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 light.

St. Francis of Assisi
(1182-1226)