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A Blessing for Emilie’s Pilgrimage


 Emilie, as you set out on pilgrimage
    Go with our blessing and our prayers
 As you leave behind the clamour of everyday life
    May your soul find stillness in the travel.
       For the journey is holy ground.
 May you find kindness and welcome in new places
       and gentle whispers of home
       and may you be a blessing to all you meet.
 May you travel safely, return renewed
       and live your time away to its fullest,
       return home more enriched and free
       to balance the gift of days which call you
 And until we meet again, may God hold you
    In the palm of God’s hand. 
 
             Pam Martin
  
 "Live your time away to its fullest . . . to May God hold you . . ." is from John O'Donohue's "To Bless the Space Between Us" 
 and the last line is from a well-known Celtic Blessing.