St patrick's day: Be Thou My Vision

Kids Bible Stories

Jessica White

Religion & Spirituality, Christianity

4.6 • 1.6K Ratings

🗓️ 16 March 2025

⏱️ 12 minutes

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Summary

In honor of St. Patrick's Day, we are pressing pause on our Elisha series and highlighting an episode that reminds us of Saint Patrick. If you want to hear the entire hymn series that this episode comes from simply go to #344.

Today, we take a closer look at the hymn "Be Thou My Vision." Kids will hear about Patrick whose life inspired this hymn. We’ll learn what it means to ask God to be our guide in everything we do and how we can trust Him to lead us every day.

We’ll also explore:

The meaning behind the word "vision" in this song.
The history of the hymn and why it’s still important today.
We also have the hymn only to enjoy on the next episode. It's labeled "Be Thou My Vision" song only
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0:00.0	Hey listeners, it's Miss Jess. We are pressing pause just briefly on our Elisha series,
0:05.5	because this week is St. Patrick's Day. So in honor of this, I wanted to share this episode with you.
0:11.3	I hope you enjoy it and know that next week we will finish with our very last Elisha episode. Enjoy.
0:19.7	Hello again and welcome back to Kids' Bible Stories. Today's story is called
0:24.6	Be Thou My Vision. This is part four in our Melodies of Faith series. All right, listeners,
0:33.7	this is our last hymn of the series. Music has a magical way of touching our hearts and lifting our spirits.
0:43.3	It's also easy to remember songs because they get stuck in your head.
0:48.3	I bet if I just said a few words like
0:52.3	A, B, C, or silent night, you would immediately finish the song.
1:01.8	It comes right back to you.
1:04.8	Learning hymns is a great way to remember God's promises and his word, because they are set to music.
1:15.1	Today we have an incredible story about one of my favorite hymns, Be Thou My Vision.
1:22.4	It involves pirates.
1:24.7	Will blow me down.
1:27.5	Bravery and faith in God.
1:30.9	This hymn was inspired by Patrick's life.
1:34.2	You've probably heard about him.
1:36.4	When you think about this man,
1:37.9	maybe you think of green or shamrocks,
1:41.3	but there is so much more.
1:48.0	Let's begin our story here with him. A long, long time ago, in a land filled with
1:57.0	green hills and forests, there lived a boy named Patrick. Patrick was just
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