A Simple Prayer

I remember mom having this in the living room. I’ve always loved it; wondered who ended up with it, and Jeanne had it. But Meanie Jeanne wouldn’t give it to me! (I can say that cuz she reads my blog, heh)

BUT

Apparently, mom had TWO, and my younger sister Mary got the other one. She likes it too, but not as much as I do, so Sweet Mary gave me hers. Yay for Mary!

It’s just a little wooden book (best way to describe it, even though there are no pages), with a depiction of St. Francis on one side, and “A Simple Prayer” on the other.

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 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
It is in dying… that we are born to eternal life.

St. Francis