Lord Jesus,
you are the feast, the whole feast;
you are joy and the fountain of joy;
you are life and the tree of life;
you are the truth and all truth.
We love you, and we await your birth in our hearts…
You are our happiness and the provider of our needs.
You heal our wounds and know our sins.
Thank you, divine Child Jesus, for loving us.
Thank you, Child, Saviour of the world, for being the source of our joy.
Thank you, Child Jesus, Lord of the universe, for giving us inner peace.
Because you have set us free so that we may remain free, and strengthened us with your Body and Blood;
because your hand is always with us, protecting, guiding and leading us so that we may bear witness to your tenderness,
we thank you, Lord, we glorify you and we magnify you, now and for ever.
O God, who willed to dwell with the children of the earth and came as a little child in the womb of the holy Virgin Mary, we ask you, by your most pure birth and through the intercession of your Mother and of Saint Joseph, your chosen one, to dwell in our souls, to gladden us with the forgiveness of our sins and to bless our work and our families. You, the fountain of blessings, to you be praise, honour and power to the end of the ages.
We thank you, Lord, we glorify you and we magnify you, now and for ever.
Amen.
“Today the Virgin comes to the cave to give birth, in a birth beyond all words, to the Word who is before all ages. Rejoice, O earth, when you hear it, and glorify with the angels and the shepherds the One who willed to appear as a newborn child, our God who is before all ages.”
Prepared by Rita, of the Sawt el Rab team
