Even 900 Year-Old Prayers Aren't Immune to Web 2.0

Teaching at St. Francis Prep, the prayer of St. Francis is out most sacred prayer. For those who don't know it, here it is:

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.

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.

Amen.

I found this on the bulletin board this morning. Since the author related it to social media, I found it apropos:

PRAYER OF ST. FRANCIS (RELOADED)
Make me a channel of your peace
Where there is sensationalism, let me bring your truth
Where there is flaunting of wealth, your simplicity, Lord
And in the midst of noise, prayerful silence
Make me a channel of your peace
To those obsessed with entertainment , let me bring joy
To the vain and the greedy, your humility, Lord
And to the virtual world, authenticity
O Master grant that I may never seek
Quantity over quality
Individualism over solidarity
Anonymity over transparency
Make me a channel of your peace
It is in friending that we initiate dialogue
In networking that we create positive relations
And in the giving of self in love that we truly communicate

Taken from a blog by Fr. Stephen, M.S.C. (http://stephencuyos.com/prayer-of-saint-francis-reloaded/)