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madamesilverspurs

(16,535 posts)
Wed Dec 14, 2022, 06:05 PM Dec 2022

"Lord, make me an instrument . . ."

Did anyone happen to record the priest's re-wording of the famous prayer? I wanted to write it down, but by the time I'd organized pen and paper he was already done.

Edit to add, this was at the Pelosi portrait unveiling.

TIA

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"Lord, make me an instrument . . ." (Original Post) madamesilverspurs Dec 2022 OP
Saint Francis onecaliberal Dec 2022 #1
Yes, thank you. madamesilverspurs Dec 2022 #2
KnR Hekate Dec 2022 #3
 

onecaliberal

(36,594 posts)
1. Saint Francis
Wed Dec 14, 2022, 06:37 PM
Dec 2022

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

madamesilverspurs

(16,535 posts)
2. Yes, thank you.
Wed Dec 14, 2022, 06:39 PM
Dec 2022

But the priest delivered another version that began with something like "make me an instrument of your disruption" and went on from there. It was really thought provoking.


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