I am Patrick, yes a sinner and indeed untaught; yet I am established here in Ireland where I profess myself bishop. I am certain in my heart that 'all that I am,' I have received from God. So I live among barbarous tribes, a stranger and exile for the love of God.

Daily I expect to be murdered or betrayed or reduced to slavery if the occasion arises. But I fear nothing, because of the promises of heaven.

No one should ever say that it was my ignorance if I did or showed forth anything however small according to God's good pleasure; but let this be your conclusion and let it so be thought, that - as is the perfect truth - it was the gift of God.

Christ before me, Christ behind me,Christ in me.

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

Christ beside me, Christ before me, Christ behind me, Christ within me, Christ beneath me, Christ above me.

I pray to God to give me perseverance and to deign that I be a faithful witness to Him to the end of my life for my God.