Saint Patrick
Christ beside me, Christ before me, Christ behind me, Christ within me, Christ beneath me, Christ above me.Collection: Saint
It was not any grace in me, but God that put this earnest care into my heart, that I should be one of the hunters or fishers whom long ago God foreshowed would come in the last days.Collection: God
I partly know why I have not led a perfect life like other believers. But I avow to my Lord, and I do not lie, that from the time when I first knew him, the love of God and the fear of him has grown in me from my youth so that I have, by the power of God, always till now kept the faith.Collection: Power
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.Collection: God
I only seek in my old age to perfect that which I had not before thoroughly learned in my youth, because my sins were a hindrance to me.Collection: Age
I most certainly believe that it is the gift of God that I am what I am. And so I dwell amongst barbarians, a proselyte and an exile, for the love of God.Collection: God
I plainly told them, 'Be ye sincerely converted, and with your whole heart, to the Lord our God, for nothing is impossible to Him, that He may today send you food on your road, even until you are satisfied, because He has everywhere abundance.' And, with God's help, it was so done: Behold! A herd of swine appeared in the road before our eyes.Collection: Food
Sufficient for me is that honour which is not seen of men but is felt in the heart, as faithful is He who hath promised and who never lies.Collection: Men
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.Collection: Truth
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.Collection: Hands
If I have any worth, it is to live my life for God.Collection: Living My Life
I am certain in my heart that all that I am, I have received from God.Collection: Heart
Never trust a dog to watch your food.Collection: Dog
Christ be with me, Christ within me, Christ behind me, Christ before me, Christ beside me, Christ to win me, Christ to comfort me and restore me, Christ beneath me, Christ above me, Christ in quiet, Christ in danger, Christ in hearts of all that love me, Christ in mouth of friend and stranger.Collection: Faith
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.Collection: Heaven
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.Collection: Perseverance
I am Patrick, yes a sinner and indeed untaught; yet I am established here in Ireland where I profess myself bishop. I am certain in my heart that 'all that I am,' I have received from God. So I live among barbarous tribes, a stranger and exile for the love of God.Collection: Heart
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.Collection: Heart
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.Collection: Father
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.Collection: Character
Christ before me, Christ behind me,Christ in me.Collection: Saint
If I have any worth, it is to live my life for God so as to teach these peoples; even though some of them still look down on me.Collection: Catholic
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.Collection: Years
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.Collection: Faith
Sufficient to say, greed is a deadly deed. You shall not covet your neighbor's goods.Collection: Greed
The Lord opened the understanding of my unbelieving heart, so that I should recall my sins.Collection: Heart
He who believes shall be saved, but he who does not believe shall be damned. God has spoken.Collection: Believe
Before I was humiliated I was like a stone that lies in deep mud, and he who is mighty came and in his compassion raised me up and exalted me very high and placed me on the top of the wall.Collection: Wall
I am Patrick, a sinner, most uncultivated and least of all the faithful and despised in the eyes of many.Collection: Eye
I prayed in the woods and on the mountain, even before dawn. I felt no hurt from the snow or ice or rain.Collection: Hurt
I am not ignorant of what is said of my Lord in the Psalm: "You destroy those who speak a lie." And again: "A lying mouth deals death to the soul." And likewise the Lord says in the Gospel: "On the day of judgment men shall render account for every idle word they utter."Collection: Lying
So I live among barbarous tribes, a stranger and exile for the love of God.Collection: Tribes
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.Collection: Heaven
If I be worthy, I live for my God to teach the heathen, even though they may despise me.Collection: May
I grieve for you, how I mourn for you, who are so very dear to me, but again I can rejoice within my heart, not for nothing have I labored, neither has my exile been in vain.Collection: Heart