The beautiful prayer of St. Francis.
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; 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; it is in dying that we are born again to eternal life.
It's a translation, so some versions are a bit different.
On this fifteenth anniversary of a national tragedy -- an attack on the nation-- how can we promote peace? How can we be channels of God's love and mercy?
The prayer offers thoughts on this for big national situations, small personal ones, and all in between.
Let us make it our prayer.
Here's a version to help focus prayer.
Blessings on your remembrances and your prayers.
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; 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; it is in dying that we are born again to eternal life.
It's a translation, so some versions are a bit different.
On this fifteenth anniversary of a national tragedy -- an attack on the nation-- how can we promote peace? How can we be channels of God's love and mercy?
The prayer offers thoughts on this for big national situations, small personal ones, and all in between.
Let us make it our prayer.
Here's a version to help focus prayer.
Blessings on your remembrances and your prayers.
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