I grieve for you, how I mourn for you, who are so very dear to me, but again I can rejoice within my heart, not for nothing have I labored, neither has my exile been in vain.
SAINT PATRICKI prayed in the woods and on the mountain, even before dawn. I felt no hurt from the snow or ice or rain.
More Saint Patrick Quotes
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So I live among barbarous tribes, a stranger and exile for the love of God.
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I am certain in my heart that all that I am, I have received from God.
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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.
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If I have any worth, it is to live my life for God.
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Sufficient to say, greed is a deadly deed. You shall not covet your neighbor’s goods.
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I prayed in the woods and on the mountain, even before dawn. I felt no hurt from the snow or ice or rain.
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Never trust a dog to watch your food.
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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.
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Christ beside me, Christ before me, Christ behind me, Christ within me, Christ beneath me, Christ above me.
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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.
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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.
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If I be worthy, I live for my God to teach the heathen, even though they may despise me.
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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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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.
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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.
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