Let Me Sow Love: Living the Peace Prayer of St. Francis Book

	Introduction	11
	"Lord, make me..."	19
	Prayer must open me to God's will	20
	Prayer is an act of worship inspired by the Holy Spirit	22
	Praying even when I'm not ready to do so wholeheartedly	24
	Lord, I believe--abolish my unbelief!	26
	I pray freely and fully when I realize God is in control	28
	Beware turning worship and prayer into idolatry	30
	"Praying as if everything depended on me"	32
	Beware of asking: what can I do for God?	34
	"Lord, make me an instrument..."	37
	An instrument in God's hand	38
	The mighty orchestra of divine peace	41
	Becoming the instrument God wants me to be	43
	"Lord, make me an instrument of your peace..."	45
	To know God, I need to be still	46
	Don't give this kind of prayer a second thought!	48
	In "centering prayer" we give a little but get a lot	50
	We don't seek peace--we seek God	52
	The peace of Christ is at the heart of the gospel	53
	Giving respect to everyone and everything	55
	Can the peace of Christ be "enforced"?	57
	The peace of Christ doesn't mean the end of conflicts	59
	"Peace" may bring conflict and alienation	61
	Peace breaks out only when justice is served	63
	Accepting injustice is a phony peace	65
	"Where there is hatred, let me sow love ..."	67
	How pervasive human hatred is!	68
	Do I realize I need to be saved from hate?	70
	Sow forgiving love first in my own heart	72
	"Where there is hatred, let me sow love; where there is injury, pardon ... doubt, faith ... despair, hope ... darkness, light ... sadness, joy ..."	73
	Dare I aspire to goals short of my calling?	74
	Compassion is called for everywhere and always	76
	If I'm self-absorbed, I won't pray the peace prayer	78
	Peace prayer ideals are easy for us to identify with	80
	Living the peace prayer one day at a time	83
	We can make a difference in the lives of others	85
	Pray for yourself when your need is great	87
	Learning to live amid the forces of evil	89
	The peace prayer calls for a one-on-one ministry	91
	Peace prayer isn't the grand prayer of co-dependency!	93
	Am I helping others get out of their ruts?	95
	Taking offense and giving offense	97
	A place for darkness in our spiritual lives	99
	Reflecting the light of Christ	101
	Some sadness is normal and inevitable	103
	"Grant that I may not so much seek to be consoled as to console ..."	105
	"Closure" is a lifetime effort for Christians	106
	"Don't just do something, stand there!"	108
	Preaching always--sometimes with words	110
	"Grant that I may not so much seek to be ... understood as to understand ..."	113
	Is it better to understand or to be understood?	114
	"Grant that I may not so much seek to be ... loved as to love ..."	117
	The joy of loving	118
	Seeking to love rather than seeking to be loved	120
	"For it is in giving that we receive ..."	123
	"It is in giving that we receive"	124
	We are called to be open to both giving and receiving	126
	"It is in pardoning that we are pardoned ..."	129
	Why pardoning seems to go against the grain	130
	My attitudes on forgiveness are hard to dislodge	134
	A peaceful greeting signals willingness to pardon	136
	"And it is in dying that we are born to eternal life."	139
	Praying for a "happy death"	140
	Therapeutic chatter about death and dying	142
	"May you die of an acute case of living"	145
	"I will give my life"	147
	To deny death is to live unrealistically	149
	We don't respond from earthly motives alone	151