Send us risky men...

O Lord, send us risky men,
completely devoted,
who forget,
who love truly not only in words,
who offer themselves truly and ultimitly.
We need risky men,
unrestrained men,
spontaneous men,
ready to fling themselves into the uncertainty
into unknow, still more and more open regions of poverty.
We need contemporary risky men,
fascinated with forthright life,
loved peace,
free from settlent,
decided, never to turn traitor,
scorned their own life,
ready to acceptevery occupation,
go all the same where:
obedient ass well,
spontaneous and persistant,
gentle and strong.
O Lord, send us risky men.

Father Louis-Joseph Lebret

translated by Edward Tredota MS