PRAYER OF ST. FRANCIS

 Il Signore, mi rende uno strumento della vostra pace

(Lord make me, make me an instrument of your peace)

 Dove ci e odio, la sciarlo seminare l'amore;

(where there is hatred, let me sow love)

 Dove ci e ferita                  perdono;

             (where there is injury,      pardon;)

 Dove ci e dubbio                fede;

            (where there is doubt,   faith;)

 Dove ci e disperazione                 sperare;

                 (where there is despair,      hope;)

 Dove ci e nerezza                  illuminarsi;

            (where there is darkness,          light;)

 Dove ci e la tristezza                  gioia;

                  (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 (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 again

(it is in dying that we are born again),

 It is in dying that we are born again to eternal life

 (Il Signore, mi rende unostrumento del lavostra pace)

Lord make me (Il Signore), 

make me an instrument

of your peace.