St. Patrick’s Breastplate and the Evangelization of the Body | The North American Anglican

St. Patrick’s Breastplate and the Evangelization of the Body | The North American Anglican

In the tradition of Celtic breastplate prayers, St. Patrick’s Breastplate, or “The Deer’s Cry,” is the most famous. These longform prayers run down the particulars of the human person, body and soul—at times in graphic detail—and implore God’s protection on that member and its commission to God’s purposes. The effect is we become his full...