May the peace of the Lord Christ go with you: wherever he may send you;
may he guide you through the wilderness : protect you through the storm;
may he bring you home rejoicing : at the wonders he has shown you;
may he bring you home rejoicing : once again into our doors.
Jenny and I have been reading Common Prayer each morning for several years so we had also committed this to memory. Our son Joshua uses it with some of his morning classes and I know the staff at SCS secondary begins their week with that as part of the liturgy. The students had learned it with their English 12 teacher, SC, who begins each day that way with them. It may seem like a small thing but I think it’s actually really significant. These small, formative daily life practices give shape and then become anchors in our lives. We need more of those soul shaping, monthly, weekly, daily practices.