October 4 – St. Francis of Assisi

Posted on October 4, 2011 by Virginia

San Damiano Chapel, Assisi (iTALY, November 2009)

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.
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.
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2 Responses to October 4 – St. Francis of Assisi

  1. Cindy Kranich's avatar Cindy Kranich says:
    October 7, 2011 at 7:53 pm

    Ginny,
    Looking at this amazing chapel adds new depths to Assisi’s oh so familiar prayer. What right words to surrender my thoughts to today!
    luv, cin

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