# Celebrating 400 episodes with the prayer of Saint Francis
*2014-12-08*

> Host Bill Young marks the 400th episode of the Prayer N Lunch podcast by reflecting on a powerful prayer attributed to Saint Francis of Assisi.

## A milestone anniversary

Good afternoon. This is Bill Young, and welcome to the Prayer N Lunch podcast. Today we are recording our 400th podcast.

## The prayer of Saint Francis

To mark this occasion, I want to share a prayer that Pope Francis has used. Lord, make me an instrument of your 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 eternal life. Amen.

*True spiritual fulfillment is found in giving, pardoning, and loving others rather than seeking these things for ourselves.*