A manger for the Newborn Lord

So make your heart into a manger for the newborn Lord, and surround it with holy dispositions-a will for salvation, active assimilation of the whole economy of our salvation, peace in the Lord and a grateful doxology to Him. This will be the highest occupation of your spirit in these days; it will sanctify your feast days, and at the same time will allow you to fulfill strictly the words of the song: Christ comes down from Heaven, meet ye Him!

Saint Theophan the Recluse