A Christmas Prayer
"A Christmas Prayer" by George MacDonald opens in the nativity stable, where a cow and an ass gaze with quiet wonder at the Christ child lying in the hay. From that humble scene, the poem becomes a heartfelt petition: the speaker asks to be made peaceful as the cow, patient as the ass, and as serene and strong as the infant Jesus. The verse closes with a longing for the assurance that all people, like the child born at Christmas, belong to the Father.
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