In honor of All Saints’ Day, I’ll share one of my favorite prayers from one of my favorite saints:
PRAYER OF SAINT FRANCIS OF ASSISI
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 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.
***In case you missed it, here’s a look at how we celebrated All Saints’ Day this year.
Diana says
Kate, one of my all time favorite prayers too!
Diana