This prayer from Alistair Maclean’s ‘Hebridean Altars’ seems the right introduction to November, when we remember all who have died and been guided over the ford to Heaven. Consider, if you will, the phrase, ‘When I shall make an end of living’. Maybe we should do that each night before sleep: ‘The Lord grant us a quiet night and a perfect end. Amen’
O Holy Christ, bless me with Thy presence when my days are weary and my friends few. Bless me with Thy presence when my joy is full, lest I forget the Giver in the gift. Bless me with Thy presence when I shall make an end of living. Help me in the darkness to find the ford. And in my going comfort me with Thy promise that where Thou art, There shall Thy servant be.