The Prayer of St. Francis

by Leonard Lehrman © 2009
for Rev. Warren Beaven, and the Chancel Choir
of United Methodist Church Huntington/Cold Spring Harbor
in memory of Dr. Sterrit Beaven

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,
Where there is sadness, joy.
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,
And it is in pardoning that we are pardoned.
Amen. Amen.
Lord, make me an instrument of Thy peace.