Peace on Earth, Goodwill to All People

Duccio, Nativity, 1308-1311, tempera. (National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.) I’m responsible for the “prayers of the people” at tonight’s midnight mass, and I spent much of the morning writing, and rewriting them. Some of these intercessions follow a standard form, where we insert the names of people who are sick, the recently deceased, the [ ] The post Peace on Earth, Goodwill to All People…