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.
I hope you enjoy this prayer. It is my prayer for the week, a beautiful reminder that sacrifice and selflessness are beautiful when done, not out of our Pharisaical tendencies, but as an overflowing of our own salvation. My brother Jesse and his wife Kelly have become Orthodox Christians and according to their church calendar they celebrated Easter today. Though Easter seems so far away to this protestant girl, it was beautiful to read about their Easter services and be reminded of the immense and incomprehensible sacrifice of Christ. It is in light of this that we can begin to give to and forgive others, offer faith to the doubting, and replace sorrow with joy!
Have a great week!
2 comments:
It did my heart such good just now to read this. Thanks.
St. Francis of Assisi is the patron saint of pets. This is a fun fact from Nathan of course and is the only thing I know about St. Francis. Thank you for adding someone useful to my previously base knowledge.
We had a name tag for one of our cats when we were little that said, "St. Francis of Assissi protect my pet." I don't know why since we are totally not into patron saints. I'm sure it was Nate's doing.
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