This song should be world anthem.

I don't think I'm the only one who has played this from 2:30 onwards so many times, I've almost lost count. Absolutely stunning descant. Beautiful hymn aswell, brings back the memories like they were yesterday.

First heard this hymn as a child. And it's touched and carried me through the hardest of times. So so beautiful.

No version can beat this one.

My son sang in a Boy choir in Orlando @ St Luke’s Cathedral. It was a beautiful 3 years traveling all over the country & abroad. Many years ago now, but I still get tears whenever I hear these beautiful young talented boys sing .

This song is the absolute saddest but yet most beautiful thing I have ever witnessed.

I love Christian hymn songs sung this way - in a choir, full of people, their voices singing together like one melodic harmony :) ♥

25 years ago and this performance is still powerful. I think this hymn reflects the humanitarian person Diana Princess of Wales was. Rest in peace beautiful princess.

A Prayer and Hymn the world needs in 2022. 🙌🙏🕊

Whenever I feel low & sorry for myself I just listen to the words & I am uplifted. Thanks be to God

Oh that the world may believe and think the way St. Francis did when he wrote this powerful prayer! What peace God is ready to give to it !

Still gives me goosebumps every time!!!

Still makes me cry always think of our Lady Diana never will be forgotten 🦋🦋💜

It was that last bit that was amazing! Children really have the natural ability to sing to their hearts content. Beautiful.

Growing up catholic, I learned this song and sung it many times during mass. It is one of my favorite hymns. I was pleasantly surprised to hear it being sung and sung well during this very sad occasion. Princess Diana's death affected me deeply for reasons unknown nearly 21 years later. Perhaps being born in July like she was albeit 5 years younger. Perhaps sorrow for a life cut far too short whatever the reason its mind boggling to think her sons have a grandmother in her 90s and their great grandmother lived to over 100, yet the woman closest to them only managed 36 years....

A stirring and majestic tribute to the memory of Diana. The final, grand chorus takes your breath away!

This by far is the best recording of this beautiful prayer maid a hymn .

What a magnificent prayer sung beautifully by this great Choir at Westminster Abbey. Magnificant to listen to.

What a spiritual song!!!! Come on humanity!!! Let's find peace and share it all together!!!!!

I listen to this every day. I find it very soothing

This beautiful hymn was sung at our wedding over 30 years ago. We chose it for its meaningful lyrics, which we still seek to live by today.

Most beautiful service, and most wonderful song..I remember crying my eyes out at this part of the service. I've told my daughter this is the selection I must have at my own funeral... I'm 64 now, and a man, but am preparing for the day to come. John

We are playing this at my dear youngest brother’s funeral on Saturday. I am heartbroken without him but he was one of the most peaceful people I ever knew. Everyone who knew him absolutely loved him and I know he is now in heaven with our dearly departed parents.

For those of us who live the prayerful words of St. Francis de Assisi each day in action and in deed, be reassured that he is with each of us! God Bless you and your beloved families!

This choir is beautiful and this song is beyond beautiful. Rest in Peace Diana forever and ever.

Now you know what Heaven will sound like in eternity, God Bless all who believe and pray for the ones who don't.

this hymn brings tears to my eyes every time..i'm at peace whenever i hear it.

If there was a moment in this service when her soul ascended into heaven, it was while the choir sang the descant of this hymn.

My favorite hymn

This song literally gave me goosebumps...!!! Lots of love and regards from India!!!!🙏🙏🙏🙏

My school prayer in morning assembly ❤❤😊😊😊. Nostalgia 😍😍

My boyfriend's mother passed away last Sunday, March 13, 2011. The funeral was on St. Patrick's Day, and his cousin sang this at the beginning and at the end. I am Jewish, and this song is not part of our worship. However, I can't stop crying listening to this.

The lovilest descant I have ever heard. I love this hymn and It is a good reminder to how we should all start the New year!

Beautiful prayer by St Francis of Assisi. The descant sent shivers down my spine.

this prayer/song should pierce every heart that listens.... and, this should not fade out nor die...

Beautiful, just beautiful. It reminds me of my dear departed Mom who passed away on January 10, 2006.

One of the most beautiful hynms ever even though it seems it was originally a prayer sung magnificently .

Such a beautiful song... No other words could describe wonderful song. In tribute to Princess Diana.

My beloved pet passed away on Wednesday. I learned this hymn in Catholic grade school and it’s so comforting. It sounds intense, but I’d love it to be sung at my own funeral.

I shall always think of Diana when I hear this hymn.

I come to this channel whenever I feel like having a good cry....

The first time I ever heard of this was in Princess Diana's funeral. It still moves me to tears 26 years later. I wonder if Princess Diana ever knew how much she was loved and adored? I dont think she ever really comprehended her enormous impact on people the world over.

A Really beautiful Hymn and very emotional. Thankyou for posting

I love this song so much, the english boys choir is a gift from God that we can expect to hear more when we reach Heaven. God Bless all who believe and pray for the ones who don't.

The fact remains, these are the words of a Catholic Saint that are being celebrated in the Church of England. It's a really good thing. We only have 1 God and all of us are his children. Thank you for providing this beautiful video.

Such a beautiful hymn in Lent n so well done. God bless.

I remember this like it was yesterday! Every time I hear this song, I cry. God rest your immortal soul, Princess Diana 🌹❤️✝️

First heard this when my daughter sang this in the school choir and was captivated by the words, I love to listen Ito it sung by choirs, one of my go to songs at night or bad times to see me through

The door's always open when you're ready to come back Home. No matter what the scandal of the day is, that doesn't change the fact that God loves you. 'Our hearts are restless until they rest in God.' (St Augustine) May Jesus grant you the grace, faith, trust in Him, and His endless, infinite, all-powerful Love, a glimpse of which we feel from this song.

Princess Diana is still around us, her spirit never dies

My school days memoery get refreshed this song was our morning prayer part

Very nice Song. This was played at Princess Diana's funeral in 1997 and I want that song when the time comes.

I was mesmerized by this hymn the first time I heard it while watching it on TV during the Funeral of Princess Diana...I am still mesmerized by this incomparable version by the Westminster Abbey Choir. Thanks to the Choir, for the arrangement by Sebastian Temple, and to St Francis for the inspirational lyrics...

The music to this service was beautiful. The organist did a fantastic job along with the choir. The descant to this piece was wonderful. I know Diana would have been very proud and I'm sure she was listening in her own way. Thank you for posting.

Sung on the wings of angels. So beautiful and to this day I have never heard it sung like it was at Princess Diana's funeral.

I love this beautiful piece my father died the same day as Diana's funeral this was playing on tv the last time i seen his alive he had tears in his eyes. I still get emotional when i hear this thanks for sharing

I love this hymn. I've been watching this over the years. Thank you for preserving this moment in history.

Wow. I've often sang this at mass, in Spanish, in both Cuba and the U.S. It is marvelous to see that this hymn is spread around the world! God bless you all, from a Catholic in FL.

I cry every time I hear this beautiful song!

I was raised Catholic. I have parted with many aspects of Catholicism since childhood but this hymn brings back only fond memories for me.

Always been my favourite hymn, even more now. Hope it will be played at my funeral

For God so loved the world that He gave His only begotten son that whosoever believes in Him shall not perish, but have everlasting life. (John 3:16)

I loved frank ever since i was a young boy 😊 my way is still my number 1 song

simply incredible it is a very great song makes you with God beside you

this song has a very special meaning for me. And I love the way it was sung by this choir. I am glad I found it.

Absolutely great! One of the few songs that really gets me everytime I hear it.

It was amazing...the last part especially. ...I totally agree!!

It is indeed a prayer.. A most pure prayer!

my name is also francis and i work at food pantry helping out feeding the homeless and giving the afresh hot meal and peace and quiet from every day stress

I has been ten years and I still can't watch this without crying, we all miss Diana.

Nothing sends me to a spiritual state of mind more effectively than a good Anglican descant.

Beautiful hymn for a beautiful lady, the words are so true for Diana.

+ Totally agree about the descant: Breathtaking & Beautiful song!

Oh my God, the last 20 seconds always get me. The choir is undescribable. It’s like it’s lifting her body away from the pain and misery she went through at the hands of the family

They surely knew how to choose the right music for this event. I love every single piece and I listen to it with my heart, not my ears.

A truly amazing song. It is very thoughtful and deep, but it is also somewhat uplifting, especially with so many people signing at once. It's as if angels are carrying this song to the heavens.

SO BEAUTIFUL AND FULL OF THE SPIRIT OF GOD!!!

Coro da Abadia de Westminster beautiful.

Amen Amen...stunning !!!!

Diana lived this EVERYDAY

Biutiful harmony! FABULOUS-MAX!!

Beautiful piece.... Gives me peace... this was just another hymn when i was in school..... now i grasp it's meaning in the complete manner.... thanks for sharing this video....

All the 111 people who dislike so sorry you must not know a good hymn when you see it

Hve been searching for this one for such long time. I think this is the most beautifull one i ever heard of this Prayer of Saint Franciscus of Assissi

Absolutely beautiful!

The unexpected descant at 2:32 makes this hymn even more Angelic than it already is. I also watched it on TV when it occurred...

This was so beautiful. I have always known it to be sung with the descant in the last verse (that's how we sang it at school), but I haven't heard it in many years. I have tears in my eyes right now. I missed the broadcast of the funeral in 1997, this is seriously emotional. I'm sure I would have been a wreck if I'd heard it on that day.

that heavenly descant at the end.

Thank you for sharing this beautiful piece! Such a fitting song for Lady Di.

Absolutely beautiful and very relevant , Lord help our world before it is too late !!!!

I am in no way religious, but this song brings me to tears when i hear it. RIP Joyce

Thanks for posting this. The descant makes it especially beautiful.

Princess Diane Lived This EVERYDAY Of Her Life!

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 Oh, Master, grant that I may never seek So much to be consoled as to console To be understood as to understand To be loved as to love with all my soul Make me a channel of Your peace Where there's despair in life let me bring hope Where there is darkness, only light And where there's sadness, ever joy Make me a channel of Your peace It is in pardoning that we are pardoned In giving to all men that we receive And in dying that we're born to eternal life

The prayer of St. has touched the hearts of all that have heard it especially in song. There is a story of how its love and compassion influenced the war on a small island in the Vietnamese war and helped many people. Dai Uy Hoch: "A Legend In Remote Seas"

OMG...that descant! That sent chills up my spine!

One of the most beautiful chior moments ❤

I was 4 when this was posted it reminds me of when everything was normal :(

This is so beautiful.....Just beautiful.

More than the brother's eulogy, more than Elton John's song, more than her favorite hymn (I Vow to Thee...), I really feel that everyone all over the world who took part in this funeral (including those of us who watched it via satellite at dawn in California) came together at the singing of this hyym because this hymn speaks simply of all the virtues the Princess possessed. The pomp, the class issues, the politics and the anger seemed to disappear here--especially at the beautiful last verse.