Prayer of Saint Francis (Author Unknown): "Peace Prayer"

"Lord, make me an instrument of thy peace; where there is hatred, let me sow love; . . . " So begins the anonymous Prayer of Saint Francis, which is often associated with Saint Francis of Assisi (1181[or 1182]-1226). The prayer in its entirety reads:

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.


Listen to John Michael Talbot singing "Peace Prayer" in the music video below.