Prayer of St. Francis

[TXlib]

Lord, make me an instrument of Your peace.
Where there is hatred, let me sow love;
where 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.
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 it is in dying that we are born to eternal life.

Even as an atheist, I find this prayer very moving. Especially as sung by Sarah McLachlan.

[Rainbowreflect]

1. I have always found that the most beautiful prayer.

It is the type of person strive to become, knowing I will always fall short.

[ChavezSpeakstheTruth]

2. It's said he didn't actually write it

[TXlib]

3. Then who did?

[Floogeldy]

4. Anne Francis

[Joe Power]

6. lol

I just spit perfectly good yogurt onto my monitor.

[Floogeldy]

9. Ha ha!!!

;)

[Midlodemocrat]

5. This is such a beautiful prayer.

It was my mom's favorite.

[Lavender Brown]

7. I like it too

[commander bunnypants]

8. one reason i became a social worker

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