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Pastoral Prayers For All Seasons
Eternal God, we have taken the pain out of the Christmas story. Surely it was there from the outset. There was the pain that Joseph felt when he was told that his betrothed was with child by another. There was the wearing pain Mary experienced riding on a donkey from her village to Bethlehem. There was the pain that both Joseph and Mary experienced in being turned away from the inn and having to settle for a stable in a barn. And there was the horrendous pain Mary suffered in birthing Jesus.