Prayer of St. Francis

This is a beautiful, beautiful prayer, and The Philippine Madrigal Singers' version is simply breathtaking. The silence in the music will, indeed, make you fall into prayer, and make you realize that, at the state the world is in right now, we could all help heal it by spreading some peace and love (big words right there, I know, but for some reason, I don't have qualms of using them here, now). This prayer speaks of selflessness and what beauty there is in giving.

Take some time to listen, and think. In every person's heart, there is much goodwill waiting to be shared.



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;
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.
Amen.

*video from youtube.