PRAYERS FOR OTHERS

Peace Prayer - St Francis of Assisi

(Feast Day October 4th)

Lord, make me an instrument of your peace

where there is hatred, let me sow love

where there is injury, pardon

where there is despair, hope

where there is darkness, light

where there is sadness, joy.

O Divine Master,

grant that I man not so much seek to be consoled, as to console

to be understood, as to understand

to be loved, as to love with all my soul

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

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.