Instrument of Peace

Today is, in one sense, my first day on the job. I'll be working through the badging process and getting acquainted with my hospitals and the people there. Nevertheless, I will be an agent of God on the halls of the hospitals beginning today. I prayed for God's peace last night and for confidence. Sometimes others have already put words to my thoughts in a way that I cannot. Therefore, my prayer is that of St. Francis.

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;

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.

As I pray this, I beseech those who read this to pray it with me, and for me. Pray that I am God's instrument of peace this summer, bringing light to those who so desperately need it.