The Parish newsletter has an Irish Christmas greeting this week which reads -
Beannachtai na Nollag agus Siochain san Ath Bhliain go gach duine.
There is A Christmas Prayer written by Robert Louis Stevenson also -
Give us,Lord Jesus, the eyes of children
To see your birth with Christmas wonder.
Help us to share in the song of the angels,
The gladness of the shepherds,
And the worship of the Wise Men.
Close the door on hate,
And open the door of love, all over the world.
Let kindness come with every gift,
And blessing with every greeting.
Deliver us from evil, by the blessing Christ brings,
And teach us to be merry with clean hearts.
May Christmas morning
Make us happy to be your children,
And Christmas evening
Bring us to rest with grateful thought,
Forgiving and forgiven. Amen