Monday, June 23

give us faith.

prayer of st. francis

lord, make me an instrument of thy 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 into eternal life

2 comments:

audrey said...

ohhhhhhhhhhh
i love this prayer
you know it's the one i put in proximity, right? (doesn't appear in well)

Valerie said...

My dad sings this song in his choir. It's very pretty. Did I ever tell you that, for some reason, I like hymns? *nods*