Daily Archives: March 17, 2025

Just As I Am – The Second Sunday in Lent

This entry is part 18 of 18 in the series A Walk in the Ancient Western Lectionary

Just as I am, without one plea,But that Thy blood was shed for me,And that Thou bidd’st me come to Thee,O Lamb of God, I come. We bring a lot of variables into the great equation of God’s plan. As we pray in the daily office, “Almighty and most merciful Father, we have erred, and…

St. Patrick’s Breastplate and the Evangelization of the Body

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…