Prayer at the Nativity of Christ of Metropolitan Andrey (Sheptytsky)

Prayer at the Nativity of Christ of Metropolitan Andrey (Sheptytsky)

Only‑begotten Son of the Living God, true God, whom we call the Word of God, the Son of God, and the Wisdom of God. You, who for our salvation, out of love for us, willed to take on human nature in the womb of the Most Holy Theotokos, the Immaculate Virgin Mary, taking on human nature, descended from heaven to earth, becoming a true man, to save us from the humble shepherds and from the learned wise men, we worship Your holy Nativity of the Virgin in Bethlehem in the manger, we bow to You in reverence and thank You with all our heart for that endless love of Yours that brought You to us, the needy.

We thank You for all the priceless gifts that You have brought us from heaven, for the teaching of the Holy Faith, for the Holy Sacraments, for the Holy Church, for God's grace, for the supernatural virtues that You pour into our souls, for every good inspiration and good deed of our lives. For what appears to be our good work is in fact Your greater divine gift.

Finally we beseech You, Savior Christ, save us from sin and death, from evil and from misfortune, save us in eternal salvation and in the daily mercy that You show in the Christian life. Bless and save our people, bless all our families, our youth, all our societies, brotherhoods, institutions and organizations, and grant us to be good and faithful children of Your Holy Universal Church, grant us those signs and virtues that we need to fulfill the mission given to us by You. Grant us to fulfill for the whole human race, for all our brothers, all the peoples of the world, what You have appointed for us. Grant us to understand, love, and with our whole life carry out this mission. Amen.

Source: kyrios.org.ua