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 the giving…that we receive,
It is in pardoning, that we are pardoned,
It is in the dying…that we are born to eternal life.
– St. Francis
Dios, hazme un instrumento de tu paz,
donde haiga odio déjame sembrar amor,
donde haiga dolor, consuelo
donde haiga dudas, fe
donde haiga desesperanza, esperanza
donde haiga obscuridad, luz
donde haiga tristeza, alegría.
O Divino Maestro, has
que no busque tanto,
para ser consolado, para consolar,
para ser comprendido, para comprender,
para ser amado, para amar
los que nos has dado, es para dar
lo que nos has perdonado, es para perdonar
y es en el morir, que nacemos para una
vida eterna.
