He [God] watched over me before I knew him, and before I learned sense or even distinguished between good and evil, and he protected me, and consoled me as a father would his son.

I grieve for you, how I mourn for you, who are so very dear to me, but again I can rejoice within my heart, not for nothing have I labored, neither has my exile been in vain.

I am Patrick, a sinner, most uncultivated and least of all the faithful and despised in the eyes of many.

The Lord opened the understanding of my unbelieving heart, so that I should recall my sins.

I prayed in the woods and on the mountain, even before dawn. I felt no hurt from the snow or ice or rain.

Let anyone laugh and taunt if he so wishes. I am not keeping silent, nor am I hiding the signs and wonders that were shown to me by the Lord many years before they happened, who knew everything, even before the beginning of time.

I am certain in my heart that all that I am, I have received from God.