Our parish unites itself to the initiative of the Knights of Columbus appealing for prayer to heal the wounds and divisions afflicting our country after so many incidents of violence across the nation. We ask that over the next nine days, the Prayer of St. Francis be recited daily.
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.
Most Sacred Heart of Jesus, have mercy on us.
Mary Immaculate, Patroness of the United States and Queen of Peace,
pray for us.