Monday, November 24, 2008

Words of Faith

GREAT BEGINNINGS ARE NOT as important as the way one finishes.

But none of these things move me, neither count I my life dear unto myself, so that I might finish my course with joy. (Acts 20:24a)

Monday, September 29, 2008

Make us an instruments of your Peace.

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.

st. francis of assisi - 13th century