Peace Prayer of St. Francis

Latona, Peter (b. 1968)

Voicing:
Mixed Choir → SATB

Accompaniment:
Organ → With Instruments

Occasion:

Proper of Time → The Weeks in Ordinary Time → General Ordinary Time

Publication Information:
MorningStar Music — MSM-50-9126 (2016)

Lyrics:

Make of me and instrument of thy peace.

Lord, make me an instrument of thy peace.
Where there is hatred, let me sow thy love;
Where there is injury, thy pardon, Lord;
And where there's doubt, true faith in thee.

Make of me an instrument of thy peace.

Where there is discord, let me bring accord;
Where there is falsehood, only thy truth;
Where there is despair, only thy hope;
Where there is darkness, light;
Where there is sadness, everlasting joy.

Make of me an instrument of thy peace.

O Master, Grant that I may not so much seek to be consoled, 
as to console those in need;
To be understood, as to understand,
To be loved, as to love one another.

Make of me an instrument of thy peace.

For it is in giving that we receive;
In surrendering that we behold;
It is in pardoning that we are pardoned;
And it is in dying that we are born to life eternal.

Make of me an instrument of thy peace.
Amen.

Notes: Scored for SATB choir, soloist, congregation, Oboe, and Strings or Organ. Oboe part included; Texts for singing in English, Spanish and French provided.
Submitted by: Anthony DiCello Added: May 26, 2022 Last updated: Mar 11, 2023