Prayer of St. Francis

Lord, make me an instrument of Thy peace,
Where there is hatred, let me sow love;
...where there is injury, forgiveness;
...where there is doubt, faith;
...where there is despair, hope;
...where there is darkness, light;
...where there is sorrow, 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 forgiving that we are forgiven;
...and it is in dying (to self) that we are born to eternal life.

             -- Francis of Assisi