Lord, make me an instrument 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;
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!
Saint Francis of Assisi is known as the
patron saint of animals. His feast is celebrated on the 4th of
October. He is buried in Panaji - the capital of the state of Goa, India - at
the site of one of the most famous and revered churches in
India.
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