Prayers to Saint Brigid Prayer before a meal on the eve of St. Brigid's feast day Brigid, with all virtues clad keep us free from all that's bad as we sit before this food, keep us safe and keep us good, until next we sit before other gifts from God's rich store When tomorrow's sun's first ray lights the dawn of Brigid's day, may her help and helping love draw God's blessing from above; till at last, all tempests o'er safe, we reach the blessed shore Mary of Ireland From all sin and all harm, From all danger and woe, Guard me, Mary of Ireland, Wherevver I go. O Brigid, be with me Until the road's end: O help me pass Through that gate As God's friend Prayer Saint Brigid, Mary of Ireland Ask for us all today The courage to do God's bidding Whatever the world may say The grace to be strong and valient The grace to be firm and true The grace to be faithful always To God, His Mother and you