{"id":6116,"date":"2017-12-24T08:26:38","date_gmt":"2017-12-24T16:26:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.nicksenger.com\/onecatholiclife\/?p=6116"},"modified":"2017-12-24T08:26:38","modified_gmt":"2017-12-24T16:26:38","slug":"welcome-to-our-world-a-christmas-prayer-by-chris-rice","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/nicksenger.com\/onecatholiclife\/welcome-to-our-world-a-christmas-prayer-by-chris-rice","title":{"rendered":"Welcome to Our World: A Christmas Prayer by Chris Rice"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-6118\" src=\"http:\/\/www.nicksenger.com\/onecatholiclife\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/creche.jpg\" alt=\"Christmas Creche\" width=\"800\" height=\"403\" srcset=\"http:\/\/nicksenger.com\/onecatholiclife\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/creche.jpg 800w, http:\/\/nicksenger.com\/onecatholiclife\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/creche-300x151.jpg 300w, http:\/\/nicksenger.com\/onecatholiclife\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/creche-768x387.jpg 768w, http:\/\/nicksenger.com\/onecatholiclife\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/creche-500x252.jpg 500w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Christmas is ever so close now, and life often gets crazy busy about this time. If you have a spare two minutes and forty-seven seconds today, I offer you this beautiful Christmas meditation by musician Chris Rice. Christmas is a perfect time to welcome the Christ child into our world more deeply. What is your world right now? Is it chaos and confusion? Frustration and fear? Doubt and anger? Or perhaps your world right now is peace and harmony, joy and fulfillment, love and acceptance. Regardless, the Christ child waits to be be born anew in your life and in mine. He longs for us to welcome Him into our homes, our hearts, our world.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Welcome to Our World by Chris Rice<\/strong><\/p>\n<div class=\"video-container\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Welcome To Our World\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/TsqoQC0yZsU?feature=oembed&#038;wmode=opaque\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Tears are falling, hearts are breaking<br \/>\nHow we need to hear from God<br \/>\nYou&#8217;ve been promised, we&#8217;ve been waiting<br \/>\nWelcome Holy Child<br \/>\nWelcome Holy Child<br \/>\nHope that You don&#8217;t mind our manger<br \/>\nHow I wish we could have known<br \/>\nBut long-awaited Holy Stranger<br \/>\nMake Yourself at home<br \/>\nPlease make Yourself at home<br \/>\nBring Your peace into our violence<br \/>\nBid our hungry souls be filled<br \/>\nWord now breaking Heaven&#8217;s silence<br \/>\nWelcome to our world<br \/>\nWelcome to our world<br \/>\nFragile finger sent to heal us<br \/>\nTender brow prepared for thorn<br \/>\nTiny heart whose blood will save us<br \/>\nUnto us is born<br \/>\nUnto us is born<br \/>\nSo wrap our injured flesh around You<br \/>\nBreathe our air and walk our sod<br \/>\nRob our sin and make us holy<br \/>\nPerfect Son of God<br \/>\nPerfect Son of God<br \/>\nWelcome to our world<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Christmas is ever so close now, and life often gets crazy busy about this time. If you have a spare two minutes and forty-seven seconds today, I offer you this beautiful Christmas meditation by musician Chris Rice. Christmas is a perfect time to welcome the Christ child into our world more deeply. What is your world right now? Is it chaos and confusion? Frustration and fear? Doubt and anger? Or perhaps your world right now is peace and harmony, joy and fulfillment, love and acceptance. 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