Stan’s Corner, Thursday, August 11

Here is one of the most famous prayers of all time:  The Prayer of St. Francis

Lord, make me an instrument of thy 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.