Paratrooper's Prayer
by Lieutenant James G. Morton [506th Parachute
Infantry Regiment (1944)]
Almighty God,
We kneel to Thee, and ask to be the instrument of Thy fury in
smiting the evil forces that have visited death, misery, and
debasement upon the people of the earth;
We humbly face Thee with true penitence for all our sins, for
which we do most earnestly seek Thy forgiveness;
Help us to dedicate ourselves completely to Thee;
Be with us, God, when we leap from our planes in the dark abyss
and descend in parachutes into the midst of enemy fire;
Give us iron will and stark courage as we spring from the
harnesses of our parachutes to seize arms for battle;
The legions of evil are many, Father;
Grace our arms to meet and defeat them in Thy name, and in the
name of the freedom and dignity of man;
Keep us firm in our faith and resolution, and guide us, that we
may not dishonor our high mission, or fail in our sacred
duties;
Let our enemies, who have lived by the sword, turn from their
violence, lest they perish by the sword;
Help us to serve Thee gallantly, and to be humble in victory;
Amen.
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