St. Franis of Assisi and Peace

Happy Feast of St. Francis of Assisi!!

 

October 4th makes me think back to St. Philip Neri and my years there as a student and teacher. I smile with happiness and joy.   For many years, Brother Brian Johnson, OSF was the principal at SPN and we celebrated today's feast day with great celebration. I remember coloring pictures of St. Francis, saying the peace prayer and having a blessing of the animals-students brought pets to school and all were prayed over.  It brings back such wonderful thoughts.

 

Today is also a special day for Ursuline Sisters as Angela Merici was a Franciscan tertiary. So our roots are Franciscan.

 

I believe so strongly that peace is needed in today's world so let us pray for it each and every day!

 

 

Amen,

 

 

Lord, make me an instrument of your peace;

 

where there is hatred, let me sow love;

when there is injury, pardon;

 

where there is doubt, faith;

where there is despair, hope;

 

where there is darkness, light;

and where there is sadness, joy.

 

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.