Peace Prayer of Saint Francis
Despite its association with Saint Francis of Assisi, this prayer first appeared in print in 1912 in a small French spiritual magazine, with no author named — the attribution to Francis came later. Whoever wrote it, it has become one of the most widely prayed peace prayers in the world.
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. It is in dying that we are born to eternal life.
