SAINT PATRICK

 

HAPPY SAINT PATRICK'S DAY EVERYONE=

EVERYONE IS IRISH TODAY=

DON'T FORGET-to wear your green

SAINT PATRICK

Saint Patrick was born around 390-

PROBABLY in Wales

His father was a deacon

His faith became MEANINGFUL to him

ONLY after he was carried off

As a slave and captive to IRELAND

When he was 16

DURING the 6 years

Of his slavery

He became-A MAN OF GOD

He wrote DIVINE INSPIRATIONS

During these years

And then he escaped

And returned home

In his dreams-he felt CALLED

To RETURN to Ireland

And then he went to monasteries

For training and became a bishop

In 30 years of labor

MOSTLY in the west and north

He and his co-workers

Converted Ireland

In his autobiography

Also called CONFESSION

He combines humility

With a sense of mission

Saint Patrick-always REFUSED gifts

And like Saint Paul

Had to DEFEND himself

Against false charges

He had a deep CONVICTION

Of his personal call to God

He once wrote:

“Regardless of the danger

I MUST make known

The GIFT of God

And everlasting consolation

Without fear-and frankly

I must SPREAD everywhere

The NAME OF GOD

So that AFTER my DECREASE

I may leave a bequest

To my brethren and sons

WHOM I have baptized

IN the Lord-

So many thousands of people”

(Confession 14)

Saint Patrick passed in the year 460

Robert P. Wallman

3-16-17

Ps     MAY we ALL live up

         To our CALL by God

         As Saint Patrick did

         I look forward

         To HONORING Saint Patrick 

         With a green beer tonight

HAPPY SAINT PATRICK'S DAY my friends

I LOVE YOU ALL

rpw=my middle name IS PATRICK 

3-16-17-2020