Saint Patrick
Saint Patrick
Saint Patrickwas a fifth-century Romano-British Christian missionary and bishop in Ireland. Known as the "Apostle of Ireland", he is the primary patron saint of Ireland, along with saints Brigit of Kildare and Columba. He is also venerated in the Anglican Communion, the Old Catholic Church and in the Eastern Orthodox Church as equal-to-apostles and the Enlightener of Ireland...
NationalityScottish
ProfessionSaint
heaven promise slavery
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.
eye heart men
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.
perseverance giving faithful
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.
living-my-life ifs worth-it
If I have any worth, it is to live my life for God...
heart catholic understanding
The Lord opened the understanding of my unbelieving heart, so that I should recall my sins.
may despise worthy
If I be worthy, I live for my God to teach the heathen, even though they may despise me.
eye faithful despised
I am Patrick, a sinner, most uncultivated and least of all the faithful and despised in the eyes of many.
heaven way wonder
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.
years laughing wish
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.
hurt rain ice
I prayed in the woods and on the mountain, even before dawn. I felt no hurt from the snow or ice or rain.
hands may pilots
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.
heart my-heart certain
I am certain in my heart that all that I am, I have received from God.
faith inspiration boys
And there I saw in the night the vision of a man....coming as it were from Ireland, with countless letters. And he gave me one of them, and I read the opening words of the letter, which were, The voice of the Irish...and as I read the beginning of the letter I thought that at the same moment I heard their voice - they were those beside the Wood of Voclut, which is near the Western Sea - and thus did they cry out as with one mouth: We ask thee, boy, come and walk among us once more.
father son evil
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.