Peace Prayer - St Francis of Assisi
(Feast Day October 4th)
Lord, make me an instrument of your peacewhere there is hatred, let me sow lovewhere there is injury, pardonwhere there is despair, hopewhere there is darkness, lightwhere there is sadness, joy.
O Divine Master,grant that I man not so much seek to be consoled, as to consoleto be understood, as to understandto be loved, as to love with all my soulFor it is in giving that we receiveit is in pardoning that we are pardonedand it is in dying that we are born to eternal life.Amen
Prayer for those in the Services
Almighty God, we stand before You asking for Your divine mercy and protection.Embrace with Your invincible armour our loved ones in all branches of the services.
Give them courage and strength against all enemies both spiritual and physical and hasten their safe journey back to their homes and families. Amen.