Today I prepare to leave for a pilgrimage to Iona with friends from The Haden Institute. We'll be following in the footsteps of so many Celtic saints and martyrs. Columba (known in Ireland as Columcille) took his own pilgrimage to Iona from Ireland in 563. May we be blessed by this prayer attributed to him. A Prayer of St. Columba Be a bright flame before me, O God a guiding star above me. Be a smooth path below me, a kindly shepherd behind me today, tonight, and for ever. Al