Lord, make me a channel of thy peace;
That where there is hatred
I may bring love-
That where there is wrong
I may bring the spirit of forgiveness-
That where there is discord
I may bring harmony-
That where there is error
I may bring faith-
That where there is depair
I may hope-
That where there is shadows
I may bring light-
That where there is sadness
I may bring joy.
Lord grant that I may seek
To comfort, rather than be comforted
To understand, rather than be understood
For
It is by giving that one receives;
It is by self-forgetting that one finds;
It is by forgiving that one is forgiven;
It is by dying that one awakens to eternal life.