Instrument of Peace

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;
And where there is sadness, joy.

O Divine Master, grant that I may not
   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.
                     ~ St. Francis of Assisi