{"id":1815,"date":"2025-12-24T06:30:00","date_gmt":"2025-12-24T05:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/recoverydays.com\/?p=1815"},"modified":"2025-12-23T07:28:29","modified_gmt":"2025-12-23T06:28:29","slug":"daily-reading-from-recovery-days-december-24th-by-chris-b","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/recoverydays.com\/?p=1815","title":{"rendered":"Daily Reading from Recovery Days December 24th by Chris B"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"has-vivid-cyan-blue-background-color has-background\">View VIDEO on Facebook&nbsp;&nbsp;https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/profile.php?id=A100094027278120<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-vivid-cyan-blue-background-color has-background\">Follow on TikTok Videos at&nbsp;Tiktok.com\/@recoverydays<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-black-color has-cyan-bluish-gray-background-color has-text-color has-background has-link-color wp-elements-1de678ba8b384877d849a4d4bf2fddd1\"><strong>Remember Mindfulness \u2013 breathe slowly<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-black-color has-cyan-bluish-gray-background-color has-text-color has-background has-link-color wp-elements-8a1ee87e2d8304f3751dcacc78cf830e\"><strong>Peace<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-black-color has-cyan-bluish-gray-background-color has-text-color has-background has-link-color wp-elements-ce300d3fcaf186cc2cadd1b45c3580ca\"><strong><br>The Christmas carol Silent Night was first<br>performed in the parish church of Oberndorf, near<br>Salzburg, in 1816. Its simple message of peace and<br>hope was appreciated by the little community that<br>had been ravaged by the recently ended Napoleonic<br>wars and dreadful weather conditions. The<br>popularity of the song spread across the world.<br>Many people thought at first it had been composed<br>by Mozart or Beethoven, but its origin was much<br>more humble. A Catholic priest named Josep<\/strong>h Mohr<br><strong>wrote the words and asked his friend, a primary<br>school teacher named Franz Gruber, to write the<br>music. Like most great works of art, it has the<br>power to calm and renew. Am I grateful for the<br>simple things in life?<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-black-color has-cyan-bluish-gray-background-color has-text-color has-background has-link-color wp-elements-5b4871036615f9a35f0134e7c0676acb\"><strong><br>It is sad that there is so much strife in the world<br>when there are so many people who just want peace<br>and kindness. But that does not mean that we<br>should give up trying. The power for good is greater<br>than evil and when things seem bad, I must not give<br>up:<br>It\u2019s coming yet, for a\u2019that,<br>That man to Man, the world o\u2019er,<br>Shall brothers be for a\u2019that. Robert Burns.<br>Today I give thanks for my unconquerable soul.<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>View VIDEO on Facebook&nbsp;&nbsp;https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/profile.php?id=A100094027278120 Follow on TikTok Videos at&nbsp;Tiktok.com\/@recoverydays Remember Mindfulness \u2013 breathe slowly Peace The Christmas carol Silent Night was firstperformed in the parish church of Oberndorf, nearSalzburg, in 1816. 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