<P> The Franciscan Order does not include the prayer in its official "Prayers of St. Francis", and a church historian has noted that the phrasing of the first half of the text ("let me ...") is atypically self - oriented for Francis: </P> <P> The most painful moment usually comes when (students) discover that Saint Francis did not write the "Peace Prayer of Saint Francis"... Noble as its sentiments are, Francis would not have written such a piece, focused as it is on the self, with its constant repetition of the pronouns "I" and "me", the words "God" and "Jesus" never appearing once . </P> <P> However, the Order often recommends a version of the 1912 text as a "Simple prayer for peace", and the second half does have similarities to this saying of Giles of Assisi (c. 1190--1262), one of the saint's close companions: </P> <P> Blessed is he who loves and does not therefore desire to be loved; Blessed is he who fears and does not therefore desire to be feared; Blessed is he who serves and does not therefore desire to be served; Blessed is he who behaves well toward others and does not desire that others behave well toward him; And because these are great things, the foolish do not rise to them . </P>

Make me a channel of your peace where there is hatred