Preview: From the the Franciscan Reflection: Peace be with you: Lord make me an Instrument of Peace

Heavenly Father
The giver of peace
Son of God
The prince of peace
The Holy Spirit
The presence of peace
Have mercy on me
Let thy peace
Fill me - and
Flow through me
Heal my soul I pray
Lord, make me an instrument of thy peace

Lord I think of the times
When I was surrounded
In stresses where
My heart was troubled
My tongue was silenced
In the burden of trials
Unspeakable worries
Un- sharable burdens
Unknown stresses
Seated in my soul
Lord, I lost my peace

Heavenly Father
The giver of peace
Have mercy on me
Son of God
The prince of peace
Have mercy on me
The Holy Spirit
The healing peace
Have mercy on me


Lord I think of the times
When I was in the situations – where
I was cornered
Nowhere to turn
Nowhere to rest
No one could help
No one could share
The times of restlessness
Lord, I lost my peace

Heavenly Father
The giver of peace
Have mercy on me
Son of God
The prince of peace
Have mercy on me
The Holy Spirit
The healing peace
Have mercy on me
Let thy peace
Fill me - and
Flow through me
Heal my soul I pray
Lord, make me thy instrument of peace

Lord I reflect upon the ways
Where I travelled in unknown places
When darkness was all around me
Where my heart shivered
My body trembled
My mind panicked
My eyes soared in tears
Lord, I lost my peace

Heavenly Father
The giver of peace
Have mercy on me
Son of God
The prince of peace
Have mercy on me
The Holy Spirit
The healing peace
Have mercy on me
Let thy peace
Fill me - and
Flow through me
Heal my soul I pray
Lord, make me an instrument of thy peace

Lord, I take you to the times
When I underwent ill treatments
Where I was segregated or discriminated
When I had no friends
Where I had no relations
When I was abandoned
In the hands of adversities
Lord, I lost my peace

Heavenly Father
The giver of peace
Have mercy on me
Son of God
The prince of peace
Have mercy on me
The Holy Spirit
The healing peace
Have mercy on me
Let thy peace
Fill me - and
Flow through my times and surroundings
Heal my soul I pray
Lord, make me an instrument of thy peace

Lord, I expose my self to you
Into my inmost being
Where I have hidden sins
That rises and roars
Disturbs the inner peace
When I loose my peace
In unforgiving vengeance
Lord, I lost my peace

Heavenly Father
The giver of peace
Have mercy on me
Son of God
The prince of peace
Have mercy on me
The Holy Spirit
The healing peace
Have mercy on me
Let thy peace
Fill me - and
Flow through me
Heal my soul I pray
Lord, make me an instrument of thy peace

Lord, I submit my heart
Where there are layers
Of un-forgiveness, reside
Where there are deposits of hurts reside
Where there are multitudes of desperations
When there were doubts and troubles
Lord, I lost my peace

Heavenly Father
The giver of peace
Have mercy on me
Son of God
The prince of peace
Have mercy on me
The Holy Spirit
The healing peace
Have mercy on me
Let thy peace
Fill me - and
Flow through my heart
Heal my soul I pray
Lord, make me an instrument of thy peace

Lord, I open my mind to you
Where there are, many doubts prevail
When there were challenges of faith
Where there were no signs of hope
When I was laden by the burdens of self
Lord, I lost my peace

Heavenly Father
The giver of peace
Have mercy on me
Son of God
The prince of peace
Have mercy on me
The Holy Spirit
The healing peace
Have mercy on me
Let thy peace
Fill me - and
Flow through my mind
Heal my soul I pray
Lord, make me an instrument of thy peace

Lord, I surrender my body to you
Where there are multitudes of weaknesses
When in the midst of flesh battle
Where the world life surpassed the soul
When the body had overthrown the conscience
Lord, I lost my peace

Heavenly Father
The giver of peace
Have mercy on me
Son of God
The prince of peace
Have mercy on me
The Holy Spirit
The healing peace
Have mercy on me
Let thy peace
Fill me - and
Flow through my body
Heal my soul I pray
Lord, make me an instrument of thy peace

Lord, I submit my soul to you
Where I had seated all the worldly things
When the soul became restless and rescueless
When I cared not the cries of soul
Where I neglected the needs of my soul
When I went behind the worldly glories
Lord, I lost my peace

Heavenly Father
The giver of peace
Have mercy on me
Son of God
The prince of peace
Have mercy on me
The Holy Spirit
The healing peace
Have mercy on me
Let thy peace
Fill me - and
Flow through my soul
Heal my soul I pray
Lord, make me an instrument of thy peace


Lord, I take you my life situations
When I was betrayed
Where I was neglected
When I was exploited
Where I was humiliated
When I was laughed at
Where I was treated as an object of mockery
When I cried for justice
Where none to hear
Then Lord, I lost my peace

Heavenly Father
The giver of peace
Have mercy on me
Son of God
The prince of peace
Have mercy on me
The Holy Spirit
The healing peace
Have mercy on me
Let thy peace
Fill me - and
Flow through my life
Heal my soul I pray
Lord, make me an instrument of thy peace

Lord, I take you to the times
When I faced the injustice
Where I lost my inheritance
When there was loss of my possessions, relations, and love
There was none to console
When there was no love
Where I tread a desert
When I could no longer walk further
Where there were no motivations
Lord, I lost my peace

Heavenly Father
The giver of peace
Have mercy on me

Son of God
The prince of peace
Have mercy on me
The Holy Spirit
The healing peace
Have mercy on me
Let thy peace
Fill me - and
Flow through me
Heal my soul I pray
Lord, make me an instrument of thy peace


Lord, I submit my Spirit to you
I take you to the times
When my behaviors were restless
Where I placed my trust in the world and human
When I faced the disappointments
Where I had nowhere to turn
When I toiled in ambitions
Where there was no end to the achievements
When I was scandal to neighbors
Lord, I lost my peace in my Spirit


Heavenly Father
The giver of peace
Have mercy on me
Son of God
The prince of peace
Have mercy on me
The Holy Spirit
The healing peace
Have mercy on me
Let thy peace
Fill me - and
Flow through me
Heal my soul I pray
Lord, make me an instrument of thy peace

Annapoorna Mary, 2011

Written for SFO Reflection Day, 2011, Memphis, USA

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