“God Leads Every Soul by a Separate Path.”  (St. John of the Cross)

Each soul is on a journey, Lord, a journey that’s guided by You.
There’s a different path for each soul to walk, a different road which each soul must pass through.
May we surrender dear Lord to the journey, the journey You destined we trod.
The journey which leads us home to You, which will take us one day back to God.

Our loved ones too have a journey.  Their journey is different from ours.
We wish they would seek to follow You, Lord, like the Magi followed the star.
We see them lost and gone astray on paths filled with evil and danger.
We think that it would all be solved if they’d just seek the Babe in the manger.

Grant us the grace to let them go, through their path of sorrow and pain.
Grant us the grace to watch them walk through life’s storms and torments and rain.
Grant us the grace to hope in You, to reject any bit of despair.
Grant us the grace to surrender them all, into Your loving and tender care.

Grant us the grace to trust in Your plans, of which we can’t possibly know.
Grant us the grace to know when to hold tight, and when we just need to let go.
Grant us the grace to bow our heads, call out to You through night and day.
Grant us the grace to understand when all we can do is pray.

Grant us the grace to live out our lives in a way that is pleasing to You.
You gave our loved ones to us, Lord.  We surrender them now to You.