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Christ beside me, Christ before me, Christ behind me, Christ within me, Christ beneath me, Christ above me.

Saint 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 PATRICK

Gift God Happiness Ignorance Perfection
Never trust a dog to watch your food.
SAINT PATRICK

Dog Food Protection Trust
If I be worthy, I live for my God to teach the heathen, even though they may despise me.
SAINT PATRICK

Hate Live Myself Worth
He who believes shall be saved, but he who does not believe shall be damned. God has spoken.
SAINT PATRICK

Believe God Himself Save
Sufficient to say, greed is a deadly deed. You shall not covet your neighbor’s goods.
SAINT PATRICK

Deeds Greed Neighbor
I am certain in my heart that all that I am, I have received from God.
SAINT PATRICK

God Heart Myself
So I live among barbarous tribes, a stranger and exile for the love of God.
SAINT PATRICK

God Live Love Myself
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 PATRICK

End Faith Himself Life Perseverance
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.
SAINT PATRICK

Angel Character Desire Imperfection Nature Soul
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 PATRICK

Eyes Heart Men Religious See
The Lord opened the understanding of my unbelieving heart, so that I should recall my sins.
SAINT PATRICK

Believe God Heart Sin Understand
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 PATRICK

Believe God Himself Religious Save Talk
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.
SAINT PATRICK

Establishment God Heart Live Love Myself Sin
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 PATRICK

Forever God Hands Protection Strength Wisdom
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 PATRICK

Evil Father Protection Save Son
Let anyone laugh and taunt if he so wishes. I am not keeping silent, nor am I hiding the signs and wonders that were shown to me by the Lord many years before they happened, who knew everything, even before the beginning of time.
SAINT PATRICK

Beginning Hide Laughter Silence Time

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