Pocket Prayers for Pilgrims
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John Pritchard
John Pritchard was born in Wales in 1964. His NHS career began with a summer job as a Casualty receptionist in his local hospital, after which eye-opening introduction he worked in administration and patient services. He currently helps to manage the medical unit in a large hospital in the south of England. ‘Dark Ages’ is his fourth novel.
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Pocket Prayers for Pilgrims - John Pritchard
Other books in the series:
Pocket Prayers for Troubled Times
Compiled by John Pritchard
Pocket Celtic Prayers
Compiled by Martin Wallace
Pocket Graces
Compiled by Pam Robertson
Pocket Prayers for Children
Compiled by Christopher Herbert
Pocket Prayers: The Classic Edition
Compiled by Christopher Herbert
Pocket Prayers for Advent and Christmas
Compiled by Jan McFarlane
Pocket Prayers for Commuters
Compiled by Christopher Herbert
Pocket Prayers for Healing and Wholeness
Compiled by Trevor Lloyd
Pocket Prayers for Marriage
Compiled by Andrew and Pippa Body
Pocket Words of Comfort
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ISBN 978 0 7151 4238 7
Published 2011 by Church House Publishing
Introduction, Compilation and Individual Prayers © John Pritchard 2011
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CONTENTS
Introduction
To be a pilgrim
Life as a pilgrimage
Setting out
Special places
The journey
Companions on the way
Resting places
Through many a danger
Arrival and homecoming
Pilgrimage at home
Some resources
Index of first lines
Index of authors
Index of sources
Acknowledgements
INTRODUCTION
‘Now is the time to go on pilgrimage.’ So said Chaucer in his Canterbury Tales, and now does indeed seem to be the time when many people are going on pilgrimage. Record numbers of people are travelling to Jerusalem, Rome and Santiago de Compostela. Cathedrals report burgeoning visitor numbers. Eighty-six percent of the British population go into a church for some reason or other during the year.
There is something quite fundamental to human well-being about travelling somewhere together. People do it for many different reasons, but usually physical exercise combines with personal, intellectual and spiritual refreshment. There is a communal dimension as well as the opportunity to ponder alone.
For Christians and other believers pilgrimage is a time to be with God in order to be more fully in life. It reflects in miniature the journey we take with God from birth to death, and then on to the heavenly city. Pilgrimage is therefore an inward journey as well as an outward one. Because it’s different from normal life pilgrimage puts us somewhat off-balance, and therefore, perhaps, we are more open to God.
The purpose of this small book is to put into the hands of today’s pilgrims some prayers and reflections to make the journey more rewarding. They can be used at the