A Prayer

Prayer for a Journey

Blessed are you, Lord, my God,
for you have created a wide and wonderful world
in which I may travel.

Be my ever-near companion, O Holy Guide of Travelers,
and each time I journey
spread the road before me with beauty and adventure.

May all the highways ahead of me
be free of harm and evil.

May I be accompanied by your holy spirits,
your angelic messengers, as were the holy ones of days past.

On each trip may I take with me, as part of my travelling equipment,
a heart wrapped in wonder to rejoice in all that I shall meet.

Along with the clothing of wonder,
may I have room in my luggage for a mystic map
by which I can find the invisible meanings of the events of this journey
of possible disappointments and delays
of possible breakdowns and rainy day troubles.

Always awake to your sacred presence,
to your divine compassionate love,
may I see all that happens to me,
in the beautiful and the bad,
the mystery of your holy plan.

May the blessings of God, the Father, Son and Holy Spirit,
be upon me whenever I venture out on a journey
and bring me home again in safety and peace.

Amen.

Edwards Hays in Pray All Ways.

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