Prayer of 

St. Francis 

Lord make me an instrument of Thy peace - 
Where there is hatred, 
I may bring love; 
Where there is wrong, 
I may bring the Spirit of forgiveness; 
That where there is discord, 
I may bring harmony; 
Where there is error, 
I may bring truth; 
Where there is doubt, 
I may bring faith; 
Where there is despair, 
I may bring hope; 
Where there are shadows, 
I may bring light; 
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.