Rick Lee JamesHealthcare Chaplain, Bon Secours Mercy Health · Husband, Dad, Hospital Chaplain, Recording Artist, Podcast Host, Loyola University IPS Graduate, Alpha Sigma Nu Member, and Recording Academy (GRAMMY®) member - Contributing musician on a Grammy-nomin

Christ Before Me (St. Patrick's Breastplate)

30 Mar 2014 · 4 min

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Multiple vocalists perform a contemporary chant of St. Patrick's Breastplate, a traditional prayer. They repeat "Christ before me, Christ behind, Christ beside" and bind themselves to the Holy Trinity's protection, punctuating verses with "Hallelujah! Christ is Lord!"

Chapters

I bind unto myself today the Father Spirit Son. I call upon the holy name of God, the three-in-one. I rise today by power of faith that Christ was born to save, conquering death upon the cross and bursting from the grave.
Christ be for me, Christ be for me.
Behind.
Christ to guide me. Christ beside. Christ to comfort. Christ restore.
Hallelujah! Christ is Lord!
I bind unto myself the power of his redeeming love, the sweet well done of judgment hour. In Christ this work is done.
Christ before me, Christ behind, Christ Christ to guide me, Christ beside. Christ to comfort, Christ restore.
Hallelujah, Christ is Lord.
<LYRICS>I bind unto myself the might of God to hold and stay, his ear to hear, his eye to see, his hand to guide the way.
Against the demon snares of sin that drive temptation's storm</LYRICS>. The lust, the greed, the wars of men, in Christ their hold is torn.
Christ before me, Christ behind, Christ to guide me, Christ beside, Christ to comfort, Christ restore. Hallelujah! Christ is Lord!