The Prayer of St. Francis Assisi

Jesus taught us how to pray in Mathew 6:9-15. Most of us know the prayer, the one which begins with the words “Our Father.” I believe that it is the best prayer of all time. Moreover, I believe that it is hard to find a good follow up to it. One of the most humble prayers I have heard which always reminds me and makes me feel that I can always be a tad more humble is The prayer of St. Francis of Assisi. If you have never studied St. Francis’s life, I highly recommend that you do, he was quite an inspiration. The following is his prayer:



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.




References:

http://www.prayerguide.org.uk/stfrancis.htm.