Lord make us servants of your peace |
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Lord, make us servants of your peace; where there is hate, may we sow love; where there is hurt, may we forgive; where there is strife, may we make one. |
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Where all is doubt, may we sow faith; where all is gloom, may we sow hope, where all is night, may we sow light; where all is tears, may we sow joy. |
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Jesus, our Lord, may we not seek to be consoled, but to console, nor look to understanding hearts, but look for hearts to understand. |
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May we not look for love's return, but seek to love unselfishly, for in our giving we receive, and in forgiving are forgiven. |
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Dying, we live, and are reborn through death's dark night to endless day; Lord, make us servants of your peace, to wake at last in heaven's light. |
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Words: James Quinn, b. 1919 Paraphrase of a Prayer attributed to St. Francis Tune: Dickinson College, Lee Hastings Bristol, Jr., 1923-1979 | |
Recorded at: All Saints Episcopal Church, Hilton Head Island, SC On the Sixth Sunday of Easter, |