For my shield this day I call:
A mighty power:
The Holy Trinity!
Affirming Threeness,
Confessing oneness,
in the making of all
Through love ... For my shield this day I call:
Christ's power in his coming
and in his baptizing,
Christ's power in his dying
On the cross, his rising
from the tomb, his ascending;
Christ's power in his coming
for judgement and ending. For my shield this day I call:
strong power of the seraphim,
with angels obeying,
and archangels attending, in the glorious
company
of the holy and risen ones
in the prayers of the fathers in visions prophetic
and commands apostolic
in the annals if witness ... For my shield this day I call:
Heaven's might,
sun's brightness,
Moon's whiteness,
Fire's glory,
Lightening's swiftness,
Wind's wildness,
Ocean's depth
Earth's solidity,
Rock's immobility. This day I call to me:
God's strength to direct me,
God's power to sustain me,
God's wisdom to guide me,
God's vision to light me,
God's ear to my hearing,
God's word to my speaking,
God's hand to uphold me,
God's pathway before me,
God's shield to protect me ...
| From evil enticements,
from failings of nature,
from one man or many,
that seek to destroy me,
anear or afar .. Around me I gather
these forces to save
my soul and my body ... Against knowledge unlawful
that injures the body,
that injures the spirit. Be Christ this day my strong protector
against poison and burning
against drowning wounding
through reward wide plenty Christ beside me
Christ before me
Christ behind me
Christ within me
Christ beneath me
Christ above me
Christ to the right of me
Christ to the left of me Christ in my lying, my sitting, my rising
Christ in heart of all who know me
Chirst on tongue of all who meet me;
Chirst in eye of all who see me;
Christ in ear of all who hear me. For my shield this day I call
a mighty power:
The Holy Trinity!
Affirming Threeness,
Confessing oneness,
in the making of all
Through love ... |
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