Sunday, November 10, 2013

instrument of peace ...

Lord, make me an instrument of Your peace ..

   selah ..~


where there is hatred
   let me sow love

where there is injury 
   pardon

where there is error
   truth

where there is doubt
   faith

where there is despair
   hope

where there is darkness
   light

and where there is sadness
   joy.


selah ..~


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.


     prayer attributed to st. francis

2 comments:

  1. Are you familiar with the hymn with these lines, "Lord, prepare me, to be a sanctuary..."? When I read this, it brought that to my mind~~~one of my favorites I haven't thought of in awhile.

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  2. i know it... thanks for bringing it to mind

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