To Young People
"Young people, this is your hour. Christ has need of you. 
He wants to have need of your persons, of your intelligences, 
of your energies, of your love. 
He wants to speak to the people of your day with your voice. 
 He wants to love with your heart, heal with your hands, 
save through your efforts....think deeply on this.

You will have difficulties. I tell you that love 
overcomes every difficulty. He himself gives you 
the power of His love as a gift that is joined to the gift
 of his call and makes your response possible.

Give your life to Christ, joyfully and without fear,
 to him who first gave his life to you. Therefore
 I encourage you to pray like this:

"Lord Jesus, who has called whom you willed,
 call many of us to work for you, to work 
with you. St Francis of Assisi, you who
 brought Christ so near to the people of your time,
 help us to bring Christ close to our times, to our 
difficult and critical times. Help us to solve all
 matters with the key of the gospel, in 
simplicity as you have done".