From “A Service for Christmas Day” in Orders of Worship - for use in Unitarian and Free Christian congregations
The Lindsey Press, 1944
(language updated)
O You who have mercifully led us through the busy year, enriching our lives with countless gifts; give us at this Christmastide the grace which was in Jesus the anointed, of Nazareth.
Let the spirit of the little child, as it knocks today at the human heart, enter our life and bless it. Let duty become touched with delight, and justice be forgotten in love. May every selfish thought be driven from our minds. Let our ears hear the cry of the needy, and our hearts be stirred to sympathy for the lonely and neglected.
Give our hands strength, not to do great things, but rather to do small things graciously. Heal the wounds of misunderstanding, jealousy, or regret, and let the gentler breath of the Christmas spirit touch our lives, as the cold of winter is touched by the milder air of spring. As the old year ends and the new year begins, grant us peace with the world and peace in our own hearts, that those we love and those we can help may have sweet joy and rest. Amen.
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