<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 prayer has been recommended by members of the order, while not attributing it to St. Francis . </P> <P> It has been noted that the second half of the prayer has similarities to this saying of Giles of Assisi (c. 1190--1262), one of the saint's close companions: </P>

God make me an instrument of thy peace