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Prayer of Saint Francis


Prayer of Saint Francis is a prayer asking God to give you a life of right service & right focus while living in the world. Humility is needed.


 

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;
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;
It is in dying to self that we are born to eternal life.

 

—Francis of Assisi (1182?–1226)

What is the meaning of the Prayer of Saint Francis?

  • Pray for the Right Service
  • Sow Good for Bad
  • Give to Recieve

  • Read to discover a comprehensive understanding of the self.

Prayer of Saint Francis is a prayer asking God to give you a life of right service & right focus while living in the world. Humility is needed. Self: Who Am I? book cover.