CJ's World

Ever since visiting Assisi, Italy, I have been fascinated with the life and writings of St. Francis of Assisi, venerated for his love and blessing of animals, in addition to his devotion to bringing peace.

Here is his most beautiful prayer. May peace surround all of you today and throughout the coming week.

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;
And it is in dying that we are born to eternal life.
Amen.