Prayer of St. Francis

My Sandy Hook Angel

Because I can't seem to shake the thoughts of the parents and families suffering in Connecticut.  Because I am struggling to understand why bad things happen to good people.  Because I can't hug and kiss and love my boys enough right now.  I pray...

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 born to eternal life.