St. Francis Animal Blessing 2021
Prayer of Saint Francis
Lord, make us instruments 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.
Oh God, 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 pardoning that we are pardoned; and it is in dying that we are born to eternal life.
Amen.
