Francis of Assisi
Peace Prayer ('Lord, make me an instrument of your peace')
Traditional attribution
Peace Prayer ('Lord, make me an instrument of your peace')
Belle prière à faire pendant la messe («Seigneur, faites de moi un instrument de votre paix»)
The best-known prayer in the world under Francis's name: 'where there is hatred, let me sow love; where there is injury, pardon…'. Its spirit is akin to the Franciscan one, but its vocabulary and construction are early twentieth century. It is listed here so that readers know where it comes from.
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Authorship note
Spurious. Published anonymously in December 1912 in La Clochette, bulletin of the Ligue de la Sainte-Messe (Paris); sent to Benedict XV in 1915, translated in L'Osservatore Romano in 1916, printed around 1920 on the back of a holy card of Saint Francis and attributed to him from 1927. It appears in no manuscript or medieval source (Renoux, 2001).
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- Admonitions · 1220
- Testament · 1226
- Earlier Rule (Regula non bullata, 1221) · 1221
- Later Rule (Regula bullata, 1223) · 1223
- Rule for Hermitages · 1218
- Earlier Exhortation to the Brothers and Sisters of Penance (First Letter to the Faithful) · 1215
- Later Admonition and Exhortation to the Brothers and Sisters of Penance (Second Letter to the Faithful) · 1220
- Exhortation to the Clergy (Letter to the Clergy) · 1220
- Letters to the Custodians (first and second) · 1220
- Letter to the Rulers of the Peoples · 1220
- Letter to the Entire Order · 1225
- Letter to a Minister · 1221
- Letter to Brother Anthony of Padua · 1223
- Letter to Brother Leo · 1220
- The Praises of God and the Blessing for Brother Leo (Chartula) · 1224
- The Praises to Be Said at All the Hours · 1220
- Exhortation to the Praise of God · 1220
- The Office of the Passion · 1220
- The Prayer before the Crucifix · 1206
- A Salutation of the Blessed Virgin Mary · 1220
- A Salutation of the Virtues · 1220
- A Prayer Inspired by the Our Father · 1215
- Form of Life and Last Will for Saint Clare · 1212
- The Canticle of Exhortation to the Poor Ladies ('Audite, poverelle') · 1225
- The Testament Written in Siena · 1226
- Fragments of Another Rule · 1222
- True and Perfect Joy · 1220
- Blessing for Brother Bernard · 1226
- The Prayer 'Absorbeat' · 1305
- Letter to Lady Jacoba · 1226
- The Little Flowers of Saint Francis · 1380
- Thomas of Celano, The Life of Saint Francis (First Life) · 1229
- Thomas of Celano, The Shorter Life of Saint Francis (Vita brevior) · 1235
- Thomas of Celano, The Remembrance of the Desire of a Soul (Second Life) · 1247
- Thomas of Celano, The Treatise on the Miracles · 1252
- Julian of Speyer, The Life of Saint Francis · 1234
- The Anonymous of Perugia (The Beginning of the Order) · 1241
- The Legend of the Three Companions · 1246
- The Assisi Compilation · 1246
- Bonaventure, The Major Legend of Saint Francis · 1263
- The Mirror of Perfection · 1318
- Complete Writings (collected editions) · 1904
Sources
- Renoux, Christian. La prière pour la paix attribuée à saint François: une énigme à résoudre. París: Éditions franciscaines, 2001. Resumen del autor: «The Origin of the Peace Prayer of St. Francis», Franciscan Archive.
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