Instrument of Thy peace: The Prayer of St. Francis
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Peace Prayer St Francis
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The prayer of St. Francis is inscribed along both sides of this unique twist bangle bracelet, crafted in shiny sterling silver. This slim bangle makes a beautiful inspirational gift. Read more...
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Give it as-is or use it as a substitute to ordinary blank greeting card. It is such a beautiful way to convey your message for the special moment and occasion. - - - CAPTIION - - Francis' Prayer St Francis of Assisi prayer - Lord, make me an instrument of your peace - Where there is hatred . . . let me sow love; where there is injury . . . Pardon; Where 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 giving . . . that we receive; it is pardoning . . . that we are pardoned; and it is in dying that we are born to eternal life - St Francis of Assisi - - - We suggest using special Silver Metallic Colored-Ink pen to write your message, sign and date for added value as keepsake. Enhance the presentation of your message with a frame that can be displayed for years to come. Unlike giving the conventional greeting card, your message will not risk being tossed or put away in file drawers. A unique and/or perfect medium for your message to the ones you love. Read more...
Assisi 2011: pilgrimage, not prayer, of all religions and non-believers
Thus, the participants will come together to visit the tomb of the saint followed by the reading in the square of a message on world peace. In the first meeting in Assisi, the common prayer of all religions, and the permitting of prayer of different |
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How do we know if prayer works? In 2002, a few months after the Sept. 11 attacks, Pope John Paul II convened a World Day of Prayer for Peace. The pope invited religious leaders from around the world to Assisi, Italy, the home of St. Francis, to fast and pray for peace. |
Assisi meeting will emphasize pilgrimage more than prayer
“The emphasis this time is on pilgrimage and not on prayer,” said Cardinal Peter Turkson, President of the Vatican's Council for Justice and Peace, to CNA. He is also a key organizer of the Oct. 27 event in the birthplace of St. Francis. |
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Our Social Networks Calling hours today, 3 to 6 pm, Our Lady of Peace Residence. Prayer service, 4. Interment, St. Catherine's Cemetery, Moscow. Memorials: retired IHM Sisters c/o the IHM Sisters Retirement Fund, IHM Center, 2300 Adams Ave., Scranton, PA 18509. |
ORWIGSBURG - Vanessa Caravan may have only been 3 years old the day her uncle died, the youngest person killed the morning of June 2, 1959, but the tragedy is still vivid in her memory.
Caravan, Schuylkill Haven, said - while holding his senior high school portrait - she remembers her uncle, William Sterner, 18 years old, wearing his Blue Mountain jacket, sitting on a bed tying his shoes while her mother was telling him not to go to the accident scene on what is now Route 61 near Zion's Red Church.
That was the last time she saw the Orwigsburg teen, who graduated from Blue Mountain the previous year and aspired to be a police officer, as he was one of 11 people that were killed that day. Eleven others were injured.
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The book, published in 2011 by St. Anthony Messenger Press, includes popular prayers such as the Our Father, the Hail Mary, the Magnificat, the Anima Christi, St. Francis’ Prayer Before the Crucifix, the Way of the Cross, the Peace Prayer of St. Francis and several more.
To give you a bit of the flavor of this book, I am providing here one of the prayers I especially like, namely, St. Francis’ Prayer Before the Crucifix, which many of you are probably familiar with. Here is a slightly condensed version of my musings on this prayer:
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