Prayer for Peace

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.

          St. Francis of Assisi