The Prayer of Saint Francis

Lord, make us instruments of thy peace.

Where there is hatred, let us 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;
where there is sadness, joy.

O Divine Master,
Grant us that we may seek
not so much 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;
in pardoning that we are pardoned,
and in dying that we are
born again to eternal life.

AMEN