Merry Christmas

"...and in despair I bowed my head
'There is no peace on earth,' I said,
'For hate is strong and mocks the song
Of peace on earth, good will to men.'

Then pealed the bells more loud and deep:
'God is not dead, nor doth He sleep;
The wrong shall fail, the right prevail
With peace on earth, good will to men.' ”

--Henry W. Longfellow

Blessed is the Lord God of Israel, for he has visited and redeemed his people, and has raised up a horn of salvation for us in the house of his servant David.

As he spoke by the mouth of his holy prophets, who have been since the world began: that we should be saved from our enemies and from the hand of all who hate us.

--the words of Zacharias (Luke 1:68-71)