“Lord, make me an instrument of thy peace;
That where there is Hatred, let me sow Love,
That where there is Injury, let me sow Pardon,
That where there is Doubt, let me sow Faith,
That where there is Despair, let me sow Hope,
That where there is Darkness, let me sow Light,
That where there is Sadness, let me sow Joy.
Oh Divine Master, grant that I may not so much seek to be Consoled, as to Console.
That I may not so much seek to be Understood, as to Understand.
That I may not so much seek to be Loved, as to Love.
For it is by Pardoning, that we are Pardoned.
It is by Giving that we Receive.
And it is by Dying that we are born into Life Eternal.”—-St. Francis