Prayer to the Christchild

O good Jesus,
the Word of the Father,
brightness of the Father’s glory,
whom angels desire to behold;
teach me to do your will,
that guided by your good Spirit,
I may come to that blessed city
where there is everlasting day
where all are of one spirit;
where there is certain security
and secure eternity
and eternal tranquility
and quiet felicity
and happy sweetness
and sweet pleasantness;
where you,
with the Father and the Holy Spirit
live and reign,
now and forever.

Source: St. Gregory, d. 638

Source of this version: Modified from  http://catholictradition.org/Christmas/christ-child13.htm

Also found here: The Oxford Book of Prayer, ed. Appleton, © 1985, 1992

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Lutheran pastor and musician serving St. Stephen's in Beaver Dam, Wisconsin.

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