CAPG's Blog: Saint Patrick, Bishop and Confessor, Apostle of Ireland, A.D. 464

Saint Patrick, Bishop and Confessor, Apostle of Ireland, A.D. 464

by VP

Posted on Sunday March 17, 2024 at 12:00AM in Saints

Saint Patrick, Saint Patrick Catholic Church, Charlotte, NC

"ST. PATRICK was born in Scotland. God manifested to him by divers visions, that he destined him for the great work of the conversion of Ireland. He forsook his family to serve strangers, and consecrated his soul to God, to carry his name to the end of the earth. He travelled over the whole of Ireland, without fearing any dangers; and such was the fruit of his preaching and sufferings, that he converted an infinite number of people. He fixed his metropolitan see at Armagh. He not only converted the whole country by his preaching and miracles, but also cultivated this vineyard with so fruitful a benediction and increase from heaven, as to render Ireland a most flourishing garden in the Church of God, and a country of saints. He performed his great work with such success, that the nation which he had found infidel, he lived to see wholly Christian; and after so plentiful a harvest, died amongst his people at Down in Ulster in the fifth century. From which time, the Irish people, amidst so many revolutions, have been ever constant to the faith received from this holy prelate, their apostle.

Pray for all those, who like this prelate, engage in the apostolic life; that the blessing of heaven may ever attend their labours in the conversion of souls from the darkness of vice and error, to the light of virtue and truth. Pray for that people of Ireland, who received their faith by the preaching of this saint; that God would give them patience under all calamities, and a Christian zeal for reforming all abuses, and living up to that truth which they have been taught.

Pray in your own behalf, for a docile and humble spirit; that no humour or self-love may render the endeavours of those fruitless, who labour for your good; that no ill habit, no authority of custom or practice may harden your heart against those impressions, which are the effects of the divine goodness, and designed to bring you to the level of the gospel. Reflect on yourself seriously, and see whether the want of this holy disposition be not the true reason of your receiving so little benefit from what you hear or read. However, raise up your soul to God by hope, and believe that grace and power, by which whole nations have been converted, to be sufficient also for you. Deliver us, O God, from an obstinate and obdurate heart." The Catholic Year with Rev. Fr. John Gother

Prayer to St. Patrick:

O glorious St. Patrick, Apostle of Ireland, who left father and mother, and all earthly things, to bring our forefathers from the valley of sin and the shades of death, to the admirable light of Jesus Christ; intercede with our Divine Lord and Master, "who came to seek the lost sheep" that we may obtain the grace of conversion; that we may receive pardon of our past sins, which we here acknowledge before him, and promise to confess with due disposition to his appointed Ministers, that we never more offend him; but perform His will in all things, during the remainder of our lives, through the merits of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ, Amen.

Litany of St. Patrick

Lord, have mercy on us.
Lord, have mercy on us.
Christ, have mercy on us.
Christ, have mercy on us.
Lord, have mercy on us.
Lord, Have mercy on us.
Christ, hear us.
Christ, graciously hear us.
God, the Father, Creator of Heaven and earth, Have mercy on us.
God the Son, Redeemer of the world, Have mercy on us.
God the Holy Ghost, Sanctifier of mankind, Have mercy on us.
Holy Trinity, Three Persons in one God, Have mercy on us.
Holy Mary, pray for us.
Holy Mother of God, pray for us.
All ye holy Angels, pray for us.
All ye Apostles and Evangelists, pray for us.
All ye holy Saints and Doctors, pray for us.
All ye Bishops and Confessors, pray for us.
St. Patrick, our Apostle and Patron, pray for us.
St. Patrick, vessel of election, pray for us.
St. Patrick, model of Penitents, pray for us.
St. Patrick, example of mortification, pray for us.
St. Patrick, profoundly humble, pray for us.
St. Patrick, meek and patient, pray for us.
St. Patrick, pure and patient, pray for us.
St. Patrick, pure and chaste, pray for us.
St. Patrick, temperate and abstemious, pray for us.
St. Patrick, zealous pastor of souls, pray for us.
St. Patrick, ardent lover of Jesus and Mary, pray for us.
St. Patrick, true lover of thy neighbor, pray for us.
St. Patrick, example of perfect charity, pray for us.
St. Patrick, glory of Ireland, pray for us.
St. Patrick, our powerful protector, pray for us.
St. Patrick, pillar of Catholicity, pray for us.
St. Patrick, confessor of the faith, pray for us.
St. Patrick, enemy of Satan, pray for us.
St. Patrick, herald of salvation, pray for us.
St. Patrick, our Father in Christ, pray for us.

Lord Jesus, we beseech thee, hear us.
That it would please thee, through the intercession of thy servant Patrick, to make thy name glorious to those who know it not, we beseech thee, hear us.
Thou thou wilt protect our Bishops and Clergy, and all who labor in Thy Holy Church, we beseech thee, hear us.
That thou wilt preserve and increase the Faith in Ireland, and re-establish it in the sister country, we beseech thee, hear us.
That thou vouchsafe to preserve the Pope, and all Ecclesiastical orders in Religion, we beseech thee, hear us.
That thou wilt enlighten all those who are in error and bring them to the knowledge of thy truth, we beseech thee, hear us.
That thou wilt deliver us from all sin, we beseech thee, hear us.
From all intemperance, Deliver us, O Lord.
From all impurity, Deliver us, O Lord.
From all hatred and ill-will, Deliver us, O Lord.
From a sudden and unprovided death, Deliver us, O Lord.
In the day of judgement, Lord, deliver us.

Lamb of God, who takest away the sins of the world, Spare us, O Lord.
Lamb of God, who takest away the sins of the world, Graciously hear us, O Lord.
Lamb of God, who takest away the sins of the world, Have mercy on us, O Lord.
Lord, have mercy.
Christ, have mercy.
Lord, have mercy.

Prayer: O God, who hast vouchsafe to send thy Confessor and Bishop, the blessed St. Patrick, to preach thy glory to nations, grant by his merits and intercession, that we may accomplish in thy mercy, what thou commandest to be done; through our Lord Jesus Christ. Amen.