Make Me a Channel of Your Peace
“Make Me a Channel of Your Peace” is not a psalm but a prayer attributed to St. Francis of Assisi.
The background is rooted in St. Francis’ life and his deep spiritual beliefs. St. Francis was a 13th-century Italian friar who was committed to living a life of poverty, peace, and love, following the teachings of Jesus Christ. He aimed to bring about harmony and spiritual transformation in a world that often faced conflict and turmoil. This prayer reflects his desire to be an instrument of God’s peace and love, spreading these qualities in a divided and troubled society. It expresses the aspiration to overcome negative forces like hatred, injury, and despair with positive values such as love, pardon, and hope, embodying the spirit of Christian service and the pursuit of peace.
English Lyrics
Make me a channel of your peace
Where there is hatred let me bring love
Where there is injury, your pardon Lord
And where there is doubt, true faith in You
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
It is in giving to all man that we receive
And in dying that we’re born to eternal life
(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
It is in giving to all man that we receive
And in dying that we’re born to eternal life
