More Quotes by Saint Patrick
I pray to God to give me perseverance and to deign that I be a faithful witness to Him to the end of my life for my God.
The Lord opened the understanding of my unbelieving heart, so that I should recall my sins.
Christ beside me, Christ before me, Christ behind me, Christ within me, Christ beneath me, Christ above me.
If I have any worth, it is to live my life for God.
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.
I am not ignorant of what is said of my Lord in the Psalm: "You destroy those who speak a lie." And again: "A lying mouth deals death to the soul." And likewise the Lord says in the Gospel: "On the day of judgment men shall render account for every idle word they utter."
I am certain in my heart that all that I am, I have received from God.
And there I saw in the night the vision of a man....coming as it were from Ireland, with countless letters. And he gave me one of them, and I read the opening words of the letter, which were, The voice of the Irish...and as I read the beginning of the letter I thought that at the same moment I heard their voice - they were those beside the Wood of Voclut, which is near the Western Sea - and thus did they cry out as with one mouth: We ask thee, boy, come and walk among us once more.
I prayed in the woods and on the mountain, even before dawn. I felt no hurt from the snow or ice or rain.
I am imperfect in many things, nevertheless I want my brethren and kinsfolk to know my nature so that they may be able to perceive my soul's desire.
