Prayer for Christmas

As the light of Christmas begins to dawn for this we pray:

For the hurt and the homeless, for the ill and the suffering, for the destitute and the desperate.

For the lonely and for the lost. For the mourners and for those about to mourn.

For the fearful whose fear turns them to hatred of others. For the angry whose anger turns in on themselves.

For the tormented and for the wounded. For the tormenters and for the wounders.

For the penitent and for the unrepentant. For all.

Come Emmanuel. Ransom us, redeem us.