St. Patrick’s Breastplate, a la Protestant Style, Part 1

Author’s Note: I’m going back to my Christian roots in the next few pieces. I’d like to look at the St. Patrick’s Breastplate prayer and analyze how much a Protestant could pray.

St. Patrick’s Breastplate, a la Protestant Style, Part 3

I summon today
All these powers between me and those evils,
Against every cruel and merciless power
that may oppose my body and soul,
Against incantations of false prophets,
Against black laws of pagandom,
Against false laws of…

St. Patrick’s Breastplate, a la Protestant Style, Part 2

I arise today, through
The strength of heaven,
The light of the sun,
The radiance of the 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…

St. Patrick’s Breastplate, a la Protestant Style, Part 4

Christ with me,
Christ before me,
Christ behind me,
Christ in me,
Christ beneath me,
Christ above me,
Christ on my right,
Christ on my left,
Christ when I lie down,
Christ when I sit down,
Christ when I arise,
Christ in the heart of…