Some one posted this to a yahoogroup I am in and it seemed very fitting. I have always felt a bond with Francis of Assisi because of the artists' portrayals of him with animals.
Peace Prayer of St. Francis of Assisi
Lord, make me an instrument of your peace; where there is hatred, let me sow love; when 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.
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