Prayer to St.Patrick

At Tara today, in this awful hour
   I call in the Holy Trinity:
Glory to Him who reigns in power,
The God of the elements, Father and
Son and Paraclete  Spirit, which Three
are One,
   The ever existing Divinity!

At Tara today I call on the Lord,
   On Christ, the omnipotent Word,
Who came to redeem us from death and
sin,
   Our fallen race.
   And I put and I place
The virtue that lies and lives in
   His Incararnation lowly,
   His Baptism pure and holy,
His life of toil and tears and affliction,
His dolorous  Death, His Crucifixion,
His Burial, sacred and sad lone,
   His Resurrection to life again,
His Glorious Ascension to heaven's high
throne,
And, lastly, His future dread
   And terrible coming to judge all men,
Both the living and the dead. Amen.


The Breastplate of St.Patrick

I bind to myself to-day
The strong virtue of the Invocation of the Trinity:
I believe the Trinity in the Unity
The Creator of the Universe.

I bind to myself to-day
The virtue of the Incarnation of Christ
      with His Baptism
The virtue of His Crucifixion with His Burial,
The virtue of His Resurrrection with His Ascension,
The virtue of His coming on the Judgment Day.

I bind to myself to-day
The power of Heaven,
The light of the Sun,
The brightness of the moon,
The splendour of fire,
The flashing of lightning,
The swiftness of wind,
The depth of sea,
The stability of earth,
The compactness of rocks.

I bind myself to-day
God's Power to guide me,
God's Might to uphold me,
God's Wisdom to teach me,
God's Eye to watch over me,
God's Ear to hear me,
God's Word to give me speach,
God's Hand to guide me,
God's Way to lie before me,
God's Sheild to shelter me,
God's Host to secure me,
Against the snares of demons,
Against the lust of nature,
Against the seductions of vices,
Against everyone who meditates injury to me,
Whether far or near,
Whether few or with many.

I invoke to-day all these virtues
Against every hostile merciless power
Which may assail my body and my soul.

Against the incantations of false prophets,
Against the black laws of heathenism,
Against the false laws of heresy,
Against the deceites of idolatry,
Against the spells of women, and smiths, and druids,
Against every knowledge that binds the soul of man.

Christ, protect me to-day
Against every poison, against burining,
Against drowning, against death-wound,
That I may recieve abundant reward.

Christ with me,+ Christ before me,+
Christ behind me,+ Christ above me,+
Christ at my right,+ Christ at my left,+
Christ in the fort,+
Christ in the chariot seat,+

Christ in the top mast,+
Christ in the heart of everyone who thinks of me,+
Christ in the mouth of everyone who speaks of me,+
Christ in the eye that sees me,+
Christ in the ear that hears me.+

I bind to myself to-day
The strong virtue of an invocation of the Trinity,
I believe the Trinity in the Unity
The Creator of the Universe. Amen.