"Prayer"
Lord, make me an instrument of your 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
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.
A Prayer attributed to St. Francis of Assisi
Lord Jesus,
I give You my hands to do your work.
I give You my feet to go Your way.
I give You my eyes to see as You do.
I give You my tongue to speak Your words.
I give You my mind that You may think in me.
I give You my spirit that You may pray in me.
Above all,
I give You my heart that, in me,
You may love Your Father and all people.
I give You my whole self that You may grow in me,
So that it is You, Lord Jesus,
Who live and work and pray in me.
Amen
