a prayer of perigrinatio
It is an oft quoted/prayed prayer - found extensively posted in blogs, yet it is a prayer that means so much to me. I have been praying it on behalf of a close friend, and have found it meaningful in my life once again.
The prayer:
My Lord God I have no idea where I am going.
I do not see the road ahead of me.
I cannot know for certain where it will end.
Nor do I really know myself,
and the fact that I think I am following your will
does not mean that I am actually doing so.
But I believe that my desire to please you does in fact please you.
And I hope that I have that desire in all that I am doing.
I hope that I will never do anything apart from that desire.
And I know that if I do this you will lead me by the right road though I may know nothing about it.
Therefore will I trust you always though I may seem to be lost and in the shadow of death.
I will not fear, for you are ever with me,
and you will never leave me to face my perils alone.
- Thomas Merton (1915-1968)
A prayer of putting up the sail; trusting God’s Spirit will fill the sail and lead us where we need to go.
St. Brendan the Navigator (an example to follow in Perigrinatio!)
Doug,
Love this prayer! I just shared this at a Baccalaureate last week. What a great prayer for graduates!
That’s a great prayer… it speaks what I frequently feel, but am not able to express well in my own words.
Thanks for sharing!
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