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Christ be with me; Christ before me; Christ after me; Christ in me; Christ under me; Christ over me; Christ at my right; Christ at my left; Christ at this side; Christ at that side; Christ at my back; Christ be in the heart of each person whom I speak to; Christ in the mouth of each person who speaks to me; Christ in each eye which sees me; Christ in each ear which hears me. At Tara, to-day, I invoke the mighty power of the Trinity. I believe in the Trinity, under the unity of the God of the elements: Salvation is the Lord’s, salvation is the Lord’s; salvation is Christ’s. May thy salvation, O Lord, be always with us.”

Saint Patrick

I was like a stone that lay in the deep mire, and He, who alone is powerful, came, and in his own mercy,* raised me, and lifted me up, and placed me on the top of the wall,n from which it is my duty to cry aloud, in order to make some recompense to the Lord for all the benefits temporal and eternal, beyond man’s conception, which he has bestowed upon me.

Saint Patrick

But I was animated by the hope of immortality, to guard myself cautiously in all things, so that they should not find me unfaithful, even in a tittle, and that I should not give room to the unbelievers, even in the least, to defame or detract from the ministry of my service.

Saint Patrick