i need a Catholic pls: what does the prayer of St. Francis mean?

Question

what does he want to say...anyway...or what does he mean in his prayer..??

Answer 1

Lord, make me an instrument of Thy 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 far as I understand it St Francis wanted to be totally identified with Christ including all his actions, feelings and thoughts. The "dying" he talks about is a dying to self so the Christ may live in him. To be an instrument is like what St. Paul talks about when speaking of being a slave of Christ. This prayer has much of the spirit of the Beatitudes and St. Paul. If you want to learn more you might try looking into Franciscan spirituality.

Answer 2

The Prayer of Saint Francis is a Christian prayer for Peace widely attributed to the 13th century saint Francis of Assisi, although the prayer in its present form cannot be traced back further than 1912, when it was printed in France in French, in a small spiritual magazine called La Clochette (The Little Bell), as an anonymous prayer, as demonstrated by Dr Christian Renoux in 2001.

The prayer has been known in USA since 1936 and Cardinal Francis Spellman distributed millions of copies of the prayer during the WW II. It was the beginning of its international career.

Answer 3

There is a famous prayer, traditionally attributed to St. Francis of Assisi. It begins like this:

"Lord, make me an instrument of thy peace..."

You can Google the first line and get the full prayer. It's very beautiful!

Pax Vobiscum+