The Prayer of St Francis of Assisi

My Dearest Boon Kee,

I hope you're enjoying this birthday party of yours and especially having all your friends with you, some whom you haven't seen in years.

You're going through a tough time right now and I have no words that could take away the pain or to help you heal, but I know that the good Lord has His mighty hand in this. And there's nothing that you cannot handle without His help.

Do you remember this prayer, which we used to pray when we were in school? It is one of my favorite prayers. I would like to share this with you..

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;
And where there is sadness, joy.

O Divine Master, grant me 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. Amen

You are a strong woman, Boon Kee, and I admire you for that.
Happy Birthday will all my love and prayers, I wish you wonderful blessings always.

Pam

19 November 2009

(Pam Hendroff is a fellow Assuntarian with Kathryn in the secondary school years)