JOURNEY

Guard, we beg You, all who travel this day by land or by water.

Especially hear us for those whom kindred or friendship bind to us.

Preserve them from all the perils of the way.

May Your protecting wings be spread around them.

May the pillar of Your presence precede.

May Your mercies surround and follow them.

Grant that every journey may remind us that we tread this earth as strangers and pilgrims .

May we keep our loins girt, our lamps burning, our feet shod with the preparation of the gospel of peace, ever ready to take our last step below.