SAINT PATRICK of Ireland
Feast Day 17 March, Patron of
Ireland
Index
List of Prayers
to the Saints
Saint Patrick’s Breastplate
I arise today through God’s
strength to pilot me
God’s might to uphold me, God’s wisdom to guide me,
God’s eye to see before me, God’s ear to hear me,
God’s word to speak for me,
God’s way to lie before me, God’s shield to protect me,
God’s
host to secure me -
against snares of
devils,
against
temptations and vices,
against
inclinations of nature,
against
everyone who shall wish me ill, afar and near,
alone
in a crowd.
Christ, be with
me, Christ before me,
Christ in me,
Christ on my right, Christ on my left,
Christ where I
sit,
Christ in the
heart of every man who thinks of me,
Christ in the mouth of every man who speaks of me,
Christ in every eye that sees me,
Christ in every ear
that hears me.
Salvation
is of the Lord.
Salvation
is of the Lord,
Salvation
is of the Christ.
May your salvation, O Lord, be ever with us.