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, 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 to self that we are born to eternal life.
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 to self that we are born to eternal life.
~ A Prayer of St. Francis
Tradition has attributed many things to St. Francis. The prayer above is just one. Another is the story of how he answered a question while he was out in his garden. As Francis hoed a row of beans, he was asked, "Brother, what would you do if you knew the world would end today?" "Well," replied Francis, "I would keep hoeing this row of beans."
Today I am hoeing my garden.
More on Francis:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Francis_of_Assisi
http://www.cuf.org/2006/11/keep-on-hoeing-the-wisdom-of-st-francis-in-preparing-for-christs-coming/
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Canticle_of_the_Sun
Brother Sun and Sister Moon
I seldom see you seldom hear your tune
Preoccupied with selfish misery
Brother Wind and Sister Air
Open my eyes to visions pure and fair
That I may see the glory around me.
I am God's creature, of Him I am part
I feel His love awakening my heart.
Brother Sun and Sister Moon
I now do see you, I can hear your tune
So much in love with all that I survey.
I seldom see you seldom hear your tune
Preoccupied with selfish misery
Brother Wind and Sister Air
Open my eyes to visions pure and fair
That I may see the glory around me.
I am God's creature, of Him I am part
I feel His love awakening my heart.
Brother Sun and Sister Moon
I now do see you, I can hear your tune
So much in love with all that I survey.
Donovan P. Leitch
FINAL NOTE:
A number of artists were asked to compose for the Franco Zeffirelli movie about St. Francis, Brother Sun, Sister Moon. Some of those failed efforts became part of Leonard Bernstein's Mass. Nothing is lost.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brother_Sun,_Sister_Moon
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