The Prayer of Saint Francis

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 bot 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 received,
it is in pardoning that we are pardoned,
and it is in dying that we are born to eternal life.


Francis of Assisi, Italy, 13th cent.