“Oh, come, our Wisdom from on high,
Who ordered all things mightily;
To us the path of knowledge show,
and teach us in her ways to go.
Rejoice! Rejoice! Emmanuel
Shall come to you, O Israel!”
For us who have lost our way again and again and need once more to be taught the way in which we should walk, come to us, Emmanuel.
For us who feel crowded and bombarded by all the voices telling us a myriad of different things, telling us who they think we are and who they think we should be, come to us, Emmanuel.
For us who lack wisdom and understanding, who often feel more like victims than victors, come to us, Emmanuel.
For us who just need to hear once more the Voice that says good things about us and calls us Beloved and can drown out all the other voices with a whisper, come to us, Emmanuel.
Come be our Wisdom. Come be our Strength. Come be our Confidence and Security. Come show us the way to go and guide us in it, for You Yourself are the way. Come reveal truth to us, for You Yourself are the truth. Come and make our lives full and abundant and overflowing, for You Yourself are the life. Our life.
Come, Jesus, Come.
In the USA, December 25th or if on a weekend day, the closest weekday has been declared by the US Congress to be a Holiday†known as Christmas Day.