309 cov - Knights of Columbus, Supreme Council

know, will abuse my kindness. And I will lock myself up in
the most merciful Heart of Jesus. I will bear my own suffering
in silence. May your mercy, O Lord, rest upon me. Jesus I trust
in You!
Prayer of St. Francis of Assisi
Lord, make me an instrument of Thy 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;
and 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.
Prayer of St. Ignatius of Loyola
Take, O Lord, and receive all my liberty, my memory, my
understanding, and my whole will. Thou has given me all that I
am and all that I possess: I surrender it all to Thee that Thou
may depose of it according to Thy will. Give me only Thy love
and Thy grace; with these I will be rich enough, and will have no
more to desire.
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