THE HOLINESS OF CHRISTMAS
THE HOLINESS OF CHRISTMAS
Christmas is holy only if you come
In silence to the manger, to behold
Your holiness made visible to you.
Your gifts are but your open hands, made clean
Of grasping. Nothing else you lay before
The newly-born except your doubts and fears,
Your pale illusions and your sickly pride,
Your hidden venom and your little love,
Your meager treasures and unfaithfulness
To all the gifts that God has given you.
Here at the altar lay all this aside
To let the door to Heaven open wide
And hear the angels sing of peace on earth,
For Christmas is the time of your rebirth.
By Helen Schucman,
December 25, 1973
From "The Gifts of God"©, pp. 97
Published by the Foundation for Inner Peace
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"This Christmas give the Holy Spirit everything that would hurt you. Let
yourself be healed completely that you may join with Him in healing, and let
us celebrate our release together by releasing everyone with us. Leave
nothing behind, for release is total, and when you have accepted it with me
you will give it with me. All pain and sacrifice and littleness will
disappear in our relationship, which is as innocent as our relationship with
our Father, and as powerful."
(T-15.XI.3:1- 4)
Christmas is holy only if you come
In silence to the manger, to behold
Your holiness made visible to you.
Your gifts are but your open hands, made clean
Of grasping. Nothing else you lay before
The newly-born except your doubts and fears,
Your pale illusions and your sickly pride,
Your hidden venom and your little love,
Your meager treasures and unfaithfulness
To all the gifts that God has given you.
Here at the altar lay all this aside
To let the door to Heaven open wide
And hear the angels sing of peace on earth,
For Christmas is the time of your rebirth.
By Helen Schucman,
December 25, 1973
From "The Gifts of God"©, pp. 97
Published by the Foundation for Inner Peace
------------ --------- --------- --------- --
"This Christmas give the Holy Spirit everything that would hurt you. Let
yourself be healed completely that you may join with Him in healing, and let
us celebrate our release together by releasing everyone with us. Leave
nothing behind, for release is total, and when you have accepted it with me
you will give it with me. All pain and sacrifice and littleness will
disappear in our relationship, which is as innocent as our relationship with
our Father, and as powerful."
(T-15.XI.3:1- 4)