Prayer of St Francis of Assisi

This prayer is very special to me as it was read at my Mum and Dad's wedding, and was also given to me from my parents once we moved over to Boston. Few prayers compare to it in terms of beauty, and completeness for the Christian walk.

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.