Dearest Lord, we pray that you will make us the instruments of thy peace.

Lord, teach us the ways of peace.

Where there is hatred, let us sow love.

Lord, make us the instruments of your peace.

 Where there is injury, let us sow pardon.

Lord, make us the instruments of your peace.

 Where there is error, let us sow truth.

Lord, make us the instruments of your peace.

 Where there is doubt, let us sow faith.

Lord, make us the instruments of your peace.

 Where there is despair, let us sow hope.

Lord, make us the instruments of your peace.

 Where there is darkness, let us sow light.

Lord, make us the instruments of your peace.

 Where there is sadness, let us sow joy.

Lord, make us the instruments of your peace.

 O Divine Master, grant that we may not so much seek to be consoled as to console.

Lord, make us the instruments of your peace.

 That we may not so much seek to be understood, but to understand.

Lord, make us the instruments of your peace.

 That we may not seek so much to be loved, as to love.

Lord, make us the instruments of your peace.

 For it is in giving that we receive.

Lord, make us the instruments of your peace.

 It is in pardoning that we are pardoned.

Lord, make us the instruments of your peace.

 And it is in dying that we are born to eternal life.

Dearest Lord, make us the instruments of your peace.  Amen.