On this feast of St. Francis let us pray the Peace Prayer attributed to him.Instrument of Peace
In the tradition of St. Francis of Assisi
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.
For the history of the this prayer see http://www.franciscan-archive.org/patriarcha/peace.html
