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This is how St. Francis put It

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Lord make me an instument 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;
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.

-Saint Francis, of Assisi. 1811 - 1226 A.D.

Founder of the Franciscans, which originally set as the aim of the new life:
"To follow the teachings of our Lord Jesus Christ and to walk in his footsteps."

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