PRAYER OF ST. FRANCIS

Lord, Make me an instrument of Thy peace.

Where there is hatred,

Let me sow love;

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 seek

Not 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.

In loving memory of Madison Kiefer 3/1/09