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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 eternal life."
(Prayer of Saint Francis)

The Prayer of Saint Francis, also known as Make Me an Instrument of Your Peace is a Christian prayer.
Widely but erroneously attributed to the thirteenth-century saint Francis of Assisi, the author may have been the founder of La Ligue, Fr. Esther Bouquerel.
Mother Teresa of Kolkata made it part of the morning prayers of the Roman Catholic religious institute she established, the Missionaries of Charity.
She attributed importance to it when receiving the Nobel Peace Prize in Oslo in 1979 and asked that it be recited.

This picture was shot from the balcony of a private temple facing the Ganges where I often spend some time at Manikarnika Ghat in Varanasi (Benaras).

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Taken in: India / Uttar Pradesh / Varanasi / Godoliya (show map)

Taken on: November 15, 2008

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Camera: Panasonic DMC-FZ18, f/5.6, 1/250 sec, 4.6mm, ISO 100 (more info) (hide info)

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Exposure Time:	0.004 sec (1/250)
Focal Length:	4.6mm
ISO:	100
Exposure Bias:	0 EV
Flash:	Off, Did not fire
Exposure Program:	Landscape
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