A Prayer for Peace in Colombia

La Oración de la Paz
Señor hazme un instrumento de tu paz
Que donde haya odio, siembre yo amor.
Que donde haya injuria, perdón.
Que donde haya duda, fé.
Que donde haya desánimo, esperanza.
Que donde haya oscuridad, luz.
Que donde haya tristeza, gozo.
Oh Divino Maestro, concédeme que yo no busque,
Ser consolado, sino consolar.
Que no busque el ser entendido, sino entender.
Que no busque el ser amado, sino amar.
Porque dando es como recibimos.
Perdonándo, es que somos perdonados.
Y muriendo, es que nacemos a la vida eterna.
-San Francisco de Asís

The Prayer of Peace
Lord make 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.
Oh 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 this in giving, that we receive.
It is pardoning, that we are pardoned.
It is in dying, that we are born to eternal life.
-St. Francis of Assisi

(photo taken in Cali, Colombia by P.Richelle White)