Saint Patrick's Breastplate
It is a prayer that Saint Patrick wrote in Ireland many centuries ago, it is believed that it is more than 1500 years old and today it has not lost the validity that it had in its time, since the evil has not changed since then, so it continues to use them. tricks to make us fall into their temptations and that we reach our perdition.
With it we ask that it help us to reject the bad things that exist in the world, the gossip, the impure acts, not to say bad words with our mouths that can hurt people, it teaches us to be disgusted by sin, to achieve peace and consolation, so that we can be meek and avoid falling, seeing or hearing that which is not good for us, that we are not curious and do not fall into the unhealthy gossip of other people.
According to many people who are knowledgeable in matters of faith, reciting this prayer helps ward off bad influences and gives comfort to believers, reminding us that we are not alone in this world and that we have God's divine help. It is a fairly long prayer that is used in times of great difficulty or need, and can also be useful in prayer to controversial figures or in others powerful prayers for protection.
It was written around 400 AD by the British missionary Patrick. It is believed he wrote it while fleeing from people trying to kill him because of his faith. Once he recited the prayer, he and his followers were saved, and their persecutors could no longer see them.
Prayer to the Breastplate of Saint Patrick
This prayer, as we said before, is used in times of greatest difficulty or need, to give us protection from the attack of our enemies and, above all, from the snares of the devil. This will help us avoid taking the wrong path or acting in the wrong way. You can also consult the protection prayer for home if you feel you need more security.
I arise this day through a mighty power, making it an invocation of the Holy Trinity, and through the faith of the three divine persons and the confession of the unity of the One who created the universe. I arise this day through the power of Christ's birth and baptism, through the strength of his crucifixion and burial, through the strength of his resurrection and ascension into heaven, through the strength of his descent to make judgments against evil.
I rise on this day through the strength of the love of the cherubim, since the angels are obedient, in the work of the Archangels, in the hope that our reward will be the resurrection, in the prayers that the great patriarchs made, in the expressions that the prophets left us, in the teachings of the Apostles, in the innocence of all the holy Virgins and in the good works of all men.
I arise this day through the power of the sky, the light of the sun, the splendor of fire, the swiftness of lightning, the swiftness of the wind, the depth of the seas, the stability of the earth, and the firmness of stones.
I arise this day through the strength that God gives to guide me: the power of God that sustains me, in the wisdom of God that guides me, in his gaze that is always attentive watching over me, from his ear that hears me, from his word that speaks for me, from his hand that helps me, from his paths that he has placed before me, from his shield that protects me, from the legions of God that save me from the snares of demons, from falling into temptations or vices, and from any evil that is far or near, alone or accompanied.
On this day I invoke that all powers be within me to oppose the devil, against those powers that have no mercy between my body and my soul, against any spell of false teachers, against the dark laws of those who do not believe, against the false laws of heretics, against the works and cunning of idolaters, against any enchantment of witches, forges or sorcerers and against any type of knowledge that tries to corrupt my soul and my body.
Christ today you will be my shield against any poison, burn, suffocation, any type of wound, so that I can only get a reward of abundance.
Christ is with me, in front of me, behind me, within me, below me, above me, to my right and to my left, when I sleep, when I sit, when I get up, Christ is in width and length , high up and in the heart of all the men who are thinking of me at this moment, it is in the mouth of every man who wants to talk about me, in the eyes of all those who want to see me and in the ears of those who want listen to me.
I rise on this day through a force of power, through the invocation of the Holy Trinity, through the faith of the three divine persons and through the confession that there is a union in the creator of the entire universe, Amen .
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