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 PATRICKHe [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.
More Saint Patrick Quotes
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I am Patrick, a sinner, most uncultivated and least of all the faithful and despised in the eyes of many.
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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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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 have any worth, it is to live my life for God.
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The Lord opened the understanding of my unbelieving heart, so that I should recall my sins.
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So I live among barbarous tribes, a stranger and exile for the love of God.
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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.
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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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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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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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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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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.
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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.
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Sufficient to say, greed is a deadly deed. You shall not covet your neighbor’s goods.
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Never trust a dog to watch your food.
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