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Lord
make me an instrument of Thy peace,
Where
there is hatred, let me put love,
Where
there is resentment, let me put forgiveness,
Where
there is discord, let me put unity,
Where there is doubt, let me put faith,
Where
there is error, let me put truth,
Where
there is despair, let me bring happiness,
Where
there is sadness, let me bring joy,
Where
there is darkness, let me bring light,
O
Master grant that I may desire rather,
To
console, than to be consoled,
To
understand than to be understood,
To
love rather than to be loved,
Because
it is in forgiving that we obtain forgiveness,
In
dying that we rise to eternal life.
-St.
Francis of Assisi (1181 - 1226) -
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