Prayer of St. Francis

The following prayer is a favorite of mine and is attributed to St. Francis of Assisi, whom the new pope is emulating.  Here is a link to what Wikipedia says about it. 
 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prayer_of_Saint_Francis

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.

Amen.

 

TV~

Charity suffereth long...is kind... is not puffed up...seeketh not her own, is not easily provoked, thinketh no evil...  [I Corinthians 13:4,5]