{"id":212,"date":"2009-12-24T14:04:47","date_gmt":"2009-12-24T14:04:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/yourdailyspiritualstimulus\/2009\/12\/christmas-eve-blessing.html"},"modified":"2009-12-24T14:04:47","modified_gmt":"2009-12-24T14:04:47","slug":"christmas-eve-blessing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/yourdailyspiritualstimulus\/2009\/12\/christmas-eve-blessing.html","title":{"rendered":"Christmas Eve Blessing"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span class=\"mt-enclosure mt-enclosure-image\"><a href=\"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/yourdailyspiritualstimulus\/iStock_000000164248XSmall.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"iStock_000000164248XSmall.jpg\" src=\"https:\/\/wp-media.beliefnet.com\/sites\/203\/import\/assets_c\/2009\/11\/iStock_000000164248XSmall-thumb-400x515-9373.jpg\" class=\"mt-image-center\" style=\"margin: 0pt auto 20px;text-align: center\" width=\"400\" height=\"515\" \/><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<div align=\"center\"><font><b><font>O sweet Child of Bethlehem,<\/font><br \/><font><br \/>\ngrant that we may share with all our hearts<\/font><br \/><font><br \/>\nin this profound mystery of Christmas.<\/font><br \/><font><br \/>\nPut into the hearts of men and women this peace<\/font><br \/><font><br \/>\nfor which they sometimes seek so desperately<\/font><br \/><font><br \/>\nand which you alone can give to them.<\/font><br \/><font><br \/>\nHelp them to know one another better,<\/font><br \/><font><br \/>\nand to live as brothers and sisters,<\/font><br \/><font><br \/>\nchildren of the same Father.<\/font><br \/><font><br \/>\nReveal to them also your beauty, holiness and purity.<\/font><br \/><font><br \/>\nAwaken in their hearts<\/font><br \/><font><br \/>\nlove and gratitude for your infinite goodness.<\/font><br \/><font><br \/>\nJoin them all together in your love.<\/font><br \/><font><br \/>\nAnd give us your heavenly peace. Amen.<\/font><\/p>\n<p><font><br \/>\n~ Pope John XXIII<\/font><\/p>\n<p><\/b><\/font>\n<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>O sweet Child of Bethlehem, grant that we may share with all our hearts in this profound mystery of Christmas. Put into the hearts of men and women this peace for which they sometimes seek so desperately and which you alone can give to them. 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