Prayers of Blessing

 

Pilgrim Prayer – blessing today’s pilgrims

by Nineveh Murray

Dear God,

We ask your blessing as we travel today in spirit;

Guide our minds as we learn of those who came before us, traversing the pilgrim way.

Give us a hunger to seek your face in paths through fields,

along roads trod by many seeking the blessing of your presence.

Nurture our fellowship

And help us to see each other as a brother or sister

Sharing the journey to your blessed kingdom.

Amen.

Prayer of Blessing – for ancient sites and modern pilgrims

 

Thank you, Father, for this ancient place of prayer:

For the faith that has blossomed here,

And for the worship in all seasons offered here;

For the lives that have been transformed here,

And commitment stirred into life here.

 

As we tread in the footsteps

Of our mothers and fathers in the faith

Bless us and all who come here,

This is the house of God.

This is a gate of heaven.

Amen.

Blessing a church or community as we journey

 

We bless (the name of the church and its locality)

 

May the light of God shine in the darkness,

May truth, justice, hope and righteousness flow like a river,

May this area be covered with the banner of God’s love;

May Salvation come to the people who live here;

 and may (the name of the church)  know the mercy, grace and peace of God.