This was in 1993 on the Gay Byrne talk show in Ireland. Byrne had her on many times, and loved her. For the record, Sinead had just taken part in a celebrity charity makeover on the show, which is the reason for the outfit and wig she is wearing.
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Make me a channel of your peace
Where there is hatred let me bring your love
Where there is injury, your pardon, Lord,
And where there’s doubt, true faith in you.
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Make me a channel of your peace.
Where there’s despair in life, let me bring hope.
Where there is darkness, let me bring light,
And where there’s sadness, ever joy.
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Oh, master, grant that I may never seek
So much to be consoled as to console,
To be understood as to understand
Or to be loved, as to love with all my soul.
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Make me a channel of your peace.
It’s in pardoning that we are pardoned.
It is in in giving to all men that we receive
And in dying that we’re born to eternal life.
French original:[4] Seigneur, faites de moi un instrument de votre paix.
Là où il y a de la haine, que je mette l’amour.
Là où il y a l’offense, que je mette le pardon.
Là où il y a la discorde, que je mette l’union.
Là où il y a l’erreur, que je mette la vérité.
Là où il y a le doute, que je mette la foi.
Là où il y a le désespoir, que je mette l’espérance.
Là où il y a les ténèbres, que je mette votre lumière.
Là où il y a la tristesse, que je mette la joie.
Ô Maître, que je ne cherche pas tant
à être consolé qu’à consoler,
à être compris qu’à comprendre,
à être aimé qu’à aimer,
car c’est en donnant qu’on reçoit,
c’est en s’oubliant qu’on trouve,
c’est en pardonnant qu’on est pardonné,
c’est en mourant qu’on ressuscite à l’éternelle vie.
English translation:
Lord, make me an instrument of your peace.
Where there is hatred, let me bring love.
Where there is offense, let me bring pardon.
Where there is discord, let me bring union.
Where there is error, let me bring truth.
Where there is doubt, let me bring faith.
Where there is despair, let me bring hope.
Where there is darkness, let me bring your light.
Where there is sadness, let me bring joy.
O Master, let me not seek as much
to be consoled as to console,
to be understood as to understand,
to be loved as to love,
for it is in giving that one receives,
it is in self-forgetting that one finds,
it is in pardoning that one is pardoned,
it is in dying that one is raised to eternal life
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