Prayer of the Day A Pilgrim’s Prayer by Thomas Merton

A Pilgrim’s Prayer by Thomas Merton

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 the desire to please you,

Does in fact please you.

And I hope 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 I will trust you always.

Though I may seem lost 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. 

Amen.

I have prayed this prayer in the past but it fell off my radar, and predates me keeping my own notebook of prayers. I encountered it again in a book by Matthew Kelly and have started trying to pray it daily.

Prayer from:

33 Days to Eucharistic Glory

Matthew Kelly

Blue Sparrow

ISBN 9781635825329

eISBN 9781635825329

ASIN B0CP9SB6CP 

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Point Vierge: Thomas Merton's Journey in Song - Alana Levandoski, James Finley, Thomas Merton

The Wisdom of the Desert: by Thomas Merton 

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Relates posts and links:

For other "Prayer of the Day" posts.

My Prayer Notebook. 

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