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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.

-St. Francis of Assisi, 13th century

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3 Responses to “Prayer”

  1. paul said on: September 15th, 2003 at 5:27 pm

    so why is this important to you? I am not trying to be flippant I just want to know what you where thinking when you read this?

  2. matt said on: September 15th, 2003 at 9:48 pm

    this is such a beautiful song.

    i sang it in high school with some friends of mine… 5 piece male harmony. It was in my head yesterday… then the profundity of the lyrics hit me.

    i wish they would have hit me in high school.

    it is beautiful. i’m going to try to make an arrangement on guitar.

  3. Ochuk said on: September 16th, 2003 at 3:44 pm

    I like reading hymns rather than singing them.