The Prayer of St. Francis

You’re probably aware of the famous prayer attributed to St. Francis of Assisi (d. 1226).  But perhaps you’re not.  In either case, it’s a gem, well worth becoming acquainted with or, alternatively, reading again:

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.

Marvelous words.