Prayer for Pilgrims - Camino de Santiago de Compostela

We prayed this prayer for pilgrims at our pilgrimage of St James that we had in Tupelo, Mississippi on Saturday, July 23.  I adapted a prayer that I found on a prayer card that I brought back my pilgrimage to Santiago de Compostela in January 2016, which was my fourth pilgrimage to Santiago de Compostela.  

Lord, you called your servant Abraham out of his homeland.

You watched over him throughout his wanderings.

You guided the Jewish people through the desert.

We ask to watch over us & guide us as celebrate our patron, St James, the Greater today.

Be for us our companion on our journey,

our guide as we try to find our way,

our strength in the midst of our fatigue,

our fortress in the midst of danger,

our resource on our itinerary,

our shadow in the heat,

our light in the darkness,

our consolation in the midst of dejection,

and the power of our intention.

Under your guidance may we travel safely and unhurt. 

May you help us reach the end of our journey.

Strengthened with gratitude and thanksgiving,

secure with happiness in our hearts,

may we reach our eternal home.

We ask this through Jesus Christ our Lord. AMEN.