A Past Prayer Some Years Back

Dear Lord,

All throughout history we can read about men and women who were persecuted for believing in You and carrying out your will. Your children have been persecuted and killed to this day... many question You and wonder how You would allow such evil to exist... I have not the answers; I have questioned You bat several points in my walk with You and am always humbled when I look upon the cross. Only You know why? The human eye cannot see what You see... as does our human mind not conceive what you have in our destinies. We are called to love You with all our heart and love one another here on earth. The actions of our Cain brothers and sisters will not go unseen and the humble servant hearts of like Able will be rewarded. For as Saint Francis of Assisi prayed: “It is in dying that we are born to eternal life." Only You know when and how we will leave this earth to meet You... may it be doing Your will and not our own. Yes, we as Christians will be mocked, ridiculed, hated and even killed for our faith in God; but remember it is not us they hurt, but God in us. We must never stop praying for one another and loving one another; seeking God for His will in our life and until the day He calls us home, I this prayer of St. Francis of Assisi for us all:

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;
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.

Thank You Lord God for Your strength and wisdom in us. Please bring justice and protection. Your will be done! And thank you St. Francis for this beautiful prayer you left for us all as I pray it daily.

Amen

Your son, servant, warrior and Knight,

Mark Grijalva Peres