Prayer before Pilgrimage to El Salvador for LGBT Rights
To you, O Divine One, from whose hands
comes the work of creation, so artfully designed,
I pray that this journey I am about to do
may be done in compassion with you.
May the pilgrimage that I will soon begin
sing praises to you
as songbirds do.
May the work that I will soon begin
add to the light of your presence
because it is done with great love.
May the experience that I will soon begin
speak like a prophet of old
of your dream of beauty and unity.
May the journey that I will soon begin
be a shimmering mirror of your handiwork
in the excellence of its execution,
in the joy of doing it for its own sake,
in my poverty of ownership over it,
in my openness to failure or success,
in my invitation to others to share in it
and in its bearing fruit for the world.
May I be aware that through this pilgrimage
I draw near you.
I come to you, Beloved,
with ready hands.
Amen.
Thanks to the Episcopal diocese of El Salvador, IARCA
Thanks to The Rt. Reverend Martin de Jesus Barahona
Thanks to The Rt. Reverend Gene Robinson
Thanks to The Rev. Canon Lee Crawford
Thanks to Amigos de IARCA (facebook)
Thanks to The Most Reverend Armando Guerra Soria, IARCA
Thanks to La Pagina, El Salvador