Saint Patrick Prayer
God our Father, you sent Saint Patrick to preach your glory
to the people of Ireland. By the help of his prayers, may all
Christians proclaim your love to all men. Grant this through
our Lord Jesus Christ, your Son, who lives and reigns with you
and the Holy Spirit, one God, for ever and ever.
Saint Patrick's Breastplate
Christ be with me, Christ within me,
Christ behind me, Christ before me,
Christ beside me, Christ to win me,
Christ to comfort me and restore me,
Christ beneath me, Christ above me,
Christ in quiet, Christ in danger,
Christ in hearts of all that love me,
Christ in mouth of friend and stranger.
Prayer for God's Protection and Christ's Presence
As I arise today, may the strength of God pilot me, the power
of God uphold me, the wisdom of God guide me. May the eye of God
look before me, the ear of God hear me, the word of God speak for
me. May the hand of God protect me, the way of God lie before me,
the shield of God defend me, the host of God save me. May Christ
shield me today...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, Christ when I stand, Christ in the heart of everyone 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. Amen.
Novena to
St. Patrick
( Say once a day for 9 days, especially beginning on March 9
and ending on March 17, the Feast of St. Patrick.)
Blessed saint Patrick, glorious Apostle of Ireland, who didst
become a friend and father to me for ages before my birth, hear my
prayer and accept, for God, the sentiments of gratitude and
veneration with which my heart is filled. Through thee I have
inherited that faith which is dearer than life. I now make thee
the representative of my thanks, and the mediator of my homage to
Almighty God. Most holy Father and patron of my country, despise
not my weakness; remember that the cries of little children were
the sounds that rose, like a mysterious voice from heaven, and
invited thee to come amongst us. Listen, then, to my humble
supplication; may my prayer ascend to the throne of God, with the
praises and blessings which shall ever sanctify thy name and thy
memory. May my hope be animated by the patronage and intercession
of our forefathers, who now enjoy eternal bliss and owe their
salvation, under God, to thy courage and charity. Obtain for me
grace to love God with my whole heart, to serve him with my whole
strength, and to persevere in good purposes to the end, o faithful
shepherd of the Irish flock, who wouldst have laid down a thousand
lives to save one soul, take my soul, and the souls of my
countrymen, under thy special care. Be a father to the Church of
Ireland and her faithful people. Grant that all hearts may share
the blessed fruits of that Gospel thou didst plant and water.
Grant that, as our ancestors of old had learned, under thy
guidance, to unite science with virtue, we too, may learn, under
thy patronage, to consecrate all Christian duty to the glory of
God. I commend to thee my native land, which was so dear to thee
while on earth. Protect it still, and, above all, direct its chief
pastors, particularly those who teach us. Give them grace to walk
in thy footsteps, to nurture the flock with the word of life and
the bread of salvation, and to lead the heirs of the Saints thou
hast formed to the possession of that glory which they, with Thee,
enjoy in the kingdom of the Blessed: through Christ Jesus, our
Lord. Amen.
V. Pray for us, O glorious saint Patrick.
R. And obtain for us the intention of this Novena.
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