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                                     Mosaic of Saint Patrick in Leeds Cathedral 

A PRAYER TO ST. PATRICK.

O glorious St. Patrick, Apostle of Ireland ! I praise,
bless, and glorify God for thy sanctity, thy zeal, thy
charity, thy labours, and the success of thy labours.
I thank thee, O great St. Patrick, for watching over,
and preserving the faith of the Irish people. O dearest
St. Patrick ! heed not the unworthiness of thy children;
but continue, in the future as in the past, to pray for them.
O glorious Apostle, St. Patrick, guard and preserve, to
the Day of Judgment, the purity of the faith and morals
of thy people in every land and in every clime. O beloved
St. Patrick ! obtain from God that Erin, our dear country,
may become again what she formerly was, "THE ISLAND
OF SAINTS AND SCHOLARS." Amen.

Source: "St. Patrick: His Life, His Heroic Virtues, 
His Labours, and the Fruits of His Labours",
By Very Rev. Dean Kinane, P.P., V.G., Cashel,
Pages 273-274, Imprimatur 1920 A.D.

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