Saint Patrick on establishment
Saint Patrick25 quotes“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.”
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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.
Saint PatrickSaint Patrick I prayed in the woods and on the mountain, even before dawn. I felt no hurt from the snow or ice or rain.
Saint PatrickSaint Patrick I am Patrick, a sinner, most uncultivated and least of all the faithful and despised in the eyes of many.
Saint PatrickSaint Patrick 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.
Saint PatrickSaint 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.
Saint PatrickSaint Patrick Sufficient to say, greed is a deadly deed. You shall not covet your neighbor’s goods.
Saint PatrickSaint Patrick No one should ever say that it was my ignorance if I did or showed forth anything however small according to God’s good pleasure; but let this be your conclusion and let it so be thought, that – as is the perfect truth – it was the gift of God.
Saint PatrickSaint Patrick Never trust a dog to watch your food.
Saint PatrickSaint Patrick He who believes shall be saved, but he who does not believe shall be damned. God has spoken.
Saint PatrickSaint Patrick That which I have set out in Latin is not my words but the words of God and of apostles and prophets, who of course have never lied. He who believes shall be saved, but he who does not believe shall be damned. God has spoken.
Saint PatrickSaint Patrick Daily I expect to be murdered or betrayed or reduced to slavery if the occasion arises. But I fear nothing, because of the promises of heaven.
Saint PatrickSaint Patrick If I be worthy, I live for my God to teach the heathen, even though they may despise me.
Saint PatrickSaint Patrick May the strength of God pilot us, may the wisdom of God instruct us, may the hand of God protect us, may the word of God direct us. Be always ours this day and for evermore.
Saint PatrickSaint Patrick So I live among barbarous tribes, a stranger and exile for the love of God.
Saint PatrickSaint Patrick If I have any worth, it is to live my life for God.
Saint PatrickSaint Patrick Christ in the heart of every man 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.
Saint PatrickSaint Patrick
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