Posted on 07/20/2020 12:17:10 PM PDT by Carpe Cerevisi
As a follow up to my last post (God Within Us), I offer this ancient prayer. Most people are probably familiar with it, and some may very well use it in their daily prayers. It began to appear in Orthodox books of prayer over the past few decades, reflecting a rediscovery of the Orthodox Church in the ancient West. This prayer is known as “St. Patrick’s Breastplate.” I’ve seen numerous translations. There is one set to music that was popular in the Anglican Church (“I bind unto myself today…”). It was often sung as a processional at ordinations.
St. Patrick’s words reflect his profound Christianization of the British (Celtic) sense of things – particularly the relation between God and nature. This is in no way unique to the Celtic Christians other than in its flavor. Early Christianity represented the conversion of Pagans. C.S. Lewis noted that this was a much easier thing than converting modern post-Christians back to the faith. He wrote:
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