{"id":77,"date":"2014-01-16T21:13:21","date_gmt":"2014-01-17T03:13:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/belovedlove.org\/reflections\/?p=77"},"modified":"2019-05-17T15:20:39","modified_gmt":"2019-05-17T20:20:39","slug":"a-prayer-for-the-new-year","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/belovedlove.org\/reflections\/2014\/01\/16\/a-prayer-for-the-new-year\/","title":{"rendered":"A Prayer for the New Year, by Lydia Floren"},"content":{"rendered":"

A Prayer for the New Year<\/h2>\n

by Lydia Floren<\/em><\/h4>\n

\"Instrument<\/a><\/span><\/i><\/p>\n

Prayer of St. Francis of Assisi<\/span>
\nLord, make me an instrument of Your peace;
\nWhere there is hatred, let me sow love;
\nWhere there is injury, pardon;
\nWhere there is error, truth;
\nWhere there is doubt, faith;
\nWhere there is despair, hope;
\nWhere there is darkness, light;
\nAnd where there is sadness, joy.
\nO Divine Master, Grant that I may not so much seek
\nTo be consoled as to console;
\nTo be understood as to understand;
\nTo be loved as to love.
\nFor it is in giving that we receive;
\nIt is in pardoning that we are pardoned;
\nAnd it is in dying that we are born to eternal life.\u00a0<\/i><\/p>\n

Lord, thank you for loving me through the words and actions of those around me.\u00a0 Thank you for loving me when you have sent someone to:<\/p>\n