A Christmas Prayer

By Marianne Williamson

Dear God,
On this holy day
May new Light appear.
We surrender our hearts
as womb and manger,
Divine Child reborn
in us.

May the Light of Christ
shining deep within
cast out all darkness
from ourselves and from the world.
From the depths of the universe
from this holy place within our minds
may miracles unfold naturally
to repair all things
to heal all wounds
and replace all fear with Love.

Dear God,
today may the world be blessed.
May our bodies and souls
be illumined this day
by the Light of One who showed the way.
Please use as as Your conduits.
May this day be a day of sacred activation,
a higher vibration and frequency of Love,
that lifts us to the Holy Place.
May his birth remind us,
his power repair us,
and his guidance be given us
as we face the days ahead.

May infinite Light shine through us
and impress itself
upon the ethers of the world.
Like infants, we shall not look back.
The past is over,
the future emerging now from blazing Light
born into the world this day.

Oh holy day.
Within that Light there is only Love,
nothing else exists.
We claim it now.
For God is the kingdom in us
Love is the power in us
God is the glory in us
forever and forever.
So shall it be
according to God’s purposes,
and according to our willingness
that he who was born so long ago
shall today be reborn in us.

Amen

Words: Marianne Williamson.
Artwork: Matt Chinworth.

Related Off-site Link:
In the Midst of Darkness, Call Down the Light – Marianne Williamson (Transform, December 23, 2025).

See also the previous Wild Reed posts:
• The Christmas Miracle
• Christmas for Mystics
• John O’Donohue on What Christmas Unveils
• Christmas Eve Musings
• Christmas: A Reminder That Only Love Is Real
• Hope and Courage – Christmas 2024
• Christmas 2023 – Reflections, Activism, Art, and Celebrations
• In This Time of Liminal Space (2022)
• Christmas 2020: A Time of Loss and Grief, Gratitude and Hope
• The Joy of Christmas (2019)
• Christmas 2018 – Reflections and Celebrations
• Christmas in America, 2018
• Christmas 2017 – Reflections and Celebrations
• Christmas 2016 – Reflections and Celebrations
• Christmas 2015 – Reflections and Celebrations
• Christmas 2014 – Reflections and Celebrations
• Celebrating the Coming of the Sun and the Son
• Christmastide Approaches
• Something to Cherish (2012)
• A Christmas Message of Hope . . . from Uganda (2011)
• John Dear on Celebrating the Birth of the Nonviolent Jesus
• Clarity and Hope: A Christmas Reflection (2007)
• A Christmas Reflection by James Carroll