The Prayer of St. Francis of Assisi

Lord, make me an instrument of 

Your Peace;

Where there is hate, allow me to spread Love;

Forgiveness, where there is wrong;

Faith, where there is doubt;

Truth, where there is lie;

Hope, where there is despair;

Light, where there is darkness;

Union, where there is disharmony;

Joy, where there is sadness.

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 forgiving that we are forgiven;

And it is in dying that we are born 

to Eternal Life.

* This is based on the Portuguese version by 

Alziro Zarur (1914-1979), founder of the LGW.