St. Francis,

a man of reconciliation and harmony

(1182-1226) Friar, Mystic.

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LORD, make me an instument of your peace.

Where there is hatred, let me sow love;

where there is injury, let me sow pardon;

where there is discord, let me sow union;

where there is error, let me sow truth;

where there is doubt, let me sow faith;

where there is despair, let me sow hope;

where there is darkness, let me sow light;

where there is sadness, let me sow 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. Amen.

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