A Prayer Attributed to St. Francis
Prayer Attributed to Saint Francis
Lord, make us instruments of your 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.
Grant that we 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. Amen.
~Book of Common Prayer 1979, page 833