#TBT - 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 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; 

it is in dying that we are born again to eternal life.

-Prayer of St. Francis of Assisi

At a time when so much violence and hatred, fear and mistrust permeate our society these words of St. Francis remind us of all that we are capable of. We are reminded of the grace and love offered to us by God that inspires,