Those who grew up in the 70′s and 80′s remember on the Feast of St. Patrick each year, we sang the folksy “Christ before me, Christ after me …”during our liturgies. Granted, a cute tribute to St. Patrick which made the Irish happy (I am 50 percent Irish) but wholly devoid of the magnificent theology in the full prayer known as the “Breastplate of St. Patrick.”
The theology contained in this ancient prayer is simply profound. Some believe it is built upon a druidic incantation but anyone who knows me will attest to the fact that I fail anyone who hands me a reference from Wikipedia per se.
The core of the prayer is built upon the doctrine which expresses that when God the Father reflected upon Himself in a finite way, the multitudinous array of creation came forth which, when all gather together, express the infinite perfections of His nature.
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