Advent Reflection - Prayer of St Francis (Reloaded!)

PRAYER OF ST. FRANCIS (RELOADED)

Make me a channel of your peace

Where there is sensationalism, let me bring your truth

Where there is flaunting of wealth, your simplicity, Lord

And in the midst of noise, prayerful silence

Make me a channel of your peace

To those obsessed with entertainment , let me bring joy

To the vain and the greedy, your humility, Lord

And to the virtual world, authenticity

O Master grant that I may never seek

Quantity over quality

Individualism over solidarity

Anonymity over transparency

Make me a channel of your peace

It is in friending that we initiate dialogue

In networking that we create positive relations

And in the giving of self in love that we truly communicate

From the blog of Fr Stephen Cuyos.

"I wrote this prayer while preparing for a talk on using social media for evangelization. It is not an entirely new prayer as it is based on the traditional prayer of Saint Francis. I wanted to build on the Franciscan prayer as I wanted mine to be both traditional and modern, both familiar and fresh. The main idea behind this prayer is that in a world obssessed with sensationalism, wealth, enterntainment and individualism, every Christian is called to live a life rooted in simplicity, contemplation, authenticity, the desire to serve and other Gospel values."