To the Lord our God belong mercies and forgiveness, though we have rebelled against him.
Daniel 9:9
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To the Lord our God belong mercies and forgiveness, though we have rebelled against him.
Daniel 9:9
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Let the wicked forsake his way, and the unrighteous man his thoughts: and let him return unto the LORD, and he will have mercy upon him; and to our God, for he will abundantly pardon.
Isaiah 55:7
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St. Francis of Assisi, by Bartolomé Esteban Murillo, 1645-1650
Prayer of Saint Francis of Assisi
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.
Amen.
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