I am Patrick, a sinner, most uncultivated and least of all the faithful and despised in the eyes of many.

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If I be worthy, I live for my God to teach the heathen, even though they may despise me.

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Sufficient to say, greed is a deadly deed. You shall not covet your neighbor's goods.

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No one should ever say that it was my ignorance if I did or showed forth anything however small according to God's good pleasure; but let this be your conclusion and let it so be thought, that - as is the perfect truth - it was the gift of God.

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I am imperfect in many things, nevertheless I want my brethren and kinsfolk to know my nature so that they may be able to perceive my soul's desire.

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Before I was humiliated I was like a stone that lies in deep mud, and he who is mighty came and in his compassion raised me up and exalted me very high and placed me on the top of the wall.

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If I have any worth, it is to live my life for God so as to teach these peoples; even though some of them still look down on me.

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I am not ignorant of what is said of my Lord in the Psalm: "You destroy those who speak a lie." And again: "A lying mouth deals death to the soul." And likewise the Lord says in the Gospel: "On the day of judgment men shall render account for every idle word they utter."

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If I have any worth, it is to live my life for God.

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I pray to God to give me perseverance and to deign that I be a faithful witness to Him to the end of my life for my God.

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