{"id":1051,"date":"2011-12-19T04:01:18","date_gmt":"2011-12-19T10:01:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/calebripple.com\/blog\/2011\/12\/breastplate-of-st-patrick\/"},"modified":"2012-03-16T18:04:04","modified_gmt":"2012-03-16T23:04:04","slug":"breastplate-of-st-patrick","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/calebripple.com\/blog\/breastplate-of-st-patrick\/","title":{"rendered":"Breastplate of St. Patrick"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I arise today<br \/>\nThrough a mighty strength, the invocation of the Trinity,<br \/>\nThrough the belief in the threeness,<br \/>\nThrough confession of the oneness<br \/>\nOf the Creator of Creation.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/calebripple.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/12\/20111219-040205.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/calebripple.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/12\/20111219-040205.jpg\" alt=\"20111219-040205.jpg\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>I arise today<br \/>\nThrough the strength of Christ&#8217;s birth with his baptism,<br \/>\nThrough the strength of his crucifixion with his burial,<br \/>\nThrough the strength of his resurrection with his ascension,<br \/>\nThrough the strength of his descent for the judgment of Doom.<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p>I arise today<br \/>\nThrough the strength of the love of Cherubim,<br \/>\nIn obedience of angels,<br \/>\nIn the service of archangels,<br \/>\nIn hope of resurrection to meet with reward,<br \/>\nIn prayers of patriarchs,<br \/>\nIn predictions of prophets,<br \/>\nIn preaching of apostles,<br \/>\nIn faith of confessors,<br \/>\nIn innocence of holy virgins,<br \/>\nIn deeds of righteous men.<\/p>\n<p>I arise today<br \/>\nThrough the strength of heaven:<br \/>\nLight of sun,<br \/>\nRadiance of moon,<br \/>\nSplendor of fire,<br \/>\nSpeed of lightning,<br \/>\nSwiftness of wind,<br \/>\nDepth of sea,<br \/>\nStability of earth,<br \/>\nFirmness of rock.<\/p>\n<p>I arise today<br \/>\nThrough God&#8217;s strength to pilot me:<br \/>\nGod&#8217;s might to uphold me,<br \/>\nGod&#8217;s wisdom to guide me,<br \/>\nGod&#8217;s eye to look before me,<br \/>\nGod&#8217;s ear to hear me,<br \/>\nGod&#8217;s word to speak for me,<br \/>\nGod&#8217;s hand to guard me,<br \/>\nGod&#8217;s way to lie before me,<br \/>\nGod&#8217;s shield to protect me,<br \/>\nGod&#8217;s host to save me<br \/>\nFrom snares of devils,<br \/>\nFrom temptations of vices,<br \/>\nFrom everyone who shall wish me ill,<br \/>\nAfar and anear,<br \/>\nAlone and in multitude.<\/p>\n<p>I summon today all these powers between me and those evils,<br \/>\nAgainst every cruel merciless power that may oppose my body and soul,<br \/>\nAgainst incantations of false prophets,<br \/>\nAgainst black laws of pagandom<br \/>\nAgainst false laws of heretics,<br \/>\nAgainst craft of idolatry,<br \/>\nAgainst spells of witches and smiths and wizards,<br \/>\nAgainst every knowledge that corrupts man&#8217;s body and soul.<\/p>\n<p>Christ to shield me today<br \/>\nAgainst poison, against burning,<br \/>\nAgainst drowning, against wounding,<br \/>\nSo that there may come to me abundance of reward.<\/p>\n<p>Christ with me, Christ before me, Christ behind me,<br \/>\nChrist in me, Christ beneath me, Christ above me,<br \/>\nChrist on my right, Christ on my left,<br \/>\nChrist when I lie down, Christ when I sit down, Christ when I arise,<br \/>\nChrist in the heart of every man who thinks of me,<br \/>\nChrist in the mouth of everyone who speaks of me,<br \/>\nChrist in every eye that sees me,<br \/>\nChrist in every ear that hears me.<\/p>\n<p>I arise today<br \/>\nThrough a mighty strength, the invocation of the Trinity,<br \/>\nThrough belief in the threeness,<br \/>\nThrough confession of the oneness,<br \/>\nOf the Creator of Creation.<br \/>\nSalvation is of the Lord. Salvation is of the Lord.<br \/>\nSalvation is of Christ. May Thy Salvation, O Lord, be ever with us.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I arise today Through a mighty strength, the invocation of the Trinity, Through the belief in the threeness, Through confession of the oneness Of the Creator of Creation. 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