Passage:
12 “And now, Israel, what does the LORD your God require of you,
but to fear the LORD your God,
to walk in all his ways,
to love him,
to serve the LORD your God with all your heart and with all your soul,
13 and to keep the commandments and statutes of the LORD,
which I am commanding you today for your good?
14 Behold, to the LORD your God belong heaven and the heaven of heavens,
the earth with all that is in it.
15 Yet the LORD set his heart in love on your fathers and chose their offspring after them,
you above all peoples, as you are this day.”
(Deuteronomy 10:12–15 ESV)
Song:
Instrument of Peace by Isaac Wardell, Jessica Fox, Liz Vice, Orlando Palmer, and Paul Zach
Lyrics:
Lord make me
An instrument of peace
An instrument of peace
Where is there hatred let me sow love
Where there is darkness let me sow light
For in the giving we shall receive
And in the dying we’re given life
Lord make me
An instrument of peace
An instrument of peace
Where there is sorrow let me sow hope
Where there is doubt let me sow faith
Where is injury your pardon give
Your consolation to those in pain
Lord make me
An instrument of peace
An instrument of peace
Prayer:
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.
-A prayer attributed to St. Francis (ca. 1181–1226) of Assisi, Italy
