intercessions of St. Nicholas
you will guide and protect our children.
Keep them safe from all harm
and help them grow to become
loving disciples of Jesus in your sight.
Give them strength to always mature
into deeper faith in you,
and to keep alive joy in your creation.
Through Jesus Christ Our Lord. Amen.
—by Father David R. Engbarth, St. Nicholas Church, Aurora, Illinois
Nicholas is a saint surrounded with stories. Most of these are about his generosity and the wonders that sprang up all around him. He is one of the mysterious gift-givers who hover around the season, a remote ancestor of Santa Claus. Often he places small gifts in shoes left just outside the door. Nicholas lived about 300 years after Jesus.
Lord, you make this day special
with the memory of the good bishop Nicholas.
He praised you in all the wonders he worked,
he thanked you in all the gifts he shared with the poor.
May we have ears like Saint Nicholas to hear when any are in need,
and hands always ready to help and share.
Blessed are you, 0 Lord, in all your saints.
From A Book of Family Prayer, by Gabe Huck, copyright © 1979 Seabury Press.
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