Peace Prayer

written by St. Francis of Assisi, prayed by many before us ...

Lord, in Your mercy, hear our 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 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.

Lord Jesus, in Your name we pray for the peace that transcends all human understanding ... the peace that only You can give. Amen