Text: Attr. Francis of Assisi (1182-1226)

Lord, make me an instrument of Your peace.

Where there is hatred, let us sow love;

Where there is injury, let us sow pardon;

Where there is discord, let us sow union;

Where there is doubt, let us sow faith;

Where there is despair, let us sow hope;

Where there is darkness, let us sow light;

Where there is sadness, let us sow joy.

Grant that we 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.