Hail and hallelujah!
Welcome, and praise be for your safe arrival.
We were not the same without you, but now
joy and hope have multiplied within us.
Hail and hosanna!
Come by here, and let us honor your journey.
We will break bread to nourish you, and
share tears to relieve your weariness.
Hail and hallelujah!
Receive a hymn of joy to hearten the days ahead.
We cannot travel the way on your behalf, but
no trial or shame will lessen our love for you.
Hail and hosanna!
Until we meet again, we celebrate your life and spirit.
We bless your name in peace, and we welcome
the next stranger as if it is you once more.