Lá Fhéile Pádraig – St Patrick’s Day

St. Patrick’s Breastplate is a popular prayer attributed to one of Ireland’s most beloved patron saints. According to tradition, St. Patrick wrote it in 433 A.D. for divine protection before successfully converting the Irish King Laoghaire and his subjects from paganism to Christianity.

Christ be with me,
Christ within me,
Christ before me,
Christ behind me.
Christ beneath and Christ above,
Christ on my right hand,
Christ on my left.
Christ with me waking, walking and sleeping.
Christ in every heart that thinks of me,
Christ in every tongue speaking to me,
Christ in every eye that sees me,
Christ in every ear that hears me.