40 Days of Prayer Day 34 “A Prayer by Saint Patrick”

6 Days till Pentecost

I arise today
Through God's strength to pilot me;
God's might to uphold me, 
God's wisdom to guide me, 
God's eye to look before me, 
God's ear to hear me, 
God's word to speak for me, 

God's hand to guard me, 

God's way to lie before me, 
God's shield to protect me, 
God's hosts to save me 
From snares of the devil, 
From temptations of vices, 
From everyone who desires me ill, 
Afar and anear, 
Alone or in a multitude.

Christ with me, Christ before me, Christ behind me,

Christ in me, Christ beneath me, Christ above me, 
Christ on my right, Christ on my left, 
Christ when I lie down, Christ when I sit down, 
Christ in the heart of every man who thinks of me, 
Christ in the mouth of every man who speaks of me, 

Christ in the eye that sees me, 
Christ in the ear that hears me.

I arise today through a mighty strength, the invocation of the Trinity,
Through a belief in the Threeness, through a confession of the Oneness of the Creator of creation.

Amen

Prayed by Saint Patrick c. 390 – 461, while living in Ireland

Submitted by Diana Pitman