Prayer of Saint Francis

St Francis of Assisi, founder of the Friars Minor

There are many different versions of the Prayer of Saint Francis, but below follows one of the most popular versions:

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;

and 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.

Pictures on the right are of the Basilica St Clare as well as the Basilica St Francis, both in Assisi.