PRAYER OF ST.  FRANCIS
Although this prayer is attributed to St Francis, it cannot be traced farther back than 1912.  It first appeared in Paris, in a magazine called La Clochette,
published by La Ligue de la Sainte-Messe.  The authorship is unknown.

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, the 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.