All-powerful God,

you always show mercy towards those who love you

and you are close to those who seek you.

Remain with these, your servants, on their pilgrimage to Lourdes.

Guide their way in accordance with your will,

shelter them with your protection by day,

give them the light of your grace by night,

and, as their constant companion on the journey,

bring them to their destination in safety.

Your grace has moved the hearts of these, your friends,

to love you more deeply and to serve you more generously,

especially in their care of the sick.

We ask you to bless + these pilgrims,

so that they may tell of your wondrous deeds

and give proof of them in their time of service.

We ask this through Christ, our Lord. Amen.

Let us also ask the guidance, protection and intercession of Our Lady of Lourdes as we pray…Hail Mary…

By Very Rev. Msgr. Anthony M. Barratt, STL, PhD, ChM