The prayer of
Francis of Assisi (1181-1226)
LORD, make me an
instrument of Thy peace;
where there is
hatred, let me sow love;
where there is
injury, pardon;
where there is
doubt, faith;
where there is
despair, hope;
where there is
darkness, light;
where there is
sadness, joy.
O DIVINE MASTER,
grant that I may
not so much seek
to be consoled
as to console;
to be understood
as to understand;
to be loved as
to love;
for it is in
giving that we receive,
it is in
pardoning that we are pardoned,
and it is in
dying that we are born to eternal life.
