St. Francis by Benny
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Peace
Prayer of St. Francis of Assisi
(1915, author unknown)
Lord, make me an instrument
of your peace;
where there is hatred, let
me sow love;
when there is injury, pardon;
where there is doubt, faith;
where there is despair,
hope;
where there is darkness,
light;
and where there is sadness,
joy.
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. |