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(RNS) ”˜Blessing of the bikes’ helps churches make climate change a local issue

Posted on June 10, 2015 by Kendall Harmon

In groups of eight or so, riders wheeled their bicycles down the red-carpeted center aisle of Toronto’s Trinity-St. Paul’s United Church.

The white-robed officiant sprinkled holy water on about 50 riders’ heads, one by one, and on their bikes’ handlebars and wheels.

“May the road rise to meet you,” she pronounced. “May the wind be ever at your back; may all your journeying be joyous; may you and your bicycle be cherished in the Spirit of Life.”

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2 comments on “(RNS) ”˜Blessing of the bikes’ helps churches make climate change a local issue”

  1. Undergroundpewster says:
    June 10, 2015 at 6:40 pm

    When you are on a bicycle, you do not want the road to rise to meet you… believe me, you really don’t.

  2. Pageantmaster Ù† says:
    June 11, 2015 at 3:12 am

    Do they have something against trikes? Or is that coming next?