A BLESSING

A BLESSING


LET US BEGIN
AS WE BEGIN ALL THINGS

IN THE NAME OF THE FATHER
AND THE SON
AND THE HOLY SPIRIT
AMEN

JESUS SAID
WHERE TWO OR THREE
ARE
GATHERED IN MY NAME
THERE I AM
AMONG THEM

THEN THIS MUST BE
A HOLY PEOPLE
A HOLY PLACE

AND TO THIS HOLY PLACE
WE INVITE
THE COMMUNION OF SAINTS

THEY ARE ALREADY HERE
THEY HAVE NEVER LEFT

AMONG THAT COMMUNITY
ARE ALL OUR LOVED ONES
WHO HAVE GONE BEFORE

AND ON THIS HOLY ASSEMBLY
I ASK A BLESSING
ON OUR FOOD
ON OURSELVES
ASKING
PLEADING
THAT

GOD BE IN OUR HEAD,
AND IN OUR UNDERSTANDING;

GOD BE IN OUR EYES,
AND IN OUR LOOKING;

GOD BE IN OUR MOUTH,
AND IN OUR SPEAKING;

GOD BE IN OUR HEART,
AND IN OUR THINKING;

GOD BE AT OUR END,
AND AT OUR DEPARTING

GOD BE WITH US
MORNING
NOON
EVENING
AND THROUGH THE NIGHT

GOD BE WITH US
GOD BE ALWAYS WITH US

AND WITH OUR ABSENT
BROTHERS
AND SISTERS