In this time when our brothers and sisters are in need after being affected by the typhoon Ondoy, we offer this prayer of consolation.
Make me an instrument of your wellness:
where there is distress, calm;
where there is grief, support;
where there is ignorance,
knowledge and understanding;
where there is alienation,
optimism and peace.
Grant I may not seek to be elevated as to facilitate;
to be followed as to serve;
to be in control,
as to love...
for it is in giving of ourselves
that we facilitate healing.
It is in active listening
that we comfort,
and in dying
that we may find eternal life.
Prayer if St. Francis of Assisi
(Paraphrased by Dr. Bennett Kilpack)
