The Confession of Saint Patrick by Patrick of Ireland

*Note: Patrick’s”Lorica” or “Deer’s Cry” is his hymn where his famous quote “Christ ever with me, Christ before me.(etc.)” comes from and can be read in it’s entirety here. There is a humble purity in his honesty and is fervor that reflects the work of the Spirit in his heart. Patrick’s “Letter to Coroticus” “Lorica”* and “Confession” all display his passionate heart to follow the Lord and pursue others to follow the Lord. He faced much opposition and even betrayal to be able to stay at his post as a bishop in Ireland. He later returned to Ireland to evangelize the island that had become pagan and superstitious. He abandoned the faith that his family taught him as a boy only to return to it after being captured and brought to Ireland as a boy to be a slave. Patrick is known more as a caricatured legend than for the man of faith that he truly was. It is clear to me now, that this was due to the fervor of the Spirit within me.” In snow, in frost, in rain, I would hardly notice any discomfort, and I was never slack but always full of energy. “Although I might be staying in a forest or out in a mountainside, it would be the same even before dawn broke, I would be aroused to pray. There is a comfort and thrill in realizing that. As God is the same yesterday, today, and forever, so is His Spirit that has indwelled Christians yesterday, today, and forever.

Though Patrick lived only a few hundred years after the death and resurrection of Jesus Christ, it seems little has changed in the way Christians thing, believe, and hope in the 2,000 years since.

Riddled with scripture references, the words might have been written by nearly any Christian past of present. My favorite part of this little book was the first chapter. His writing seems a queer mix of several denominational beliefs, but considering the difficulty of his life and his isolation from either his Catholic roots or any other established church, I guess that's not surprising. The brief tale of Patrick's life contained in the tract piqued my interest, so-after digging through my dresser for something with a hint of green this morning-I looked up Saint Patrick online and found this short book written by the man himself.

Patrick's day, Grace Mally published her Saint Patrick Gospel Tract. Did you know that Saint Patrick was an Englishman? Did you know he was captured and made a slave in Ireland? Did you know the trial of kidnapping and slavery drove him to the Lord?Ī few weeks before St.

The Confession of Saint Patrick by Patrick of Ireland