The Nativity of the Lord (Christmas) 
December 25, 2023

Today’s Readings:

https://bible.usccb.org/bible/readings/122523-Day.cfm

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Merry Christmas, dear readers! May our sweet Jesus abundantly bless you and those you love.

Below is a video beautifully edited by our Sister Mary Kay Eichman. We both thought you might like to enjoy it, whole or in parts, over this Christmastide.

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Today, in God’s Lavish Mercy, let us pray within the amazing Presence of God in our life renewed in us this Christmas.

Today’s readings:

https://bible.usccb.org/bible/readings/122523-Day.cfm

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Mary is wrapped in the cold darkness of this winter night.
She is vulnerable as she waits to bring forth her child.
Yet she feels wrapped in tenderness by God
and supported by God’s love.
She longs to welcome this Holy Child in warmth
And to wrap him in the same love and tenderness.

We too want to welcome Jesus with warm tenderness.
In Mercy, we have tried to bring Christ into world
and to warm and comfort people with God’s presence.

Is there a person in your life,
Or a place in your heart today
that needs warmth, comfort and love?

Be in quiet prayer for that person or place for a while
as we absorb the amazing graces
offered us in the Christmas miracle.

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Prayer

Today the Christ Child is born
We welcome Him into our hearts
We wrap Him in our adoration.

Today the Christ Child is born
In the refugee who longs for home
In the sick who long care
In the poor who long for sustenance
In the uneducated who long for hope
In these, we welcome Him. 
We wrap them in our prayer.

Today the Christ Child in born
In children who long for a future
In families who long for unity
In elders who long for peace
In all people who long for dignity and love
In these, we welcome Him.
We wrap them in our prayer.

Today the Christ Child is born
In our Church that longs for holiness
In our community that longs for grace
In our world that longs for peace
In our hearts that long for God
In these we welcome Him.
We wrap them in our prayer.

Amen.

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Music: Silent Night