A Prayer

 Lord, make us instruments of your peace.

Where there is hatred let us sow love;

Where there is injury, pardon;

Where there is discord, union;

Where there is doubt, faith;

Where there is despair, hope;

Where there is darkness, light;

Where there is sadness, joy.

Grant that we ourselves may seek

Not so much 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 by losing that we find;

It is by forgiving that we are forgiven;

And it is by dying that we rise again

To eternal life in Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.

( A prayer by Francis de Assisi, 1182-1226.)