阿西西的圣弗朗西斯的祷告词 （Prayer of Saint Francis of Assisi）

这个世界有太多的苦难和不公。当我们沮丧灰心时，当我们看不到光明时，读读阿西西的圣弗朗西斯（一个12世纪的基督教修士） 的祷告，或许能对我们有很多慰藉。


    主啊，让我作你和平的工具。
    哪里有仇恨，让我播下爱;
    哪里有伤害，播下原谅;
    哪里有疑问，播下信心;
    哪里有绝望，播下希望;
    哪里有黑暗，播下光明;
    哪里有悲伤，播下喜悦。
 
    我不那么要求
    被人安慰，而是去安慰;
    被人理解，而是去理解;
    被人爱，而是去爱。
    这是因为在给予中我们获得;
    在赦免时我们便蒙赦免
    在死亡中我们得到永生

Lord, make me an instrument of your 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.

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