Lord, make me an instrument of thy peace.

Lately I have been thinking about suffering and the will of God, how to surrender. God is teaching me that I am instrument for Him and Him alone. I am NOT an instrument for myself. I am not instrument for others. I do not live for the desire of man, I live for the will of God because I trust the heart of His plan: goodness, hope, peace, perfection. Today, I want to surrender not just my mind but all of the things that I say.

My life is His and I will live for Him.

Prayer of Saint Francis of Assisi

Lord, make me an instrument of Thy 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;

and 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.

Amen.