Imenuff
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Dear Glenys, It must be a guy thing!!! Like Juliana, I too, had a son who decided he would spend 6 months backpacking Europe on a very limited budget. "If he had friends going with him" your concern and the knot in your gut are well understood. This past fall he decided to return alone again, this time climbing solo in the Dolomites in Italy and then mostly solo in the Swiss Alpes. May I share with you a blessing prayer that I often said for him. I adjusted it a little from Ed Hayes Prayers for the Domestic Church.
Blessed are you, Lord our God,
For you have created a wide and wonderful world In which to travel.
Creator God, I ask your blessing upon ____________ As (he/she/they) are/is about to leave on this trip.
May you, Holy Guide of Travelers, Be his/her ever near companion, Spreading the road before him/her.
With beauty and adventure.
Free that road from all harm and evil, And send as his/her escorts Your holy spirits, Your angelic messengers
Who accompanied the holy ones of days past.
On this journey, may he/she take with him/her As part of his/her traveling equipment A heart wrapped in wonder
With which to rejoice in all he/she shall meet.
Along with that clothing of wonder, May he/she have room in his/her luggage
For A mystic map. With the aid of this map, may he/she read 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 And to Your divine compassionate love, May he/she see in all that happens,
In the beautiful and the bad, The mystery of Your holy plan.
May you Creator God be his/her light To illumine and guide him/her
May you be his/her shield and shadow To protect him/her
May You, our Risen Lord be on his/her right and left, Before him/her, behind him/her, and around him/her
And may this blessing of our Mother/Father God
Risen Son and Brother
And Holy Spirit of wisdom,
Be upon you throughout this trip;
May it shield you from all harm
And bring you home again in safety and in peace
Amen
As men, they do not need to know that this is our prayer for them. Know that you will be joined in prayer for his safety and that he be completely open to the Holy One's plans for this trip. If you have a candle link, please let me know and I will include candles with prayers.
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Shalom(May you be at peace in Body, Mind,& Spirit)
I'menuff
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