"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 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...."

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Source : Francis of Assisi (2017). “St. Francis of Assisi's Prayers”, p.72, Paper & Ink

Francis of Assisi

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