Christmas Wishes

That you may hold forever

in your heart

the golden memories

of every happy Christmas Day

you have ever known.

That you may be brave in the

hours of trial when the cross

is laid upon your shoulders,

when the hill you must climb

seems very high

and the beacon lights of hope

are far away.

That every gift God has given you

may grow with the years

and fill the hearts

of those you love with its fragrance.

That in every hour

you may have a friend worthy

of your friendship

to whom you can confidently

reach a hand when the storm breaks,

with whom you can ford the torrent

and reach the sun-kissed heights.

- Patrick F. Scanlan