Prayer of Saint Francis

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 seekto 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.

This prayer was first published anonymously in France in 1912. It is not by Saint Francis, but it has long carried his name because it breathes his spirit.

In Latin

This prayer was first written in French (1912) and has no traditional Latin text.