“Lord, make me an instrument of your peace…”

“Lord, make me an instrument of your peace;
where there is hatred, let me sow love;
when there is injury, pardon;
where there is doubt, faith;
where there is despair, hope;
where there is darkness, light;
and where there is sadness, joy.
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 [to ourselves] that we are born to eternal life.”

– Peace Prayer of St Francis

thanks dearest mom, for sharing those wise words with me, when I was too young (or perhaps “immature”) to understand, yet they must have made some impression on me many many years later!

 

 

 

 

 

 

Picture: Stunning seascape by Anton Gorlin (from www.cuded.com and www.inspirefirst.com)