Morning, Midday and Evening Prayer on the Camino

Morning Prayer
We begin our day alone,
Honoring this life,
with all its potentials and possibilities.
We begin our day with trust,
Knowing we are created for loving encounter.
We begin our day with hope,
 Knowing the day can hold
love, kindness, forgiveness and justice.
We recall our day yesterday,
May we learn, may we love, may we live on.
We make room for the unexpected,
May we find wisdom and life in the unexpected.
Help us to embrace possibility, respond graciously to disappointment and hold tenderly those we encounter.
Help us to be fully present to the day.
We pray for all those whose day will be difficult.
We name them in our hearts or out loud
May we support, may we listen, may we change.
We resolve to live life in its fullness:
We will welcome the people
who’ll be a part of this day.
We will greet God
in ordinary and hidden moments.
We will live the life we are living.
A short silence
May we find the wisdom we need,
God be with us.
May we hear the needs of those we meet,
God be with us.
May we love the life that we are given,
God be with us.
-Padraig O’Tuama
 

Midday Prayer
We break from the doings of our day 
And make space to notice you. 
You are always with us 
In surprising guises. 
Jesus of the flesh, we meet you in 
Worker and friend, 
Stranger and pilgrim, 
The needy and the needed, 
The questioner and the questioned. 
So when we meet you, 
May we deepen life, deepen justice 
And deepen joy. 
And when you meet us, help us approach our activities 
With presence and power, 
With love and humility, 
With courage and dignity. 
Amen. 
-Padraig O’Tuama 

Evening Prayer
For the love shared
we are grateful
For provision and nurture
we are grateful
For kindness given
we are grateful.
For the sorrow we’ve caused,
we pray for forgiveness
For injustices ignored,
we pray for forgiveness.
For the encounters with God today,
in stranger and friend,
we bid you welcome.
For the encounters missed today,
We know that you always see us even when we don’t see you.
For tomorrow, may we see you in ways expected and unexpected.
We welcome the dark of the night.
We make space for it, and we mark our place in it.
We remember that you, Jesus of Nazareth,
Lived through nights of consolation and desolation.
And you walked into the nights of those people you met,
inviting them to justice and truth, love and life.
We welcome the night,
and we welcome you into all our nights.
We pray for those whose nights are desolate,
that they may have the consolation of prayer,
peaceful solitude and community.
For a peaceful night,
we pray.
For a hopeful day,
we pray.
For a deeper generosity,
we pray.
-Padraig O’Tuama