The Prayer and Blessing Mixtape

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This podcast episode is dedicated to

Ann Gauger

who writes

Making Note of the Moments

. She was one of the first paid subscribers whom I did not know personally.

The 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;
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.

A blessing from the Second Letter of St. Clare of Assisi to St. Agnes of Prague

What you hold, may you always hold.
What you do, may you always do and never abandon.
But with swift pace, 
light step and unswerving feet, 
so that even your steps stir up no dust,
may you go forward securely, joyfully, and swiftly,
on the path of prudent happiness.

Thank you so much for listening. More traditional poetry is ahead.

Pax et Bonum.

Peace and All Good.