04/10/2025
St. Francis of Assisi (Feast Day October 4)
Patron of Ecology, Animals, and Peacemakers. Pray For Us !
Prayer for the Feast of St. Francis of Assisi
Heavenly Father,
On this feast day of St. Francis of Assisi, we give thanks for the gift of your creation, which he cherished and revered as a reflection of your beauty and goodness. May we learn from his example to respect and protect the earth, recognizing it as our common home.
Grant us the spirit of joy and simplicity that St. Francis embodied, allowing us to live in harmony with all your creatures. Help us to embrace a life of poverty in spirit, trusting in your providence and dedicating ourselves to the service of the poor and marginalized.
Inspire us to be instruments of your peace, fostering reconciliation and love in our communities. May we, like St. Francis, see the world through the lens of gratitude and wonder, praising you for the gift of life and the beauty that surrounds us.
Through the intercession of St. Francis, may we grow in our commitment to care for creation and to live out the Gospel with authenticity and joy.
Lord, make me a channel of thy peace,
That where there is hatred, I may bring love;
That where there is wrong,I may bring the spirit of forgiveness;
That where there is discord, I may bring harmony;
That where there is error, I may bring truth;
That where there is doubt, I may bring faith;
That where there is despair, I may bring hope;
That where there are shadows, I may bring light;
That where there is sadness, I may bring joy.
Lord, grant that I may seek rather to
comfort than to be comforted;
To understand, than to be understood;
To love, than to be loved.
For it is by self-forgetting that one finds.
It is by forgiving that one is forgiven.
It is by dying that one awakens to Eternal Life.
Amen.
