The Magic, Miracles and Joy of an Artist: St. Patrick's Day

Thursday, March 17, 2011

St. Patrick's Day

St. Patrick's prayer for the faithful captures the wonderful spirit that made him Ireland's patron saint and one of the church's most beloved missionaries.

May the Strength of God pilot us. May the Power of God preserve us.
May the Wisdom of God instruct us.
May the Hand of God protect us.
May the Way of God direct us.
May the Shield of God defend us.
May the Host of God guard us.
Against the snares of the evil ones.
Against temptations of the world.

May Christ be with us!
May Christ be before us!
May Christ be in us,
Christ be over all !
May Thy Salvation, Lord,
Always be ours,
This day, O Lord, and evermore.
Amen.

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MAY YOUR BLESSINGS BE MANY ON THIS ST. PATRICK'S DAY!
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Thinking of you with love, dear Patrick, on this your namesake day. Missing you so much ~ I dedicate this post to you.
♥ Audrey

5 comments:

Anonymous said...: To you too, dear Audrey. xox corrine; March 17, 2011 at 8:55 AM
Marlene said...: Happy St. Patrick's to you too.; March 17, 2011 at 9:13 AM
Caterina Giglio said...: richest blessings to you dear Audrey! xo; March 17, 2011 at 9:49 AM
yoborobo said...: Thank you for the blessing, Audrey! I have a Patrick in my life, too. :) xox Pam; March 18, 2011 at 7:41 AM
Anne Huskey-Lockard said...: I am a day late getting here; dashboard kept hopping all over the place yesterday and I saw this once and could not find it again.
Beautiful prayer and the image of St. Patrick is gorgeous! Reminds me of old holy cards....
Many hugs Audrey....

XXOO~~Anne; March 18, 2011 at 8:10 AM

For in that sleep of death, what dreams may come!

I AM A "SEARCHER"

"I am one of the searchers. There are, I believe, millions of us. We are not unhappy, but neither are we really content. We continue to explore life, hoping to uncover its ultimate secret. We continue to explore ourselves, hoping to understand. We like to walk along the beach, we are drawn by the ocean, taken by its power, its unceasing motion, its mystery and unspeakable beauty. We like forests and mountains, deserts and hidden rivers, and the lonely cities as well. Our sadness is as much a part of our lives as is our laughter. To share our sadness with one we love is perhaps as great a joy as we can know - unless it be to share our laughter. We searchers are ambitious only for life itself, for everything beautiful it can provide. Most of all we love and want to be loved. We want to live in a relationship that will not impede our wandering, nor prevent our search, nor lock us in prison walls; that will take us for what little we have to give. We do not want to prove ourselves to another or compete for love.

For wanderers, dreamers, and lovers, for lonely men and women who dare to ask of life everything good and beautiful. It is for those who are too gentle to live among wolves."

~ James Kavanaugh

I am THE LOVERS Tarot Card

Motive, power, and action, arising from Inspiration and Impulse. THE LOVERS represents intuition and inspiration. Very often a choice needs to be made. Originally, this card was just called LOVE. And that's acually more apt than "LOVERS." Love follows in this sequence of growth and maturity. And, coming after the Emperor, who is about control, it is a radical change in perspective. LOVE is a force that makes you choose and decide for reasons you often can't understand; it makes you surrender control to a higher power. And that is what this card is all about. Finding something or someone who is so much a part of yourself, so perfectly attuned to you and you to them, that you cannot, dare not resist. This card indicates that you have or will come across a person, a career, challenge, or thing that you will fall in love with. You will know instinctively that you must have this, even if it means diverging from your chosen path. No matter the difficulties, without it you will never be complete.