{"id":25288,"date":"2010-03-17T05:31:07","date_gmt":"2010-03-17T09:31:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/communio.stblogs.org\/index.php\/2010\/03\/saint-patrick-1\/"},"modified":"2010-03-17T05:31:07","modified_gmt":"2010-03-17T09:31:07","slug":"saint-patrick-1","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/communio.stblogs.org\/index.php\/2010\/03\/saint-patrick-1\/","title":{"rendered":"Saint Patrick"},"content":{"rendered":"

The servant of Christ is captured and sold as a slave;<\/i> <\/i><\/span>he feeds the king’s swine; he, whom Christ has chosen,<\/i> <\/i><\/span>and foretold to be the pastor of his flock.<\/i><\/span> <\/p>\n


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Hail, glorious Saint Patrick, dear Saintt of our isle!<\/span><\/font><\/div>\n
On us, thy poor children bestow a sweet smile;<\/span><\/font><\/div>\n
And now thou art high in the mansions above,<\/span><\/font><\/div>\n
On Erin’s green valleys look down in thy love.<\/span><\/font><\/div>\n

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Hail, glorious Saintt Patrick, thy words were once strong<\/span><\/font><\/div>\n
Against Satan’s wiles and a heretic throng;<\/span><\/font><\/div>\n
Not less in thy might now in heaven thou art,<\/span><\/font><\/div>\n
Oh, come to our aid, in our battle take part.<\/span><\/font><\/div>\n

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In war against sin, in the fight for the faith,<\/span><\/font><\/div>\n
Dear Saint, may thy children resist to the death;<\/span><\/font><\/div>\n
May their strength be in meekness, in penance, and pray’r,<\/span><\/font><\/div>\n
Their banner the cross which they glory to bear.<\/span><\/font><\/div>\n

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Thy people, now exiles on many a shore,<\/span><\/font><\/div>\n
Shall love and revere thee till time be no more,<\/span><\/font><\/div>\n
And the fire thou hast kindled shall ever burn bright,<\/span><\/font><\/div>\n
Its warmth undiminished, undying its light.<\/span><\/font><\/div>\n

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Ever bless and defend the sweet land of our birth,<\/span><\/font><\/div>\n
Where the shamrock still blooms as when thou wast on earth,<\/span><\/font><\/div>\n
And our hearts shall yet burn, where-so-ever we roam,<\/span><\/font><\/div>\n
For God and Saint Patrick and our native home.<\/span><\/font><\/div>\n

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(Sung for 1st Vespers of the Solemnity of Saint Patrick at St Joseph’s Seminary.)<\/span><\/font><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The servant of Christ is captured and sold as a slave; he feeds the king’s swine; he, whom Christ has chosen, and foretold to be the pastor of his flock. Hail, glorious Saint Patrick, dear Saintt of our isle! On us, thy poor children bestow a sweet smile; And now thou art high in the mansions above, … Continue reading Saint Patrick<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[1710,2297],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/communio.stblogs.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25288"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/communio.stblogs.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/communio.stblogs.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/communio.stblogs.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/communio.stblogs.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=25288"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/communio.stblogs.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25288\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/communio.stblogs.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=25288"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/communio.stblogs.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=25288"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/communio.stblogs.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=25288"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}