Give thanks for the gift of the Son as a child and ask to share his peace, love and union with God.
Historical edition. Historical claims and instructions are preserved as historical context.
“Glory to God in the highest, and on earth Peace.” We take up the angel symphony and give it new breath, this gladsome day of days. Thou who didst send Thy Son in the likeness of a little child, that by His life of increase in love and beauty and wisdom and power He might give us courage to begin as children the obedience that alone leads at last to the measure of the stature of His fulness, accept our unutterable gratitude for all that gift. And oh, may He be born in us and formed in us, the hope of glory, that so we may share His peace, His victory, His exaltation, His union with Thee. In Jesus’ name. Amen.