007 Love: A Prayer Attributed to St. Francis

In this episode, Carolyn discusses the life and legacy of St. Francis of Assisi and introduces a prayer that calls us to make the world just a little bit better.

A Prayer Attributed to St. Francis

Lord, make us instruments of your peace. Where there is hatred, let us sow love; where there is injury, pardon; where there is discord, union; where there is doubt, faith; where there is despair, hope; where there is darkness, light; where there is sadness, joy. Grant that we 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.

(The Episcopal Church’s Book of Common Prayer, page 833)