possibly by Anonymous / Unidentified Author and possibly by Francis of Assisi, Saint (1182 - 1226)
Translation by Anonymous / Unidentified Author
Belle prière à faire pendant la Messe
Language: French (Français)
Seigneur, faites de moi un instrument de votre paix. Là où il y a de la haine, que je mette l'amour. Là où il y a l'offense, que je mette le pardon. Là où il y a la discorde, que je mette l'union. Là où il y a l'erreur, que je mette la vérité. Là où il y a le doute, que je mette la foi. Là où il y a le désespoir, que je mette l'espérance. Là où il y a les ténèbres, que je mette votre lumière. Là où il y a la tristesse, que je mette la joie. Ô Maître, que je ne cherche pas tant à être consolé qu'à consoler, à être compris qu'à comprendre, à être aimé qu'à aimer, car c'est en donnant qu'on reçoit, c'est en s'oubliant qu'on trouve, c'est en pardonnant qu'on est pardonné, c'est en mourant qu'on ressuscite à l'éternelle vie.
Text Authorship:
- possibly by Anonymous / Unidentified Author, "Belle prière à faire pendant la Messe", first published 1912 [author's text checked 1 time against a primary source]
- possibly by Francis of Assisi, Saint (1182 - 1226), "Belle prière à faire pendant la Messe", first published 1912 [author's text checked 1 time against a primary source]
Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive):
- [ None yet in the database ]
Settings in other languages, adaptations, or excerpts:
- Also set in English, a translation by Anonymous/Unidentified Artist , "Prayer of Saint Francis" ; composed by Lora Aborn, Ronald A. Beckett, Leonard J[ordan] Lehrman, David Sisco, Michael John Trotta.
- Also set in German (Deutsch), a translation by Anonymous/Unidentified Artist ; composed by Siegmund Schmidt.
Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]
This text was added to the website: 2009-05-01
Line count: 17
Word count: 149
Lord, make me an instrument of Thy peace
Language: English after the French (Français)
Lord, make me an instrument of Thy peace; Where there is hatred, let me sow love; Where there is injury, pardon; [Where there is error, truth;]1 Where there is doubt, faith; Where there is despair, hope; Where there is darkness, light; [And]1 where there is sadness, joy. [O Divine Master,]1 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]2 is in pardoning that we are pardoned, [and it is in dying that we are born to Eternal Life]1. Amen.
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View original text (without footnotes)Note: there are many versions of this prayer.
1 omitted by Lehrman.
2 Lehrman: "And it"
Text Authorship:
- by Anonymous / Unidentified Author, "Prayer of Saint Francis" [author's text not yet checked against a primary source]
Based on:
- a text in French (Français) possibly by Anonymous/Unidentified Artist and possibly by Francis of Assisi, Saint (1182 - 1226)
Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive):
- by Lora Aborn (1907 - 2005), "Make me an instrument of Thy peace", note: may be incorrect text for this title [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Ronald A. Beckett , "Prayer of St. Francis", 2012 [ voice and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
- by Leonard J[ordan] Lehrman (b. 1949), "The Prayer of St. Francis", op. 193, copyright © 2009 [sung text checked 1 time]
- by David Sisco , "Prayer of St. Francis", 4 [ soprano and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
- by Michael John Trotta (b. 1978), "A prayer of peace (Lord make me an instrument)" [ SATB chorus a cappella ] [sung text not yet checked]
Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]
This text was added to the website: 2009-05-01
Line count: 16
Word count: 111