The Prayer of St. Francis of Assisi
The Prayer of Saint Francis
O Lord, make me an instrument of Thy Peace!
Where there is hatred, let me sow love;
Where there is injury, pardon;
Where there is discord, harmony;
Where there is doubt, faith;
Where there is despair, hope;
Where there is darkness, light, and
Where there is sorrow, joy.
Oh 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.
St. Francis founded the Order of Mendicant Friars, or Franciscans, and lived a life of poverty and service to his fellow man. Interesting factoid: Catholicism also names him as one of their bearers of the Stigmata.