
Prayer of
Saint
Francis
of Assisi
(Died 1226 A.D.)
Lord, make me an instrument
of
Your 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
It is in dying . . . . that we are born to eternal life. |