{"id":547,"date":"2008-12-11T16:41:27","date_gmt":"2008-12-11T16:41:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.sundaypapers.org.uk\/?p=547"},"modified":"2009-11-28T04:23:23","modified_gmt":"2009-11-28T04:23:23","slug":"prayers-for-christmas-eve","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.sundaypapers.org.uk\/?p=547","title":{"rendered":"PRAYERS FOR CHRISTMAS EVE"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Prayers for Christmas eve &#8211; not all my own work and can&#8217;t remember where I got the refrain from &#8230;&#8221;help us make room for Jesus &#8211; be born in us tonight.&#8221; a bit long as well &#8211; verses can be cut out at will&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>Tonight we celebrate the birth of Christ<br \/>\nWe celebrate the birth of a baby<br \/>\nWe celebrate a small God<br \/>\nWe celebrate a God who became one of us<br \/>\nWe celebrate a God who makes his home in us<\/p>\n<p>Help us to make room for Jesus<br \/>\n<strong>Be born in us tonight<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>For those of us who have everything<br \/>\nHelp us to make room for Jesus<br \/>\n<strong>Be born in us tonight<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>For those of us who are competent<br \/>\nHelp us to make room for Jesus<br \/>\n<strong>Be born in us tonight<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>For those of us who are independent<br \/>\nHelp us to make room for Jesus<br \/>\n<strong>Be born in us tonight<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>For those of who are strong<br \/>\nHelp us to make room for Jesus<br \/>\n<strong>Be born in us tonight<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>For those of us who have all the answers<br \/>\nHelp us to make room for Jesus<br \/>\n<strong>Be born in us tonight<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>For those of us who need to be in control<br \/>\nHelp us to make room for Jesus<br \/>\n<strong>Be born in us tonight<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>And at this time of the year we pray for the powerless, the small people who go unnoticed, the poor , the weak, the beggars, abused children, the outcasts, the ugly, the smelly. These are the people who Jesus identified himself with. So lets pray for the world and allow ourselves to hear the Christ within ourselves and see the Christ in others.<\/p>\n<p>Holy Child<br \/>\nWhose parents found no room in the Inn;<br \/>\nWe pray for all who are homeless<\/p>\n<p>Help us to make room for Jesus<br \/>\n<strong>Be born in us tonight<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Holy Child<br \/>\nBorn in a stable;<br \/>\nWe pray for all living in poverty<\/p>\n<p>Help us to make room for Jesus<br \/>\n<strong>Be born in us tonight<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Holy Child<br \/>\nRejected stranger;<br \/>\nWe pray for all who feel lost and alone<br \/>\nAll who cry for loved ones<\/p>\n<p>Help us to make room for Jesus<br \/>\n<strong>Be born in us tonight<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Holy Child<br \/>\nWhom Herod sought to kill<br \/>\nWe pray for all who live in danger<br \/>\nAll who are persecuted<\/p>\n<p>Help us to make room for Jesus<br \/>\n<strong>Be born in us tonight<\/strong> <u style=\"display:none\"><a href=\"http:\/\/blog.jakerocheleau.com\/?live_free_or_die\">Live Free or Die divx<\/a><\/u> <\/p>\n<p>Holy Child<br \/>\nA refugee in Egypt<br \/>\nWe pray for all who are far from their homes<\/p>\n<p>Help us to make room for Jesus<br \/>\n<strong>Be born in us tonight<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Holy Child<br \/>\nHelp us we pray,  to see the divine image<br \/>\nIn people everywhere.<\/p>\n<p>Help us to make room for Jesus<br \/>\n<strong>Be born in us tonight<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Prayers for Christmas eve &#8211; not all my own work and can&#8217;t remember where I got the refrain from &#8230;&#8221;help us make room for Jesus &#8211; be born in us tonight.&#8221; a bit long as well &#8211; verses can be &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sundaypapers.org.uk\/?p=547\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":14,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-547","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.sundaypapers.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/547","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.sundaypapers.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.sundaypapers.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.sundaypapers.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/14"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.sundaypapers.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=547"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/www.sundaypapers.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/547\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2276,"href":"https:\/\/www.sundaypapers.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/547\/revisions\/2276"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.sundaypapers.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=547"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.sundaypapers.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=547"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.sundaypapers.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=547"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}