Prayer of St. Francis

昨天心煩得想死的時候，口邊竟不自覺地哼出一些似曾相識的旋律，細心一聽，原來是中學時代早會常唱的聖詩﹗已好多年了，好多年沒有唱，那些歌詞與旋律，早以為被我忘得一乾二淨‥‥從家中的書堆裡找出那本中學時代每天早會都要帶著的 Hymn Book (詩禱文集)，一頁一頁的翻著，一首一首的唱著，在漫長的黑夜裡‥‥

Make me a channel of your peace.
Where there is hatred let me bring your love;
Where there is injury, your pardon, Lord;
And where there's doubt, true faith in you.

Oh, master, grant that I may never seek
So much to be consoled as to console;
To be understood as to understand;
To be loved, as to love with all my soul.

Make me a channel of your peace.
Where there's despair in life let me bring hope;
Where there is darkness, only light;
And where there's sadness, ever joy.

Oh, master, grant that I may never seek
So much to be consoled as to console;
To be understood as to understand;
To be loved, as to love with all my soul.

Make me a channel of your peace.
It is in pardoning that we are pardoned,
In giving to all men that we receive;
And in dying that we're born to eternal life.

中學時代唱這些詩歌，只覺得調子不是太高便是太低，根本不求甚解，八年後再唱，發現原來它們很美麗，很美麗‥‥

雖然我不是基督徒，但仍要感謝這位上主，賜我平靜。