St. Francis’s Prayer

All-highest, glorious God,
Cast your light into the darkness of my heart.

Give me true faith,
Firm hope,
Perfect charity,
And profound humility
With wisdom and perception.

O Lord,
So that I may do what is truly your holy will. Amen.

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Lord, make me an instrument of your peace.

Where there is hatred,
Let me sow love;
Where there is injury;
Pardon.
Where there is error;
Truth.
Where there is doubt;
Faith.
Where there is despair;
Hope.
Where there is darkness;
Light.
Where there is sadness;
Joy.

O Divine Master,
Grant that I may not seek 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 in pardoning that we are pardoned.
It is in dying that we are born to eternal life.

Amen.