Prayers for the Journey

Inevitably, the journey of life will lead us through experiences of disappointment, sorrow, and loss. During these periods of suffering we can become blind to everyone and everything – except our own pain. The prayers in this volume can be your compass as you traverse your personal Path of Suffering, always pointing you toward the God who will be your strength, your hope, and your solace. Each prayer corresponds to a chapter from “After the Diagnosis…A Guide for Living – The Transformative Power of Love During Sickness, Dying, and Death” by Barbara Mariconda and the Reverend Thomas F. Lynch. You can read each prayer before beginning the chapter as you work your way through it, perhaps morning and evening, to bring greater resonance of the material into your own situation. Or, you might carry this slender book with you each day, turning to whichever prayer calls to your heart. Doing so will help you surrender to something greater than yourself, something larger than your distress, and bigger than your fear – and that something is God. You might also meditate on the evocative illustrations by artist Thomas Masaryk, allowing your soul to take from them whatever it needs. Together, may these poetic, lyrical prayers and impactful illustrations be a balm for your spirit, a light along your path, revealing to you in a much greater way, the working of God in your life. Though expressed through the Christian lens, “Prayers for the Journey” will speak to anyone who longs for hope in the midst of suffering and loss.