St. Patrick’s Day observes the death of St Patrick, the patron saint of Ireland. The interesting part of that is he wasn’t Irish, he was British, kidnapped by a group of Irish pirates from his parents villa in “Bannavem Taburniae.” They took him to Ireland where he was enslaved and held captive for six years. While enslaved, he developed his Christianity and grew deeper into his faith. This reminds me a bit of Paul who continued to preach the word from prison, as St Patrick began doing then and continued doing when he was released from prison. The Irish claimed him as a saint because he preached Christianity all over Ireland but was never canonized until sometime after his death. How Irish green got started, who knows, as fact says the Irish color for him was “blue.” It’s been told he used the clover to explain the trinity, if there were four leaves, it meant “good luck.” Most of how St. Patrick’s Day is celebrated has been man made, a day to party and have some fun, something that just caught on a long time ago. Overall we don’t know too much about St. Patrick, and,no, he did not drive snakes out of Ireland as many will tell you because there were few to zero snakes in Ireland! He did suffer some hardships, but through it all he found his faith and where the Lord wanted him to be.
Mark 16:15
An then he told them,”Go into all the world and preach the Good News to everyone.”
Irish Blessing: No matter whether or not you celebrate St. Patrick’s Day, he would want your troubles to be less, your blessings to be more, and nothing but happiness coming through your door. May God’s love continue to cover us all. Amen