navigating with a bold and adventurous spirit

I am not sure exactly how I came across this blog: Maria Lectrix. I haven't downloaded any of his podcasts yet, but I sure like his choice of readings.

One of them I found was the Lorica of St Brendan.

"Not all early Irish literature was written in the vernacular! From the Acta S. Brendani (as reprinted in the Patrologia Latina supplement IV), here’s a very long prayer of the kind the Irish called “lorica” — the Latin for “breastplate”."

The text can be found here.

Looking a bit more, I found a blog called A Whistling Train with a tribute to Saint Brendan. It has another prayer attributed to St Brendan:

Shall I abandon, O King of mysteries, the soft comforts of home? Shall I turn my back on my native land, and turn my face towards the sea? Shall I put myself wholly at your mercy, without silver, without a horse, without fame, without honor? Shall I throw myself wholly upon You, without sword and shield, without food and drink,without a bed to lie on? Shall I say farewell to my beautiful land, placing myself under Your yoke? Shall I pour out my heart to You, confessing my manifold sins and begging forgiveness, tears streaming down my cheeks? Shall I leave the prints of my knees on the sandy beach, a record of my final prayer in my native land? Shall I then suffer every kind of wound that the sea can inflict? Shall I take my tiny boat across the wide sparkling ocean? O King of the Glorious Heaven, shall I go of my own choice upon the sea? O Christ, will You help me on the wild waves?

There is a list of books about St Brendan here
More information about him here.

For many years I have said this prayer with my own son Brendan:

"God of sea and land, you endowed your servant Brendan with a bold and adventurous spirit, to occupy himself for your business on the great waters, and revealed to him your wonders in the deep. Make us, who recall with thanksgiving his life and ministry, zealous to be pioneers and pilgrims for the faith of Christ. Through Jesus Christ our Lord, Amen."