Some quotes that I really like

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;
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.
It is in dying that we are born to eternal life.

-St. Francis of Assisi, from Extreme Devotion, pg 14-

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I asked for strength--
and God gave me difficulties to make me strong.

I asked for wisdom--
and God gave me problems to solve.

I asked for prosperity--
and God gave me brain and brawn to work.

I asked for courage--
and God gave me dangers to overcome.

I asked for love--
and God gave me opportunities.

I received nothing I wanted--
I received everything I needed.

My prayer has been answered.

-From the family of Michael Job, an Indian Christian Medical Student who was killed in June of 1999 because of his father's evangelistic activities.-
-from Extreme Devotion, pg 273-