Christmas is often busy and stressful. This prayer by Anselm of Canterbury offers words to turn our hearts to our Savior and express our adoration and desire for Him.
Lord Jesus Christ,
my Redeemer, my Mercy, and my Salvation:
I praise you and give you thanks.
They are far beneath the goodness of your gifts,
which deserve a better return of love;
but although I requite so poorly
the sweet riches of your love
which I have longed to have,
yet my soul will pay its debt
by some sort of praise and thanks,
not as I know I ought, but as I can. . . .
