Lord, make me an instrument of your Peace

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 doubt,
Let me bring faith;
Where there is despair,
Let me bring hope;
Where there is darkness
Let me bring light;
Where there is sadness,
Let me bring joy.

O divine Master,
Grant that I 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;
It is in pardoning that we are pardoned;
It is in dying that we are born
To eternal life.



(St. Francis of Assisi)