Bethlehem has opened Eden:
Come let us see!
We have found joy hidden!
Come, let us take possession of the paradise within the cave.
There the unwatered stem has appeared,
From which forgiveness blossoms forth!
There the undug well is found
Which David longed to drink of old!
There the Virgin has borne a child,
And at once the thirst of Adam and David is made to cease.

Therefore let us hasten to this place
Where for our sake the eternal God
Was born a little child!

Anonymous early Christian prayer

(from Ancient Christian Devotional: A Year of Weekly Readings by Thomas Oden [IVP, 2007])

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