Zitat des Tages von Saint Patrick:
That which I have set out in Latin is not my words but the words of God and of apostles and prophets, who of course have never lied. He who believes shall be saved, but he who does not believe shall be damned. God has spoken.
I am Patrick, a sinner, most uncultivated and least of all the faithful and despised in the eyes of many.
The Lord discovered to me a sense of my unbelief that, though late, I should remember my transgressions and that I should be converted with my whole heart to the Lord my God.
I see that already in this present world I am exalted above measure by the Lord. And I was not worthy nor such a one as that he should grant this to me, since I know most surely that poverty and affliction become me better than delights and riches.
I was freeborn according to the flesh; I am born of a father who was a decurion, but I sold my noble rank - I blush not to state it, nor am I sorry - for the profit of others. In short, I am a slave in Christ to a foreign nation for the unspeakable glory of the eternal life which is in Christ Jesus our Lord.
Christ beside me, Christ before me, Christ behind me, Christ within me, Christ beneath me, Christ above me.
Before I was humiliated I was like a stone that lies in deep mud, and he who is mighty came and in his compassion raised me up and exalted me very high and placed me on the top of the wall.
Avarice is a deadly sin.
The Lord opened the understanding of my unbelieving heart, so that I should recall my sins.
Sufficient for me is that honour which is not seen of men but is felt in the heart, as faithful is He who hath promised and who never lies.
I have had the good fortune through my God that I should never abandon his people whom I have acquired in the extremities of the earth.
On occasion, I used to give presents to the kings, besides the hire that I gave to to their sons who accompany me; and nevertheless, they seized me with my companions.
He that offereth sacrifice of the goods of the poor is as one that sacrificeth the son in the presence of his father.
