Seasonal

How beautiful and lovely are You, O Precious Child of God, who brings glad tidings of joy and peace.  You came bearing Good News regarding salvation and reconciliation.  O how Your coming gives me reason to rejoice and be hopeful.  Your love and comfort fills me with optimism concerning a better tomorrow.  Within Your small, … Read more

Most Blessed Christ-Child, in my mind today I envisioned a stable in the side of a mountain.  The manger, in which You were to be placed, was empty in anticipation of Your coming on Christmas Day.  As I contemplated the empty manger, I was overwhelmed by a feeling of hopelessness and emptiness that existed before … Read more

All honor and praise be Yours, My Prince of Peace, for You have called me and all of Your faithful to come with songs on our lips and joy in our hearts to stand before You.  Our songs of joy are based on the fact that You have made us conquerors in all things … … Read more

O Spring of New Life, I exalt Your name because You are the catalyst by which I change, grow and improve.  As I take up my cross to follow You, my eyes will be opened to the truth and the Holy Spirit will help me put the truth into action.  When circumstances come to steal … Read more

Savior of the World, I acknowledge Your wondrous birth and the fulfilling of the promise that a Savior would come to redeemed me from the hold of sin, death and the grave.  Your birth allowed Your light to shine into the darkness that covered the whole earth … giving hope to downtrodden spirits … and, … Read more

Because of Your birth, O Infant of Peace, I am able to sing joy to the world.  For out of the little known town of Bethlehem, a child was born in the most humble of circumstances with a calling to save His people.  You left the wonders of Heaven and came to Earth, as a … Read more

Glory be to You, My Lord, for if I give myself to You, You promised that old things would pass away and all things would become new.  As a result, I am no longer a slave to sin, bad judgment and defeat … instead, I am a fountain of virtue, a repository of Godly Wisdom … Read more

O Morning Star, I thank You for coming to rescue me from myself, the enemy of my soul and the entrapments of the world.  Through Your birth, I have been released from the hold of sin and death has lost its sting.  I now walk among the living rather than slumbering with those who are … Read more