Articles by Micah Stucki

Micah Stucki works as a library staff member and attends Church of the Resurrection (ACNA) in Wheaton, IL, where he is a confirmed member and committed Anglican. He is deeply interested in Anglican history, Celtic patristic history, theology, and liturgical spirituality.

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…