“Open my lips, Lord, and my mouth
will declare your praise. You do not delight in sacrifice, or I would
bring it; you do not take pleasure in burn offerings. My sacrifice, O
God, is a broken spirit; a broken and contrite heart you, God, will
not despise.”
- Psalm 51:15-17
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| The Cathedral Basilica of St. Francis of Assisi, Santa Fe, NM. Statue capped in snow |
In lieu of a devotion, I offer you this
Sunday prayer from one whose life and faith and love has impacted millions
around the world, St. Francis of Assisi.
The Prayer of St. 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 seek so much
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.
P.S.
I love a song titled “Peace Prayer” by John Michael Talbot. A
YouTube rendition of it can be found here.
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