Month: March 2018

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“Wherefore, holy brethren, partakers of the heavenly calling, consider THE APOSTLE and HIGH PRIEST of our confession, CHRIST JESUS” Hebrews 3:1

  THE HYMN AND BREASTPLATE OF ST. PATRICK

                                                I bind myself today
                       to a strong power an invocation of the Trinity,
                 I believe in a Threeness with a Confession of a Oneness
                                         of the Creator of Judgment. 
 
                                              I bind myself today
                 to the power of the Birth of Christ, with His Baptism,
                   To the power of the Crucifixion, with His Burial,
                   To the power of His Resurrection, with His Ascension, 
                   To the power of His coming to the judgment or doom.
 
 
                                               I bind myself today 
             To the power of the ranks of cherubim, to the obedience of angels,
             In the service of archangels, in the hope of resurrection unto reward,
                   In the prayers of patriarchs, in the predictions of prophets,
                   In the preachings of apostles, in the faiths of confessors, 
                   In the purity of holy virgins, in the acts of righteous men. 
 
 
                                                I bind myself today 
              To the power of heaven, the light of sun, the brightness of moon,
              The splendor of fire, the speed of lightning, the swiftness of wind,
              The depth of the sea, the stability of the earth, the firmness of rocks.
 
 
                                                 I bind myself today 
              To the power of God to guide me, the might of God to uphold me,
              The wisdom of God to teach me, the eye of God to watch over me,
                 The ear of God to hear me, the Word of God to speak for me,
                The Hand of God to protect me, the Way of God to lie before me,
                  The shield of God to shelter me, the host of God to defend me,
                  Against the snares of demons, against the temptation of vices,
        Against the lusts of nature, against every man that meditates injury to  me, 
                              Whether far or near, alone and in a multitude.
 
 
                               I summon today around me all these powers,
        Against every hostile merciless power directed against my body and my soul,
       Against the incantations of false prophets, against the black laws of heathenism,
                 Against the false laws of heretics, against the deceit of idolatry,
                           Against the spells of women, smiths, and Druids,
                   Against all knowledge that hath defiled man’s body and soul.
 
 
                                                 Christ protect me today
                                          Against poison, against burning,
                                         Against drowning, against wound,
                                  That I might receive a multitude of rewards.
 
                                          Christ with me, Christ before me,
                                         Christ behind me, Christ within me,
                                         Christ beneath me, Christ above me,
                                         Christ at my right, Christ at my left,
                                          Christ in breadth, Christ in length,
                                                         Christ in height.
 
 
                           Christ in the heart of every man who thinks of me,
                           Christ in the mouth of every man who speaks to me,
                                 Christ in the eye of every man who sees me,
                                Christ in the ear of every man who hears me.
 
 
                                                  I bind myself today
                            to a strong power an invocation of the Trinity,
                     I believe in a Threeness with a Confession of a Oneness
                                              of the Creator of Judgment.
 
                                                  Salvation is the Lord’s,
                                                  Salvation is the Lord’s,
                                                    Salvation is Christ’s,
                                    Let Thy Salvation, O Lord, be ever with us.