Saint Francis of Assisi (Italian: San Francesco d’Assisi); nicknamed Francesco; 1181/1182 – October 3, 1226)[1][3] was an Italian Catholic friar and preacher. He founded the men’s Order of Friars Minor and the women’s Order of St. Clare.[1] Francis is one of the most venerated religious figures in the Christian history.[1]
In 1219, he went to Egypt in an attempt to convert the Sultan to put an end to the conflict of the Crusades.[5]
One of the popular prayers by Saint Francis is reproduced below:
- Lord, make me an instrument of Your peace;
- Where there is hatred, let me sow love;
- Where there is injury, pardon;
- Where there is discord, harmony;
- Where there is error, truth;
- 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 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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May the wisdom of God help us to know how to welcome and accept those who think and act differently from us.
— Pope Francis (@Pontifex) December 2, 2017
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— The Muslim Times (@The_MuslimTimes) September 1, 2015
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Thank you Zia, Yes, it is excellent prayer, we as Muslim should practice this prayer.