Friday, December 24, 2010

Christmas Prayer


 What do I want for Christmas?
      I want to kneel in Bethlehem,
           the air thick with alleluias,
                the angels singing

       that God is born among us.

In the light of the Star,

      I want to see them come,
  the wise ones and the humble.
I want to see them come
    bearing whatever they treasure
         to lay at the feet
 of him who gives his life.


 What do I want for Christmas?
       To see in the stable
             the whole world kneeling in thanks
                   for a promise kept:
                         NEW LIFE.
For in his nativity
       we find ours.
               Ann Weems


Oh Gracious and Loving God,
Revive us and transform us this season as you transformed the world through our Savior's birth in Bethlehem.