Prayer for the Road

[Xosé Manuel Alvariño]

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 that 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 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
             -Thoughts in Solitude
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