Today let’s consider another verse of St. Patrick’s Breastplate. This time a prayer for God to be with us everywhere and in every part of our lives. It focuses particularly on Jesus, making us aware of how God became at one with our humanity and thus is ever longing to draw closer to us.
“Christ be with me, Christ within me
Christ behind me, Christ before me,
Christ beside me, Christ to win me,
Christ to comfort and restore me,
Christ beneath me, Christ above me,
Christ in quiet, Christ in danger,
Christ in hearts of all who love me,
Christ in mouth of friend and stranger.”
This can be called an “encircling prayer” where we pray for protection as we go about serving God.
Let our thought and our prayer for today be this prayer, that God will be with us and around us and that we may be aware of “godness” in all circumstances. Amen.