THE
PRAYER OF ST. FRANCIS
Lord,
make me a channel of thy peace,
That
where there is hatred, I may bring love;
That
where there is wrong,
I
may bring the spirit of forgiveness;
That
where there is discord, I may bring harmony;
That
where there is error, I may bring truth;
That
where there is doubt, I may bring hope;
That
where there are shadows, I may bring light;
That
where there is sadness, I may bring joy.
Lord,
grant that I may seek rather to comfort than to be comforted;
To
understand, than to be understood;
To
love, than to be loved.
For
it is by self-forgetting that one finds.
It
is by forgiving that one is forgiven.
It
is by dying that one awakens to Eternal Life.
This
is an inspirational and powerful piece. I have this
posted near my desk at work and my desk at home. I read this every day,
sometimes more than once.