Merry Christmas from My Creative Table to Yours

My prayer for all who read this is that your hearts and homes are filled with the peace of God this Christmas Eve. May you experience His love and presence in ways you never have before. And may you know that you are fully known, completely seen and unconditionally loved by the One we celebrate this Holy Night.

A portion of The Christmas Liturgy from the 1995 Moravian Book of Worship is a testament to the hope and salvation that Jesus brings to the world.

You have given us such love, Father, that we should be called the children of God!

You have blessed us in Christ with every spiritual blessing in the heavenly places.

You have rescued us from the power of darkness and transferred us into the kingdom of your beloved Son.

You have redeemed us through Jesus Christ, your Incarnate Son.

For the sake of the great love with which you love us, make us alive in Christ, our Lord.

Holy Child of Mary, Savior of the world,

Reveal yourself to us.

By your holy incarnation,
By your human birth,
By your pure and blameless childhood,
By your obedience and diligence,
By your humility, meekness, and patience,
By your extreme poverty,
By your griefs and sorrows,
By your prayers and tears,
By your having been despised and rejected,
By your cross and suffering,
By your death and burial,
By your triumphant resurrection and ascension,

Help us and save us.

For the poor, the abused, and the sick,
For prisoners and the homeless,
For victims of natural disaster and war,
For those who are in danger, misery, 
 or distress,
For those who minister to human need in
 your name,
For all who share your good news,
For your whole church on earth,

We pray for your blessing, strength, and encouragement.

God, who said, “Let light shine out of darkness,” has shone in our hearts to give the light of the knowledge of the glory of God in the face of Jesus Christ.

May we all be transformed into the image of Christ from one degree of glory to another.