More Quotes by Saint Patrick
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.
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.
Sufficient to say, greed is a deadly deed. You shall not covet your neighbor's goods.
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."
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.
I prayed in the woods and on the mountain, even before dawn. I felt no hurt from the snow or ice or rain.
He [God] watched over me before I knew him, and before I learned sense or even distinguished between good and evil, and he protected me, and consoled me as a father would his son.
Christ before me, Christ behind me,Christ in me.
I am Patrick, a sinner, most uncultivated and least of all the faithful and despised in the eyes of many.
He who believes shall be saved, but he who does not believe shall be damned. God has spoken.
