{"id":487,"date":"2013-03-17T21:03:55","date_gmt":"2013-03-18T02:03:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/wordsfromthehomefront.com\/?p=487"},"modified":"2016-11-02T21:05:42","modified_gmt":"2016-11-03T02:05:42","slug":"st-paddys-day","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wordsfromthehomefront.com\/index.php\/2013\/03\/17\/st-paddys-day\/","title":{"rendered":"St. Paddy’s Day"},"content":{"rendered":"

I know the day is almost over but i must share my favorite quote attributed to St. Patrick.<\/span><\/p>\n

It is a portion of a prayer said to be his. I first came across this several years ago in England. We visited a small church that had beautiful note cards for sale for missions by the door. \u00a0This one touched me, not just for the beautiful scroll work around it but for the prayer itself:<\/span><\/p>\n

Christ be with me, Christ within me,<\/em><\/strong><\/span>
\nChrist behind me, Christ before me,<\/em><\/strong><\/span>
\nChrist beside me, Christ to win me,<\/em><\/strong><\/span>
\nChrist to comfort and restore me,<\/em><\/strong><\/span>
\nChrist beneath me, Christ above me,<\/em><\/strong><\/span>
\nChrist in quiet, Christ in danger,<\/em><\/strong><\/span>
\nChrist in hearts of all that love me,<\/em><\/strong><\/span>
\nChrist in mouth of friend and stranger.<\/em><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

I bind unto myself the Name,<\/em><\/strong><\/span>
\nthe strong Name of the Trinity,<\/em><\/strong><\/span>
\nby invocation of the same,<\/em><\/strong><\/span>
\nthe Three in One, and One in Three.<\/em><\/strong><\/span>
\nOf whom all nature hath creation,<\/em><\/strong><\/span>
\neternal Father, Spirit, Word:<\/em><\/strong><\/span>
\npraise to the Lord of my salvation,<\/em><\/strong><\/span>
\nsalvation is of Christ the Lord.<\/em><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

The thought of being surrounded inside and out with Christ was so powerful to me and has stayed with me through the years since. May you be blessed by the reading of it.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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