Prayer of St Francis

Sunday, October 11, 2009 5:26:17 PM

St Francis of Assisi led the life of a hermit monk after forsaking a life of riches, and this prayer is attributed to him.

 

Lord, make me an instrument of your peace.

Where there is hatred, let me sow love;

where there is injury, pardon;

where there is discord, union;

where there is doubt, faith;

where there is despair, hope;

where there is darkness, light;

and where there is sadness, joy;

for your mercy and truth’s sake.

 

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 in dying that we are born to eternal life.

 

The Prayer of St Francis of Assisi