by I am drawn to the simplicity of this “Christmas Prayer” by Robert Louis Stevenson. Our world is in need of the center line of the prayer which is, “Close the door of hate and open the door of love all over the world.” Read and pray this prayer slowly. Let it get into your bones and your soul.
A CHRISTMAS PRAYER
Loving Father, help us 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 wise men.
Close the door of hate and open the door of love all over the world.
Let kindness come with every gift and good desires with every greeting.
Deliver us from the evil by the blessing which Christ brings and teach us to be merry with
clear hearts.
May the Christmas morning make us happy to be Thy children, and the Christmas evening
bring us to our beds with grateful thoughts, forgiving and forgiven, for Jesus’ sake. Amen!
~Robert Louis Stevenson
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