A Borrowed Christmas Wish
In December 1981, the dictatorship in Poland declared martial law, and in Washington the Polish ambassador defected to the US. He asked President Reagan to light a candle in a White House window on Christmas Eve. This would show solidarity with the beleaguered Poles. Reagan agreed to do so and asked all Americans to place their own candles in their own windows.
Reagan’s words at that time still inspire hope in our troubled world today.
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“Once earlier in this century, an evil influence threatened that the lights were going out all over the world. Let the light of millions of candles in American homes give notice that the light of freedom is not going to be extinguished. We are blessed with a freedom and abundance denied to so many. Let those candles remind us that these blessings bring with them a solid obligation, an obligation to the God who guides us, an obligation to the heritage of liberty and dignity handed down to us by our forefathers, and an obligation to the children of the world, whose future will be shaped by the way we live our lives today." |
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Our Wish: |
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