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St Patrick’s Breastplate
(Extracts)
I arise today
Through a mighty strength, the invocation of the Trinity,
Through belief in the Threeness,
Through confession of the Oneness
of the Creator of creation….
Christ with me,
Christ before me,
Christ behind me,
Christ in me,
Christ beneath me,
Christ above me,
Christ on my right,
Christ on my left,
Christ when I lie down,
Christ when I sit down,
Christ when I arise,
Christ in the heart of every man who thinks of me,
Christ in the mouth of everyone who speaks of me,
Christ in every eye that sees me,
Christ in every ear that hears me.
I arise today
Through a mighty strength, the invocation of the Trinity,
Through belief in the Threeness,
Through confession of the Oneness
of the Creator of creation.
This ancient Celtic Prayer is traditionally attributed to St Patrick, the 5th century patron saint of Ireland. There is a well-known, though sadly little-sung hymn version of this prayer.
It takes the form of a Druidic prayer for protection on a journey, but this pre-Christian form has been thoroughly ’baptised’ and now it has become a prayer for the protection of the Holy Trinity on the journey of our life, our pilgrimage on earth.
It is particularly appropriate in these days after the feast of the Trinity (Sunday 31st June).
It is a prayer to pray when we face difficulties or when life is hard. It places our hope in God, Father, Son and Holy Spirit, and it is to God that we entrust ourselves and those we love.
The Christian Faith does not promise that we will not face hardship and troubles, or that God will intervene to prevent them. It is simply this - that God is will us in all things and that no foe, no hardship or distress, no illness or strife, not even death itself can ever take us from God’s hands.
We are safe with God, the God who we meet in Scripture, the God who meets us in Christ in all things, in life and in death and in eternity. It is a prayer in which we entrust ourselves to God now and for ever.
May God, Father, Son and Holy spirit be with you. Amen.
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