Prayer: Faith, Hope, Love
Here’s a prayer
from Saint Francis of Assisi.
Prayer
Our Father,
each day is a
little life,
each night a
tiny death;
help us to live
with faith and hope and love.
Lift our duty
above drudgery;
let not our
strength fail, or the vision fade,
in the heat and
burden of the day.
O God, make us
patient and pitiful one with another
in the fret and
jar of life,
remembering
that each fights a hard fight
and walks a
lonely way.
Forgive us,
Lord, if we hurt our fellow souls;
teach us a
gentler tone, a sweeter charity of words,
and a more
healing touch.
Sustain us, O
God, when we must face sorrow;
give us courage
for the day and hope for the morrow.
Day unto day
may we lay hold of thy hand and look up into thy face,
whatever
befall,
until our work
is finished and the day is done. Amen.
~ Francis of
Assisi, 1181-1226. Posted on thisischurch.com http://thisischurch.com/
