Son, came into this world, He came into a humble home. He had to grow up and learn like any other boy. When He grew into manhood He did always a good day’s work as a carpenter in the village shop of Nazareth. He was tempted and grew tired, was hungry and sad, just as we are. For all this we Thank You, O lord.

He was always one in all things with His brethren; He truly shared this life with its struggles and its toils, its sorrows and its joys, its trials and its temptations. He knew what it is to live in a home circle, to earn a living, just as we do, to know friendship and the failure of friends, just as we know it. For all this we Thank You; for the service of His life, the love of His death and the power of His Resurrection.

Grant, O God, that when He comes to us. He may find that there is room in our hearts for Him, that Christmas may enter into our inner part and abide there forevermore.

Thank you very much for giving Jesus Christ to save us from our sins. Thank you for all the blessings you’ve given to us. AMEN.