All packed and ready to go this morning. Heading to St. Joseph's Church for Mass and then we're off, God willing. 

Thought I'd begin this with a prayer to St. Damien I found at www.fatherdamien.com ...

Saint Damien Prayer

St. Damien, brother on the journey,
Happy and generous missionary,
who loved the Gospel more than your life,
who for love of Jesus left your family,
your homeland, your security, your dreams,

Teach us to give our lives
with a joy like yours,
to be in solidarity with the outcasts of the world,
to celebrate and contemplate the Eucharist
as the source of our committment.

Help us to love to the very end
and, in the strength of the Spirit,
to persevere in compassion
for the poor and forgotten
so that we might be
good disciples of Jesus and Mary.

Amen.