{"id":45704,"date":"2022-03-16T22:08:53","date_gmt":"2022-03-17T03:08:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/biblicalcounselor.com\/?p=45704"},"modified":"2022-03-16T23:07:44","modified_gmt":"2022-03-17T04:07:44","slug":"saint-patricks-morning-prayer-the-lorica-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/biblicalcounselor.com\/?p=45704","title":{"rendered":"Saint Patrick\u2019s Morning Prayer: The Lorica"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The following prayer by St. Patrick has been variously titled\u00a0<em>Morning Prayer<\/em>,\u00a0<em>The Breastplate<\/em>, or\u00a0<em>The Lorica<\/em>. Some question whether St. Patrick actually wrote it, or whether someone else penned it years later and it was ascribed to St. Patrick. However, for centuries it has been associated with his name and his ministry.<\/p>\n<p>Various versions and translations of assorted lengths are in existence. The one below is my collation.<\/p>\n<p> <strong>The Lorica<\/strong> <\/p>\n<p><strong>I arise today<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\">Through a mighty strength, the invocation of the Trinity,<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\">Through the belief in the Threeness,<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\">Through confession of the Oneness<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\">Of the Creator of Creation.<\/p>\n<p><strong>I arise today<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\">Through the strength of Christ\u2019s birth with His baptism,<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\">Through the strength of His crucifixion with His burial,<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\">Through the strength of His resurrection with His ascension.<\/p>\n<p><strong>I arise today<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\">Through God\u2019s strength to pilot me,<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\">God\u2019s might to uphold me,<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\">God\u2019s wisdom to guide me,<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\">God\u2019s eye to look before me,<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\">God\u2019s ear to hear me,<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\">God\u2019s word to speak for me,<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\">God\u2019s hand to guard me,<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\">God\u2019s way to lie before me,<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\">God\u2019s shield to protect me,<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\">God\u2019s host to save me<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\">From snares of devils,<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\">From temptations of vices,<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\">From everyone who shall wish me ill,<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\">Afar and<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I arise today: Through a mighty strength, the invocation of the Trinity, Through belief in the Threeness, Through confession of the Oneness, Of the Creator of Creation.<br \/>\nThe post Saint Patrick\u2019s Morning Prayer: The Lorica appeared first on RPM Ministries.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":45706,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"nf_dc_page":"","_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[6],"tags":[1974,4759,4760],"class_list":["post-45704","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-rpm-ministries-bob-kellemen","tag-lorica","tag-st-patrick","tag-st-patricks-day","et-has-post-format-content","et_post_format-et-post-format-standard"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/biblicalcounselor.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/cropped-RPM-Ministries-Logo-Square-2.png?fit=32%2C32&ssl=1","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/biblicalcounselor.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/45704","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/biblicalcounselor.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/biblicalcounselor.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/biblicalcounselor.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/biblicalcounselor.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=45704"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/biblicalcounselor.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/45704\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":45707,"href":"https:\/\/biblicalcounselor.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/45704\/revisions\/45707"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/biblicalcounselor.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/45706"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/biblicalcounselor.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=45704"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/biblicalcounselor.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=45704"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/biblicalcounselor.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=45704"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}