Peace Prayer of St. Francis (Part 2): Where There Is Hatred, Sow Love

In this second meditation on the Peace Prayer of St. Francis, I invite you to reflect on the words: “Where there is hatred, let me sow love.”

Beginning once again with the prayer to become an instrument of peace, we explore what hatred does within ourselves and within the wider human family. Rather than turning away from it, we bring it into contemplative awareness and consider its opposite: the expansive, hopeful movement of love.

Like a farmer scattering seed, we may not immediately see the results of choosing love. Yet every opportunity to sow love carries the possibility of a future harvest of peace, compassion and reconciliation.

Chapters:

00:00 – Introduction: The Peace Prayer of St. Francis

00:41 – Opening bell

00:45 – Entering the present moment

01:26 – Letting go of past and future

01:58 – Relaxing into stillness

02:21 – Anchoring awareness in the breath

02:40 – Finding the still point of the breath

03:10 – Make me an instrument of your peace