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 …
A Word from St. Francis
I recently read this powerful statement from St. Francis of Assisi: "What I am before God, that I am." How often we think of ourselves in terms of what others' opinions are. The truth of our identity, however, is not in what any person thinks of us, whether parent, sibling, lover, friend, enemy, or stranger. …
Matthew Erickson 