"Christ protects me today", the powerful prayer of St. Patrick

La Armor of St. Patrick it is a prayer of protection that Saint Patrick wrote in the XNUMXth century.

According l 'EWTN Catholic Q&A, "It is believed that St. Patrick and his followers sang this magnificent prayer when they went to pagan communities."

“There were Catholics in Ireland when St Patrick arrived, but he completed the conversion of the whole island. Then his missionaries traveled, usually in groups of 12, to England and across the European continent, bringing the word of God and converting pagans to the Catholic Church ”.

Below is the prayer in full version:

Today I wake up
By the power of Christ's birth and baptism,
By the strength of his crucifixion and his grave,
By the strength of his resurrection and ascension,
For the strength of his descent to judge evil.

Today I wake up
By the power of the cherubs' love,
In obedience to the angels, in the service of the archangels,
In the hope that the resurrection will find its reward,
In the prayers of the patriarchs, in the words of the prophets,
In the preaching of the Apostles, in the innocence of the Holy Virgins, In the works of good men.

Today I wake up
By the power of heaven:
Sunlight,
radiance of fire,
Light speed,
lightness of the wind,
depths of the seas,
Earth stability,
Rock solidity.

Today I wake up
By the strength of God who guides me:
Power of God that sustains me,
God's wisdom guiding me,
Look at God watching over me,
I hear of God listening to me,
Word of God speaking for me,
Hand of God to protect me,
Shield of God to protect me,
Legions of God to save me
From the devil's traps,
From the temptations of vices,
From those who want me badly,
far and near,
Alone or in a crowd.

I invoke all these powers today between me and the evil one,
Against the ruthless powers that stand against my body and soul,
Against the spells of false prophets,
Against the black laws of the pagans,
Against the false laws of heretics,
Against the works and fetishes of idolatry,
Against the spells of witches, forges and sorcerers,
Against all corrupting knowledge of body and soul.

Christ protect me today
Against filters and poisons, against burns,
Against suffocation, against wounds,
So that you can receive reward in abundance.

Christ with me
Christ in front of me
Christ behind me
Christ in me, Christ on my right,
Christ on my left,
Christ who rests,
Christ rising,
Christ in the heart of every man who think of me,
Christ on the lips of all who speak of me,
Christ in every eye that looks at me,
Christ in every ear that listens to me.

Today I wake up
For the mighty force, for the invocation of the Trinity,
Believing in his Three Persons,
Confessing Unity,
From the Creator of Creation.