Prayer of St. Patrick. 🍀
Christ with me,
Christ before me,
Christ behind me,
Christ in me,
Christ beneath me,
Christ above me,
Christ on my right,
Christ on my left,
Christ when I lie down,
Christ when I sit down,
Christ when I arise,
Christ in the heart of every man who thinks of me,
Christ in the mouth of everyone who speaks of me,
Christ in every eye that sees me,
Christ in every ear that hears me.
The Lorica of St. Patrick
I arise today
Through a mighty strength, the invocation of the Trinity,
Through belief in the Threeness,
Through confession of the Oneness
of the Creator of creation.
I arise today
Through the strength of Christ's birth with His baptism,
Through the strength of His crucifixion with His burial,
Through the strength of His resurrection with His ascension,
Through the strength of His descent for the judgment of doom.
I arise today
Through the strength of the love of cherubim,
In the obedience of angels,
In the service of archangels,
In the hope of resurrection to meet with reward,
In the prayers of patriarchs,
In the predictions of prophets,
In the preaching of apostles,
In the faith of confessors,
In the innocence of holy virgins,
In the deeds of righteous men.
I arise today, through
The strength of heaven,
The light of the sun,
The radiance of the moon,
The splendor of fire,
The speed of lightning,
The swiftness of wind,
The depth of the sea,
The stability of the earth,
The firmness of rock.
I arise today, through
God's strength to pilot me,
God's might to uphold me,
God's wisdom to guide me,
God's eye to look before me,
God's ear to hear me,
God's word to speak for me,
God's hand to guard me,
God's shield to protect me,
God's host to save me
From snares of devils,
From temptation of vices,
From everyone who shall wish me ill,
afar and near.
I summon today
All these powers between me and those evils,
Against every cruel and merciless power
that may oppose my body and soul,
Against incantations of false prophets,
Against black laws of pagandom,
Against false laws of heretics,
Against craft of idolatry,
Against spells of witches and smiths and wizards,
Against every knowledge that corrupts man's body and soul;
Christ to shield me today
Against poison, against burning,
Against drowning, against wounding,
So that there may come to me an abundance of reward.
Christ with me,
Christ before me,
Christ behind me,
Christ in me,
Christ beneath me,
Christ above me,
Christ on my right,
Christ on my left,
Christ when I lie down,
Christ when I sit down,
Christ when I arise,
Christ in the heart of every man who thinks of me,
Christ in the mouth of everyone who speaks of me,
Christ in every eye that sees me,
Christ in every ear that hears me.
I arise today
Through a mighty strength, the invocation of the Trinity,
Through belief in the Threeness,
Through confession of the Oneness
of the Creator of creation.
Happy and Blessed St. Patrick’s Day!
🤠We did it! We read every #txlege filed bill. Sure, most of them will never make it out of committee, but it contextualizes what issues some lawmakers prioritize over others.
🌟Anyone can access those bill summaries/digests for FREE here:
https://t.co/4gpJBzN3WB
In total, we read:
👉9,054 total bills
👉5,583 House Bills
👉3,027 Senate Bills
👉111 House Concurrent Resolutions
👉42 Senate Concurrent Resolutions
👉208 House Joint Resolutions
👉83 Senate Joint Resolutions
Let's break that down further.
In the TX House:
👉3,457 Republican-authored bills
👉2,440 Democrat-authored bills
👉State Rep. @RyanGuillen filed the most bills in the House at 137
In the TX Senate:
👉1,879 Republican-authored bills
👉1,268 Democrat-authored bills
👉State @SenBryanHughes filed the most bills in the Senate at 206
Was great being on @NEWSMAX’s @CSalcedoShow yesterday talking about my review of state spending records. I found that government agencies in Texas have been spending heavily on leftwing publications.
Since 2016, the Comptroller’s website reveals state agencies have given $342,850 to the Texas Tribune, a publication that has been aligned with leftist financier George Soros. Another $173,911 has gone to the Austin-based Quorum Report, a liberal gossip website.
The same database finds state agencies have also paid more than $253,050 to Politico.
Other publications getting subsidized by state taxpayers include the Dallas Morning News($428,096), the Austin American-Statesman ($109,639), the Houston Chronicle ($106,187), the San Antonio Express-News ($71,024), and the Fort Worth Star-Telegram($103,234).
Texas Monthly, known for its far-left news coverage and attack pieces on conservatives, has received $195,585 from tax coffers.
A lot has been said about #txlege Speaker Dustin Burrows' refusal to allow members to vote on the Housekeeping Resolution this week, instead opting to raise office budgets without a vote.
But by blocking the resolution entirely, he also didn't allow consideration of these amendments.
A thread:
The House is operating outside the bounds of tradition. Last week, debate was silenced and Conservative amendments were killed without a chance to be considered. Today, the Speaker informed us that the Housekeeping Resolution would not be considered by the House at all, again silencing Conservative voices and the voices of our voters. #txlege
In government, you always have to look beyond the labels and to the substance. The TxLege House Rules proposed today by @Burrows4TX represents a massive win for the Democrats.
These new Rules essentially creates 30 co-chair (called vice) positions for the Ds - and paying them and extra $4k per month to thwart the GOP agenda. All of them will have co-equal power over the committee to hold hearings and hold-back legislation.
The “GOP chairman” are neutered.
Meanwhile, the Speaker will have special Democrat-led “subcommittees” to which he can refer any legislation he likes… bypassing the Republican “chairman.”
It’s going to be circus.
Today was not the conservative “win” that some want you to believe
This was a total and complete failure
Let’s be real
Do Conservative wins typically end with laughter and elation by Democrats?
No, no they don’t
@Burrows4TX worked with Democrats to mess over the Republicans of Texas
Rep @NateSchatzline and I explain the betrayal of Texas voters that just happened as @Burrows4TX and other RINOs joined the Democrats to silence conservatives and ram through the Democrat Empowerment Act of 2025.
Democrats will have MORE power this session than they had last.