All powerful and ever-living God, from Hugoton to Claflin, from Medicine Lodge to Tribune, gather us, your chosen people, in Your name. As we prepare to celebrate the dedication of our cathedral, Help us to rededicate ourselves to the renewal of the inner person. Gather us, your sons and daughters, in Your name that we may love, honor and follow You to eternal life in the kingdom you have promised. Ours is a diverse diocese, filled with pilgrims of many races and nationalities.
Pilgrims gather at the cathedral groundbreaking.
Combines making their way through fields of grain. A pilgrimage is making a journey, a spiritual journey, to a place that has historical or religious significance for those who visit. Journeying to a pilgrimage site allows one to get in touch with the stories of that place, to discover the lives of the people of that place, to become aware of the holiness of that place. I will be making such a pilgrimage journey throughout our diocese over the course of the coming year and I invite you to join with me, physically and spiritually. At each host site, we will begin our time together in a spirit of prayer, asking God's blessing on our gathering.