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Make Me A Channel Of Your Peace

The Prayer of St. Francis

Francis of Assisi
Italy
1182 – 1226

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.

Are you looking for the Sebastian Temple song version of the prayer? The popular song "Make Me A Channel of Your Peace" is an adaption of the prayer text by Sebastian Temple.  The song, formerly under copyright to Franciscan Publications, is now under copyright to OCP Publications, and is dedicated to Mrs. Frances Tracy.  Visit the OCP Publications web site for more information.