Prayer of Saint Francis
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The Prayer of Saint Francis is a Christian
prayer
. It is 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 the United States
since 1936 and Cardinal
Francis Spellman and Senator Albert W. Hawkes
distributed millions of copies of the prayer during and just after World War II
.
Perhaps the original publication of the prayer was submitted anonymously to the French publication La Clochette in 1912.
An alternate version is found in Chapter 11 (Page 99) of the "Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions", a book published by Alcoholics Anonymous
World Services, Inc.
A popular hymn version, adapted and set to music by Sebastian Temple, ©1967 by OCP Publications, is Make Me A Channel of Your Peace. It is an anthem of the Royal British Legion and is usually sung every year at the Service of Remembrance in November at the Royal Albert Hall
, London
.
It goes as follows:
The following variation on the prayer was delivered by Mother Theresa when she addressed the United Nations in 1985
book on the prayer, an article by Egidio Picucci on the 19–20 January 2009 issue of L'Osservatore Romano
says that the earliest record of the prayer is its appearance, as "a beautiful prayer to say during Mass" in the December 1912 number of the small devotional French publication La Clochette, "the bulletin of the League of the Holy Mass". In 1915, Marquis Stanislas de La Rochethulon, president of the Anglo-French association Souvenir Normand, which called itself "a work of peace and justice inspired by the testament of William the Conqueror, who is considered to be the ancestor of all the royal families of Europe", sent this prayer to Pope Benedict XV
.
The Pope had an Italian translation published on the front page of L'Osservatore Romano of 20 January 1916. It appeared under the heading, "The prayer of Souvenir Normand for peace", and with the explanation: "Souvenir Normand has sent the Holy Father the text of some prayers for peace. We have pleasure in presenting in particular the prayer addressed to the Sacred Heart
, inspired by the testament of William the Conqueror". On 28 January 1916, the French newspaper La Croix
reprinted, in French, the Osservatore Romano article, with exactly the same heading and explanation. La Rochethulon wrote to the newspaper to clarify that it was not a prayer of Souvenir Normand, but he chose not to mention La Clochette, the first publication in which it had appeared. Because of its appearance on L'Osservatore Romano and La Croix as a prayer for peace during the First World War, this prayer then became widely known.
The first known translation of the prayer in English appeared in 1936 in Living Courageously by Kirby Page
, where it was attributed to St. Francis of Assisi. It subsequently circulated as the Prayer of St. Francis.
of Calcutta made it part of the morning prayers of the Roman Catholic religious order
she established, the Missionaries of Charity
. She attributed importance to it when receiving the Nobel Peace Prize in Oslo in 1979 and asked that it be recited. Margaret Thatcher
, after winning the 1979 United Kingdom general election
, paraphrased the prayer on the doorstep of 10 Downing Street
, surrounded by a throng of reporters, having "kissed hands" with Queen Elizabeth II
and become Prime Minister
. Archbishop Desmond Tutu
, winner of the 1984 Nobel Peace Prize, declared that it was "an integral part" of his devotions. In October 1995, President Bill Clinton
quoted it in his welcoming speech to Pope John Paul II
on his arrival in New York
to address the United Nations
. Nancy Pelosi
used it when she became Speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives in 2007.
Musical adaptations of the prayer include those by John Foley
, Sarah McLachlan
, Moya Brennan
, Sarah Hart, Sebastian Temple, Denison Witmer
, the Ragamuffin Band, the Burns Sisters, Singh Kaur, Joey Rumor, and Ryan Cayabyab
.
The prayer is quoted in the movie Rambo
by a priest as he blesses Sylvester Stallone before he sets off into Burma to rescue humanitarian workers.
The prayer is quoted in an episode of the television series Justified (TV series)
by the character Boyd Crowder, who preaches it to character Marshall Raylan Givens
after having a revelation.
The medic Eugene Roe recites part of the prayer in the episode "Bastogne" of Band of Brothers.
The prayer was used in a slightly abbreviated form in the 1972 film, Brother Sun, Sister Moon
.
The prayer is also included in the song "The Shattered Fortress" by Dream Theater
.
The prayer is used by Grandmaster Choa Kok Sui in his Twin Hearts Meditation.
The prayer is part of the mural above the interior entrance to the St. Anthony Dining Room
on Leavenworth Street in the Tenderloin District
of San Francisco, California
.
The prayer was read by the character of Sonny Corinthos
at the funeral of Stone Cates
in 1995 on General Hospital
.
The hymn form of the prayer was also a part of the funeral for Diana, Princess of Wales on 6 September 1997. Sinéad O'Connor
included her version of the song on the Princess Diana tribute album.
The prayer is sung by Snatum Kaur in her song Servant of Peace, which is on her album Liberation's Door.
The prayer is recited by Shepherd Book in the Firefly TV Series
based comic The Shepherd's Tale
The prayer was sung during the religious wedding ceremony of Prince Albert II of Monaco to South African Charlene Wittstock on 2 July 2011.
Radhanath Swami cites this in the book "The Journey Home" as an impetus in his epic journey to understand spiritual truths.
The character of George mentions it and quotes wrongly from it ("It's better to love than to be loved...", etc.) in Episode 7 of Season 3 of the television show "Bored To Death".
, Instruments of Christ. Reflections on the Peace Prayer of Saint Francis of Assisi, St. Anthony Messenger Press, 2003.
Christianity
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prayer
Prayer
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. It is attributed to the 13th-century saint
Saint
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Francis of Assisi
Francis of Assisi
Saint Francis of Assisi was an Italian Catholic friar and preacher. He founded the men's Franciscan Order, the women’s Order of St. Clare, and the lay Third Order of Saint Francis. St...
, although the prayer in its present form cannot be traced back further than 1912, when it was printed in France
France
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in French
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, in a small spiritual
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magazine called La Clochette
La Clochette
La Clochette was a small spiritual magazine published in France in the early 20th Century. It is especially known for having published in 1912 the now-famous Prayer of Saint Francis, a Christian prayer for Peace....
(The Little Bell) as an anonymous prayer, as demonstrated by Dr Christian Renoux
Christian Renoux
-Education and teaching:Born in 1960, he is alumnus of the École normale supérieure de Fontenay-Saint-Cloud , agrégé in History , alumnus of the Ecole française de Rome, the French Historical Institute of Rome , doctor in Early modern History of the Paris 1 Pantheon-Sorbonne University and...
in 2001. The prayer has been known in the United States
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since 1936 and Cardinal
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Francis Spellman and Senator Albert W. Hawkes
Albert W. Hawkes
Albert Wahl Hawkes was a United States Senator from New Jersey.-Studies:He was born in Chicago on November 20, 1878. He attended the public schools and graduated from Chicago College of Law in 1900, gaining admission to the bar the same year...
distributed millions of copies of the prayer during and just after World War II
World War II
World War II, or the Second World War , was a global conflict lasting from 1939 to 1945, involving most of the world's nations—including all of the great powers—eventually forming two opposing military alliances: the Allies and the Axis...
.
Prayer
The English version of the prayer reads as follows:- 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,
- and it is in dying that we are born to Eternal Life.
- Amen.
Perhaps the original publication of the prayer was submitted anonymously to the French publication La Clochette in 1912.
- Seigneur, faites de moi un instrument de votre paix.
- Là où il y a de la haine, que je mette l'amour.
- Là où il y a l'offense, que je mette le pardon.
- Là où il y a la discorde, que je mette l'union.
- Là où il y a l'erreur, que je mette la vérité.
- Là où il y a le doute, que je mette la foi.
- Là où il y a le désespoir, que je mette l'espérance.
- Là où il y a les ténèbres, que je mette votre lumière.
- Là où il y a la tristesse, que je mette la joie.
- Ô Maître, que je ne cherche pas tant à être consolé qu'à consoler,
- à être compris qu'à comprendre,
- à être aimé qu'à aimer,
- car c'est en donnant qu'on reçoit,
- c'est en s'oubliant qu'on trouve, c'est en pardonnant qu'on est pardonné,
- c'est en mourant qu'on ressuscite à l'éternelle vie.
An alternate version is found in Chapter 11 (Page 99) of the "Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions", a book published by Alcoholics Anonymous
Alcoholics Anonymous
Alcoholics Anonymous is an international mutual aid movement which says its "primary purpose is to stay sober and help other alcoholics achieve sobriety." Now claiming more than 2 million members, AA was founded in 1935 by Bill Wilson and Dr. Bob Smith in Akron, Ohio...
World Services, Inc.
- Lord, make me a channel of thy peace;
- that where there is hatred, I may bring love;
- that where there is wrong, I may bring the spirit of forgiveness;
- that where there is discord, I may bring harmony;
- that where there is error, I may bring truth;
- that where there is doubt, I may bring faith;
- that where there is despair, I may bring hope;
- that where there are shadows, I may bring light;
- that where there is sadness, I may bring joy.
- Lord, grant that I may seek rather to comfort than to be comforted;
- to understand, than to be understood;
- to love, than to be loved.
- For it is by self-forgetting that one finds.
- It is by forgiving that one is forgiven.
- It is by dying that one awakens to eternal life.
- Amen.
A popular hymn version, adapted and set to music by Sebastian Temple, ©1967 by OCP Publications, is Make Me A Channel of Your Peace. It is an anthem of the Royal British Legion and is usually sung every year at the Service of Remembrance in November at the Royal Albert Hall
Royal Albert Hall
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, London
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.
It goes as follows:
- Make me a channel of your peace:
- Where there is hatred, let me bring your love,
- Where there is injury, your pardon, Lord,
- And where there's doubt true faith in you.
- Make me a channel of your peace:
- Where there's despair in life, let me bring hope,
- Where there is darkness, only light,
- And where there's sadness, ever joy.
- O Master, grant that I may never seek
- So much to be consoled as to console;
- To be understood as to understand,
- To be loved, as to love with all my soul!
- Make me a channel of your peace:
- It is in pardoning that we are pardoned,
- In giving of ourselves that we receive,
- And in dying that we are born to eternal life.
The following variation on the prayer was delivered by Mother Theresa when she addressed the United Nations in 1985
- Make us worthy Lord to serve our fellow men throughout the world,
- who live and die in poverty and hunger.
- Give them through our hands, this day, their daily bread
- and by our understanding love give peace and joy.
- Lord, make me a channel of thy peace.
- That where there is hatred I may bring love,
- That where there is wrong, I may bring the spirit of forgiveness,
- That where there is discord, I may bring harmony,
- That where there is error I may bring truth,
- That where there is doubt I may bring faith,
- That where there is despair I may bring hope,
- That where there are shadows I may bring light,
- That where there is sadness I may bring joy.
- Lord, grant that I may seek rather to comfort than to be comforted,
- To understand than to be understood,
- To love than to be loved.
- For it is by forgetting self that one finds.
- It is by forgiving that one is forgiven,
- it is by dying that one awakens to eternal life.
- Amen.
History
Summarising the Christian RenouxChristian Renoux
-Education and teaching:Born in 1960, he is alumnus of the École normale supérieure de Fontenay-Saint-Cloud , agrégé in History , alumnus of the Ecole française de Rome, the French Historical Institute of Rome , doctor in Early modern History of the Paris 1 Pantheon-Sorbonne University and...
book on the prayer, an article by Egidio Picucci on the 19–20 January 2009 issue of L'Osservatore Romano
L'Osservatore Romano
L'Osservatore Romano is the "semi-official" newspaper of the Holy See. It covers all the Pope's public activities, publishes editorials by important churchmen, and runs official documents after being released...
says that the earliest record of the prayer is its appearance, as "a beautiful prayer to say during Mass" in the December 1912 number of the small devotional French publication La Clochette, "the bulletin of the League of the Holy Mass". In 1915, Marquis Stanislas de La Rochethulon, president of the Anglo-French association Souvenir Normand, which called itself "a work of peace and justice inspired by the testament of William the Conqueror, who is considered to be the ancestor of all the royal families of Europe", sent this prayer to Pope Benedict XV
Pope Benedict XV
Pope Benedict XV , born Giacomo Paolo Giovanni Battista della Chiesa, reigned as Pope from 3 September 1914 to 22 January 1922...
.
The Pope had an Italian translation published on the front page of L'Osservatore Romano of 20 January 1916. It appeared under the heading, "The prayer of Souvenir Normand for peace", and with the explanation: "Souvenir Normand has sent the Holy Father the text of some prayers for peace. We have pleasure in presenting in particular the prayer addressed to the Sacred Heart
Sacred Heart
The Sacred Heart is one of the most famous religious devotions to Jesus' physical heart as the representation of His divine love for Humanity....
, inspired by the testament of William the Conqueror". On 28 January 1916, the French newspaper La Croix
La Croix
La Croix is a daily French general-interest Roman Catholic newspaper. It is published in Paris and distributed throughout the country, with a circulation of just under 110,000 as of 2009...
reprinted, in French, the Osservatore Romano article, with exactly the same heading and explanation. La Rochethulon wrote to the newspaper to clarify that it was not a prayer of Souvenir Normand, but he chose not to mention La Clochette, the first publication in which it had appeared. Because of its appearance on L'Osservatore Romano and La Croix as a prayer for peace during the First World War, this prayer then became widely known.
The first known translation of the prayer in English appeared in 1936 in Living Courageously by Kirby Page
Kirby Page
Kirby Page was an American Disciples of Christ minister, an author, and a peace activist. According to Gaustad and Noll's A Documentary History of Religion in America, after World War I,...
, where it was attributed to St. Francis of Assisi. It subsequently circulated as the Prayer of St. Francis.
Quotations
Mother TeresaMother Teresa
Mother Teresa , born Agnes Gonxha Bojaxhiu , was a Roman Catholic nun of Albanian ethnicity and Indian citizenship, who founded the Missionaries of Charity in Calcutta, India, in 1950...
of Calcutta made it part of the morning prayers of the Roman Catholic religious order
Roman Catholic religious order
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she established, the Missionaries of Charity
Missionaries of Charity
Missionaries of Charity is a Roman Catholic religious congregation established in 1950 by Mother Teresa of Calcutta, which consists of over 4,500 sisters and is active in 133 countries...
. She attributed importance to it when receiving the Nobel Peace Prize in Oslo in 1979 and asked that it be recited. Margaret Thatcher
Margaret Thatcher
Margaret Hilda Thatcher, Baroness Thatcher, was Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 1979 to 1990...
, after winning the 1979 United Kingdom general election
United Kingdom general election, 1979
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, paraphrased the prayer on the doorstep of 10 Downing Street
10 Downing Street
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, surrounded by a throng of reporters, having "kissed hands" with Queen Elizabeth II
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and become Prime Minister
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. Archbishop Desmond Tutu
Desmond Tutu
Desmond Mpilo Tutu is a South African activist and retired Anglican bishop who rose to worldwide fame during the 1980s as an opponent of apartheid...
, winner of the 1984 Nobel Peace Prize, declared that it was "an integral part" of his devotions. In October 1995, President Bill Clinton
Bill Clinton
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quoted it in his welcoming speech to Pope John Paul II
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on his arrival in New York
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to address the United Nations
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. Nancy Pelosi
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used it when she became Speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives in 2007.
Musical adaptations of the prayer include those by John Foley
John Foley (musician)
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, Sarah McLachlan
Sarah McLachlan
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, Moya Brennan
Moya Brennan
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, Sarah Hart, Sebastian Temple, Denison Witmer
Denison Witmer
Denison Witmer is an indie singer-songwriter from Lancaster, Pennsylvania. His first release, in 1995, was a cassette titled My Luck, My Love. He has since released six studio LPs; two live albums, a cover album ; three EPs; and an LP with The River Bends—a side project consisting of members of the...
, the Ragamuffin Band, the Burns Sisters, Singh Kaur, Joey Rumor, and Ryan Cayabyab
Ryan Cayabyab
Ryan Cayabyab is a Filipino musician and was the Executive and Artistic Director of the defunct San Miguel Foundation for the Performing Arts...
.
The prayer is quoted in the movie Rambo
Rambo (film)
Rambo is a 2008 German/American Action film starring Sylvester Stallone returning and reprising his famous role as legendary Cold War/Vietnam veteran John Rambo. Stallone also co-wrote and directed the film. It is the fourth and most recent installment in the Rambo franchise, twenty years since...
by a priest as he blesses Sylvester Stallone before he sets off into Burma to rescue humanitarian workers.
The prayer is quoted in an episode of the television series Justified (TV series)
Justified (TV series)
Justified is an American television drama series created by Graham Yost. It is based on Elmore Leonard's novels Pronto and Riding the Rap and his short story "Fire in the Hole". Its central character is Raylan Givens, a deputy U.S. Marshal. The series is set in the city of Lexington, Kentucky...
by the character Boyd Crowder, who preaches it to character Marshall Raylan Givens
Raylan Givens
Raylan Givens is a fictional character created by American novelist and screenwriter Elmore Leonard.Givens is a Deputy U.S. Marshal and initially appeared in the novels Pronto and Riding the Rap. Leonard later penned the short story "Fire in the Hole". which became the basis for the television...
after having a revelation.
The medic Eugene Roe recites part of the prayer in the episode "Bastogne" of Band of Brothers.
The prayer was used in a slightly abbreviated form in the 1972 film, Brother Sun, Sister Moon
Brother Sun, Sister Moon
Brother Sun, Sister Moon is a 1972 film directed by Franco Zeffirelli and starring Graham Faulkner and Judi Bowker. The film is a biopic of Saint Francis of Assisi.-Plot:...
.
The prayer is also included in the song "The Shattered Fortress" by Dream Theater
Dream Theater
Dream Theater is an American progressive metal band formed in 1985 under the name Majesty by John Petrucci, John Myung, and Mike Portnoy while they attended Berklee College of Music in Massachusetts. They subsequently dropped out of their studies to further concentrate on the band that would...
.
The prayer is used by Grandmaster Choa Kok Sui in his Twin Hearts Meditation.
The prayer is part of the mural above the interior entrance to the St. Anthony Dining Room
St. Anthony Dining Room
The St. Anthony Foundation is a nonprofit social service organization in San Francisco, California. They are best known for their operation of the St. Anthony Dining Room in the Tenderloin District. It was founded in 1950 by Franciscan friar Alfred Boeddeker to serve free meals to the poor in an...
on Leavenworth Street in the Tenderloin District
Tenderloin district
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of San Francisco, California
California
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.
The prayer was read by the character of Sonny Corinthos
Sonny Corinthos
Michael "Sonny" Corinthos, Jr. is a fictional character on the popular ABC soap opera General Hospital. Maurice Benard has played the role, that of a manic depressive Mob boss living in Port Charles, since the character's storyline originated on August 13, 1993...
at the funeral of Stone Cates
Stone Cates
Michael "Stone" Cates is a fictional character on the ABC soap opera, General Hospital. Michael Sutton portrayed him from 1993 to 1995 and returned for a guest appearance from September 28 through September 29, 2010. The character died of AIDS-related illness in 1995...
in 1995 on General Hospital
General Hospital
General Hospital is an American daytime television drama that is credited by the Guinness Book of World Records as the longest-running American soap opera currently in production and the third longest running drama in television in American history after Guiding Light and As the World Turns....
.
The hymn form of the prayer was also a part of the funeral for Diana, Princess of Wales on 6 September 1997. Sinéad O'Connor
Sinéad O'Connor
Sinéad Marie Bernadette O'Connor is an Irish singer-songwriter. She rose to fame in the late 1980s with her debut album The Lion and the Cobra and achieved worldwide success in 1990 with a cover of the song "Nothing Compares 2 U"....
included her version of the song on the Princess Diana tribute album.
The prayer is sung by Snatum Kaur in her song Servant of Peace, which is on her album Liberation's Door.
The prayer is recited by Shepherd Book in the Firefly TV Series
Firefly (TV series)
Firefly is an American space western television series created by writer and director Joss Whedon, under his Mutant Enemy Productions label. Whedon served as executive producer, along with Tim Minear....
based comic The Shepherd's Tale
The prayer was sung during the religious wedding ceremony of Prince Albert II of Monaco to South African Charlene Wittstock on 2 July 2011.
Radhanath Swami cites this in the book "The Journey Home" as an impetus in his epic journey to understand spiritual truths.
The character of George mentions it and quotes wrongly from it ("It's better to love than to be loved...", etc.) in Episode 7 of Season 3 of the television show "Bored To Death".
Historical studies
- Christian Renoux, La prière pour la paix attribuée à saint François, une énigme à résoudre, Paris, Editions franciscaines, 2001 (in French).
- Christian Renoux, La preghiera per la pace attribuita a san Francesco, un enigma da risolvere, Padova, Edizioni Messaggero, 2003 (in Italian).
Spirituality
Albert Haase, OFMFranciscan
Most Franciscans are members of Roman Catholic religious orders founded by Saint Francis of Assisi. Besides Roman Catholic communities, there are also Old Catholic, Anglican, Lutheran, ecumenical and Non-denominational Franciscan communities....
, Instruments of Christ. Reflections on the Peace Prayer of Saint Francis of Assisi, St. Anthony Messenger Press, 2003.