Alternative Opening Prayer (1998 ICEL Missal)
Most high God,
you come near to us this Christmas season
in the child born of the Virgin Mary.
In the depths of darkness, Mary gave birth to light;
in the depths of silence, Mary brought forth the Word.
Grant that we who ponder these things in our hearts
may recognize in her child
our Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ,
who lives and reigns with you in the unity of the Holy Spirit,
in the splendor of eternal light, God for ever and ever.
Statue of Mary from the grounds of
St Bernhard Benedictine Abbey,
Cullman, Alabama
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