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prayer:
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 reborn
to eternal life.

Almighty God, and You, my Lord Jesus Christ,
i pray You enlighten me
and to dispel the hopelessness of my spirit;
give me a faith that is without limit,
a hope that is ever unfailing,
and a love that is universal.
grant, O my God,
that i may really know You
and that i may be guided in all
things according to Your will.
Amen.

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