where there is hatred
let me bring love
where there is doubt
let me bring faith
where there is falsehood
let me bring truth
where there is pain
i'll comfort you
where there is silence
let me sing praise
where there's despair
let me bring hope
where there is blindness
let me bring sight
where there is darkness
let me bring light
and with these words i speak
grant that i may not so seek
to be heard but to hear
to be consoled but to console
not to be seen
but to see
to be loved but to love
for when we give love we will receive
when we forgive love
we'll find reprieve
it is in dying we'll be released
make me an instrument of peace