The Prayer Of St. Francis: For Peace And Service

A gentle, guided recitation of the timeless Prayer of St. Francis: a meditation on peace, compassion, and shifting from seeking to be understood toward understanding others. Whether you come from a faith tradition or love its wisdom, this practice offers a few quiet minutes to reconnect with love over hatred, hope over despair, and giving over receiving. Simple, spoken, and steady, this is a meditation to return to whenever you need a reset toward compassion.

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Transcript

Lord, Make me an instrument of your peace. That where there is hatred I may bring love. That where there is wrong, I may bring the spirit of forgiveness. That where there is discord, I may bring harmony. That where there is error, I may bring truth. Yeah, Where there is doubt. I may bring faith. That where there is despair, I may bring hope. That where there are shadows, I may bring light. That where there is sadness, I may bring joy. Lord, Grant that I may seek rather to comfort than to be comforted. To understand. Than to be understood. To love. Than to be loved. For it is by self-forgetting that one finds. It is by forgiving that one is forgiven. It is by dying that one awakens to eternal life.