John Wesley

O God, who by our great Masters example, has taught us what labors and sufferings heaven deserves, and that we are to take it by force; confound in us, we ask you, the weakness of our nature, which is averse to that discipline and hardship we ought to endure as disciples and soldiers of Jesus Christ; help us in our way there, by self-denial and mortification, for the sake of our Lord Jesus Christ, who lives and reigns with thee and thy Holy Spirit, ever one God, world without end. Amen.

Francis of Assisi (1181-1226)

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; It is in dying that we are born to eternal life.