{"id":167,"date":"2003-06-23T13:22:40","date_gmt":"2003-06-23T13:22:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.hypersync.net\/wordpress\/?p=167"},"modified":"2003-06-23T13:22:40","modified_gmt":"2003-06-23T13:22:40","slug":"during_chris_ordination_which","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.hypersync.net\/wordpress\/?p=167","title":{"rendered":"During Chris’ ordination, which is"},"content":{"rendered":"

During Chris’ ordination, which is more than appropriate, and for Trinity Sunday – twice in one weekend – I heard the hymn, St. Patrick’s Breastplate<\/U>. It is simply an incredible hymn, supposedly written by St. Patrick (372-466 AD), who took the gospel to Ireland. It is a bit long, but so full of meaning. Here it is:
\nI bind unto myself today
\nthe strong Name of the Trinity,
\nBy invocation of the same,
\nThe Three in One, and One in Three.
\nI bind this day to me for ever,
\nby power of faith, Christ’s Incarnation;
\nHis baptism in the Jordan river;
\nHis death on cross for my salvation
\nhis bursting from the spiced tome;
\nHis riding up the heavenly way;
\nHis coming at the day of doom:
\nI bind unto myself today.
\nI bind unto myself the power
\nof the great love of cherubim;
\nThe sweet “Well done” in judgment hour;
\nThe service of the seraphim;
\nConfessor’s faith, apostles’ word,
\nthe patriarchs’ prayers, the prophets’ scrolls;
\nAll good deeds done unto the Lord,
\nand purity of virgin souls.
\nI bind unto myself today
\nthe virtues of the starlit heaven,
\nthe glorious sun’s life giving ray,
\nthe whiteness of the moon at even,
\nthe flashing of the lightning free,
\nthe whirling wind’s tempestuous shocks,
\nthe stable earth,
\nthe deep salt sea,
\naround the old eternal rocks.
\nI bind unto myself today
\nthe power of God to hold and lead,
\nhis eye to watch,
\nhis might to stay,
\nhis ear to hearken to my need;
\nThe wisdom of my God to teach,
\nhis hand to guide,
\nhis shield to ward;
\nThe word of God to give me speech,
\nhis heavenly host to be my guard.
\nChrist be with me, Christ within me,
\nChrist behind me, Christ before me,
\nChrist beside me, Christ to win me,
\nChrsit to comfort and restore me,
\nChrist beneath me, Christ above me,
\nChrist in quiet, Christ in danger,
\nChrist in hearts of all that love me,
\nChrist in mouth of friend and stranger.
\nI bind unto myself the Name,
\nthe strong Name of the Trinity,
\nby invocation of the same,
\nthe Three in One, and One in three.
\nOf whom all nature hath creation,
\neternal Father, Spirit, Word:
\npraise to the Lord of my salvation,
\nsalvation is of Christ the Lord.
\ncomments? e-mail me<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

During Chris’ ordination, which is more than appropriate, and for Trinity Sunday – twice in one weekend – I heard the hymn, St. Patrick’s Breastplate. It is simply an incredible hymn, supposedly written by St. Patrick (372-466 AD), who took … Continue reading →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-167","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hypersync.net\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/167","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hypersync.net\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hypersync.net\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hypersync.net\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hypersync.net\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=167"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.hypersync.net\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/167\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hypersync.net\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=167"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hypersync.net\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=167"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hypersync.net\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=167"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}