St. Patrick’s Breastplate

and the prediction of prophets,

and the preaching of the apostles,

and the faith of the confessors.

I bind myself to the power of heaven,

the light of the sin,

the brightness of the moon,

the splendor of fire,

the flashing of lightening,

the swiftness of wind,

the depth of the sea,

and the compactness of rocks.

I bind myself today:

God’s power to guide me;

God’s might to uphold me;

God’s power to teach me;

God’s eye to watch over me;

God’s ear to hear me;

God’s word to give me speech.

Christ with me and before me;

Christ behind me and within me;

Christ to the right of me; Christ to the left of me;

Christ above me; Christ beneath me;

Christ in the heart of everyone who thinks of me;

Christ in the eye of everyone who sees me;

Christ is the ear of everyone who hears me;

I bind myself today to the strong virtue of Christ.

Amen!

 

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