Occasional Prayers

Merciful God, to thee we commend ourselves and all those who need thy help and correction.
Where there is hatred, give love;
Where there is injury, pardon;
Where there is doubt, faith;
Where there is despair, hope;
Where there is sadness, joy;
Where there is darkness, light.
Grant that we may not seek so much to be consoled, as to console;
to be understood, as to understand;
to be loved, as to love;
For in giving we receive, in pardoning we are pardoned, and dying we are born into eternal life.