Saints LightPrayer for Peace (Prayer of St Francis)
Known everywhere as the Prayer of St Francis, it first appeared in a small French magazine in 1912 and was not written by St Francis, though it breathes his spirit. Pray it before entering a tense situation at home or work.
The prayer
Lord, make me an instrument of Thy peace. Where there is hatred, let me sow love; where there is injury, pardon; where there is doubt, faith; where there is despair, hope; where there is darkness, light; and where there is sadness, 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 pardoning that we are pardoned; and it is in dying that we are born to eternal life. Amen.
Pray it this week
Pray it this week before a meeting, a family visit, or any place where there is conflict, and try to do one line of it there.
More in For Every Need
- Prayer Before Confession
- Prayer After Confession
- Prayer for Vocations
- Prayer Before Reading Scripture
- Prayer in Time of Anxiety
- Prayer for My Family
- Prayer for the Sick
- Prayer for Someone Who Is Suffering
- Prayer Before Work
- Prayer Before Study
- Prayer for Peace in the World
- Prayer for Those Who Have Hurt Me
- Prayer of Thanksgiving
- Prayer for a Happy Death
- Prayer for a New Baby or a Child's Baptism
- Prayer for Catechists and Teachers
- Prayer for Our Parish
- The whole Prayer Book
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