Prayer of St. Francis

11th Step Prayer

Lord, make me a channel of thy peace -that where there is hatred, I may bring love - that where there is wrong, I may bring the spirit of forgiveness -

that where there is discord, I may bring harmony - that where there is error, I may bring truth - that where there is doubt, I may bring faith -

that where there is despair, I may bring hope - that where there are shadows, I may bring light - that where there is sadness, I may bring 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 the giving that we receive; it is in the pardoning that we are pardoned, and it is in dying that we are born to eternal life.

Amen.