O God our loving Father, help us rightly 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. May Christmas morning make us happy to be Thy children and Christmas evening bring us to our beds with grateful thoughts, forgiving and forgiven, for Jesus’ sake, amen.
—Robert Louis Stevenson
Quiet Prayer
"For what purpose did Christ go up into the mountains? To teach us that loneliness and retirement is good when we are to pray to Go...
