Christmas Prayer Quotes

Bless us Lord, this Christmas, with quietness of mind; Teach us to be patient and always to be kind.

Helen Steiner Rice

Christmas, Xmas, Mind

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Give us, O God, the vision which can see Your love in the world in spite of human failure. Give us the faith to trust Your goodness in spite of our ignorance and weakness. Give us the knowledge that we may continue to pray with understanding hearts. And show us what each one of us can do to set forward the coming of the day of universal peace.

Frank Borman

Love, Trust, God

Prayer from Apollo 8 on Christmas Day, December 25, 1968.

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The best of all gifts around any Christmas tree: the presence of a happy family all wrapped up in each other.

Bill Vaughan

Inspirational, Family, Happy

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The very purpose of Christ's coming into the world was that He might offer up His life as a sacrifice for the sins of men. He came to die. This is the heart of Christmas.

Billy Graham

Christmas, Xmas, Heart

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To your enemy, forgiveness. To an opponent, tolerance. To a friend, heart. To a customer, service. To all, charity. To every child, a good example. To you, respect.

Oren Arnold

Christmas, Xmas, Children

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Remember
This December,
That love weighs more than gold!

Josephine Dodge Daskam Bacon

Christmas, Winter, Gold

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My Christmas prayer is that I would remain close to God, and He close to me. With all the suffering in the world today, there is the temptation to fall to fear… we need to be near the Lord.. we need the Hope of Christmas.

Don Moen

Prayer, Fall, Temptation

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Loving God, help us remember the birth of Jesus, that we may share in the song of the angels, the gladness of the shepherds, and the worship of the wise men.

Robert Louis Stevenson

Wise, Song, Jesus

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Christmas day is a day of joy and charity. May God make you very rich in both.

Phillips Brooks

Christmas, Xmas, Joy

Phillips Brooks, John Cotton Brooks (1910). “Sermons: Sermons for the principal festivals and fasts of the church year, ed. by Rev John Cotton Brooks”

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I heard the bells on Christmas Day Their old, familiar carols play, And wild and sweet The words repeat Of peace on earth, good-will to men!

Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

Christmas, Sweet, Xmas

Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, J. D. McClatchy (2000). “Poems and Other Writings”, p.475, Library of America

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I will honor Christmas in my heart, and try to keep it all the year.

Charles Dickens

Love, Christmas, Education

A Christmas Carol stave 4 (1843)

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It is Christmas in the heart that puts Christmas in the air.

William Thomas Ellis

Christmas, Xmas, Heart

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God is not dead; nor doth He sleep; ...
The wrong shall fail,
The right prevail,
With peace on earth, good will to men.

Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

Peace, Sleep, Men

Henry Wadsworth Longfellow (1871). “The Poetical Works”, p.334

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I sometimes think we expect too much of Christmas Day. We try to crowd into it the long arrears of kindliness and humanity of the whole year. As for me, I like to take my Christmas a little at a time, all through the year.

Ray Stannard Baker

Christmas, Xmas, Holiday

Ray Stannard Baker (1910). “Adventures in Friendship”

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Christmas gift suggestions: To your enemy, forgiveness. To an opponent, tolerance.

Oren Arnold

Christmas, Xmas, Tolerance

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Mankind is a great, an immense family... This is proved by what we feel in our hearts at Christmas.

Pope John XXIII

Christmas, Xmas, Heart

Pope John XXIII (1996). “Days of Devotion: Daily Meditations from the Good Shepherd”, Viking Press

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When we were children we were grateful to those who filled our stockings at Christmas time. Why are we not grateful to God for filling our stockings with legs?

Gilbert K. Chesterton

Christmas, Gratitude, Children

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Gifts of time and love are surely the basic ingredients of a truly merry Christmas.

Peg Bracken

Love, Christmas, Time

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Why are we not grateful to God for filling our stockings with legs?

Gilbert K. Chesterton

Christmas, Grateful, Thank You God

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For centuries men have kept an appointment with Christmas. Christmas means fellowship, feasting, giving and receiving, a time of good cheer, home.

William Jewett Tucker

Christmas, Xmas, Cheer

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For hate is strong,
And mocks the song
Of peace on earth, good-will to men!

Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

Song, Strong, Hate

Henry Wadsworth Longfellow (1871). “The Poetical Works”, p.334

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Christmas is for children. But it is for grownups too. Even if it is a headache, a chore, and nightmare, it is a period of necessary defrosting of chill and hide bound hearts.

Lenora Mattingly Weber

Christmas, Xmas, Children

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I love the Christmas-tide, and yet,
I notice this, each year I live;
I always like the gifts I get,
But how I love the gifts I give!

Carolyn Wells

Christmas, Xmas, Years

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Christmas is the day that holds all time together.

Alexander Smith

Christmas, Xmas, Holiday

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And in despair I bowed my head; "There is no peace on earth," I said; "For hate is strong, And mocks the song Of peace on earth, good-will to men!" Then pealed the bells more loud and deep: "God is not dead, nor doth he sleep! The Wrong shall fail, the Right prevail, With peace on earth, good-will to men!

Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

Christmas, Song, Strong

Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, J. D. McClatchy (2000). “Poems and Other Writings”, p.476, Library of America

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