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More Quotes by Saint Patrick
I am certain in my heart that all that I am, I have received from God.
If I be worthy, I live for my God to teach the heathen, even though they may despise me.
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.
Christ before me, Christ behind me,Christ in me.
I am Patrick, yes a sinner and indeed untaught; yet I am established here in Ireland where I profess myself bishop. I am certain in my heart that 'all that I am,' I have received from God. So I live among barbarous tribes, a stranger and exile for the love of God.
If I have any worth, it is to live my life for God so as to teach these peoples; even though some of them still look down on me.
The Lord opened the understanding of my unbelieving heart, so that I should recall my sins.
Before I was humiliated I was like a stone that lies in deep mud, and he who is mighty came and in his compassion raised me up and exalted me very high and placed me on the top of the wall.
For after chastisement from God, and recognizing him, our way to repay him is to exalt him and confess his wonders before every nation under heaven.
So I live among barbarous tribes, a stranger and exile for the love of God.
