Franciscan Sisters of Immaculate Conception
86 Saracen Street
Glasgow
G22 5AD
Tel: 0141 336 3027
Fax: 0141 336 4096
Charity No SC 006881 7109
 
Franciscan Prayers
St. Francis of Peace

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 Enternal Life.
 
Vocation Prayer

Most High, Glorious God.
Enlighten the darkness of our minds.

Give us a right faith,
a firm hope and perfect charity,

So that we may always
and in all things act

according to
Your Holy Will.

Amen

 
Saint Francis' Prayer in Praise of God,
Given to Brother Leo

You are holy, Lord, the only God, and Your deeds are wonderful.You are strong.You are great.You are the Most High.
You are Almighty.You, Holy Father are King of heaven and earth.You are Three and One, Lord God, all Good.You are Good, all Good, supreme Good, Lord God, living and true.
You are love.You are wisdom.You are humility.You are endurance.You are rest.You are peace.You are joy and gladness.You are justice and moderation.You are all our riches, and You suffice for us.You are beauty.You are gentleness.You are our protector.You are our guardian and defender.
You are our courage.You are our haven and our hope.
You are our faith, our great consolation.You are our eternal life, Great and Wonderful Lord, God Almighty, Merciful Saviour. Amen.
 
Saint Anthony's Prayer to Our Lady

We ask you, Our Lady,
you who are called the morning star,
dispel with your light
the thick fog of allurements to evil
which fills our souls.
Like the light of the moon,
replenish our emptiness,
and dissipate the darkness of our sins,
sothat we may attain
the fullness of eternal life
and the light of never diminishing glory.
With His help, who made you our light,
and although born from you, gave you life.
To Him be honor and glory from age to age.

Amen.
 
Saint Anthony's Prayer to the Holy Spirit

Holy Spirit, fire of love,
come rest over each of us,
make our tongue ready to confess our sins,
that in revealing everything and concealing nothing,
we may attain heavenly life to sing eternal praise
with the angels.
With your help,
you who live
and reign through all ages.
Amen.