The Peace Prayer attributed to St. Franc

The Peace Prayer attributed to St. Francis

Lord, make me an instrument of your peace:

Where there is hatred, let me sow love;

Where there is discord, harmony;

Where there is injury, pardon;

Where there is error, truth;

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 forgetting self, that we find ourselves;

It is in pardoning, that we are pardoned;

and it is in dying, that we are born to

eternal life.