The Works of St. Patrick: St. Secundinus: Hymn on St. Patrick
Overview
St. Patrick did not consider himself a man of letters; the short texts that survive reflect, however, his powerful personality. A contemporary and fellow missionary of St. Patrick, Secundinus is an enthusiastic admirer and defender of St. Patrick in this hymn.
Top Highlights
“And another night—whether within me, or beside me, I know not, God knoweth63—they called me most unmistakably with words which I heard but could not understand, except that at the end of the prayer He spoke thus: ‘He that has laid down His life for thee,64 it is He that speaketh in thee’; and so I awoke full of joy.” (Page 28)
“Up to the time of his captivity, Patrick had led the life of a somewhat irresponsible lad of the upper classes.” (Pages 3–4)
“am Patrick, a sinner, most unlearned, the least of all the faithful, and utterly despised by many” (Page 21)
“I was then about sixteen years of age. I did not know the true God.4 I was taken into captivity to Ireland with many thousands of people—and deservedly so, because we turned away from God,5 and did not keep His commandments,6 and did not obey our priests, who used to remind us of our salvation. And the Lord brought over us the wrath of His anger7 and scattered us among many nations,8 even unto the utmost part of the earth,9 where now my littleness is placed among strangers.” (Page 21)
“Patrick concentrated his energies on the conversion of the princes, knowing that their subjects would follow their example.” (Page 6)
- Title: The Works of St. Patrick: St. Secundinus: Hymn on St. Patrick
- Authors: Saint Patrick, Ludwig Bieler
- Series: Ancient Christian Writers
- Volume: 17
- Publisher: Paulist Press
- Print Publication Date: 1953
- Logos Release Date: 2015
- Language: English
- Resources: 1
- Format: Digital › Logos Research Edition
- Subject: Patrick, Saint, 373?-463? › Early works to 1800
- ISBN: 0809102547
- Resource ID: LLS:WRKSSTPTSTPTRCK
- Resource Type: text.monograph.collected-work
- Metadata Last Updated: 2024-03-25T21:10:56Z