Morning Prayer: Lorica of St. Patrick
I've started to recite the Lorica or Breastplate of St. Patrick every morning. It is the best morning prayer for me, since it pretty much covers anything that can happen in a day and asks for the blessing of God on every aspect of our lives. It also involves Acts of Faith, Hope and Charity, filling the traditional elements of morning prayer. The imagery and wordplay of the prayer are beautiful - sometimes a phrase will catch my eye afresh and make me meditate on it a little bit. I needed something that caught my attention in the haze of morning enough to help me concentrate! Here it is below, as I wanted to share it. Thanks are merited by Dr. O'Donnell for giving us a copy of the prayer at summer program and then in History 101. I arise today through a mighty strength, the invocation of the Trinity, Through a belief in the Threeness, through confession of the Oneness Of the Creator of creation. I arise today Through the strength of Christ's birth and His baptism, Thr...