St. Francis' Prayer for Peace

 Prayer for Peace

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 recieve;
it is in pardoning that we are pardoned;
and it is in dying that we are born to eternal life.

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This is one of our favorite prayers to say as a family. 
It is so convicting,  we use it as a review of
conscience. We find that when we are in a state
of stress or hurt, it helps to go through each
stanza and apply it to the situation. 
We always feel peace afterwards!

HAPPY FEAST OF SAINT FRANCIS!!!

~Michelle & Peter

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