Prayer of St. Francis

中學讀聖芳濟各書院，第一天上課便拿著那本藍色封面的祈禱書，用英文結巴的唸那方濟各的祈禱。後來的教友生活，也一直在聖方濟各堂，那十多年的沉浸，應該可說對方濟的一切很是熟悉。可是，直到最近才知道有這樣的一首英文歌，真的慚愧。


Music: Sebastian Temple | Words: the Prayer of St Francis of Assisi

Prayer of St. Francis of Assisi

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. Amen.