Nativity Prayer—Thought to Ponder

​Christ is Born! Glorify Him!

Let us pray to the Lord. Lord have mercy.

Help us, O God, not to waste this Nativity season in trivial and frivolous pursuits. Help us, so that true joy may rise in our hearts. Bring true praise to our lips. Let goodwill and Christian love prevail in all we do and in all our relationships.

‘A Star shall come out of Jacob, A Scepter shall rise out of Israel.’

-Numbers 24:17

‘This our festival we celebrate God coming to man that man might go out, or better, go back to God our Father.’

-St. Gregory of Nazianzus