St. Patrick’s Breastplate Prayer

I arise today through a mighty strength,
the invocation of the Trinity,
through a belief in the threeness,
through confession of the oneness
of the Creator of creation.

I arise today through the strength of Christ’s
birth with His baptism, through the strength
of his crucifxion with his burial, through
the strength of his resurrection with His
ascension, through the strength of His
descent for the judgment of doom.

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 host to save me

Christ to shield me today…
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 when I arise
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.

I arise today through a mighty strength,
the invocation of the Trinity,
through a belief in the threeness,
through confession of the oneness
of the Creator of creation.