Now this 3rd part of St Patrick’s prayer is a POWERFUL prayer, a command, a realization of STRENGTH and POWER, BECAUSE we have an ALMIGHTY POWERFUL GOD WHO PROTECTS US. 

JUST BY SAYING JESUS’S NAME IN AFFIRMATION, AFFIRMATION of us knowing His POWER, we can ask Jesus to knock down the devil’s distractions. AND WE CAN CALL ON HIS PROTECTION. 

Here’s the poem prayer from St Patrick that is the strongest strong!!!

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 heretics,

Against craft of idolatry, 

Against spells of witches and smiths and wizards, 

Against every knowledge that corrupts man’s body and soul;

Christ to shield me today 

Against poison, against burning,

Against drowning, against wounding, 

So that there may come to me an abundance of reward. 

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 every man who thinks of me, 

Christ in the mouth of everyone who speaks of me, 

Christ in every eye that sees me,

Christ in every ear that hears me.   

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And I appreciate this old testament scripture which reminds us our blessings to remember that strength of the Lord!

Jeremiah 17:7-8 NKJV 

“Blessed is the man who trusts in the Lord, And whose hope is the Lord. For he shall be like a tree planted by the waters, Which spreads out its roots by the river, And will not fear when heat comes; But its leaf will be green, And will not be anxious in the year of drought, Nor will cease from yielding fruit.”

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May we be strengthen today against anything that gets in our way of anything !!!

AMEN