PRAYER OF SAINT FRANCIS

Lord,

Make me an instrument of Your Peace.

Where there is hatred, let me bring love;

Where there is injury, let me bring pardon;

Where there is discord, let me bring union;

Where there is doubt, let me bring faith;

Where there is error, let me bring Truth;

Where there is despair, let me bring hope;

Where there is darkness, let me bring light;

And where there is sadness, let me bring joy

Oh 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 forgiving that we are forgiven;

And it is in dying that we are born to eternal life.