St. Patrick’s Day Open Thread

Saol fada agus breac-shláinte chugat!

(Long-life and fair health to you!)

We’re getting an early jump on St. Patrick’s Day this year because it’s a much happier topic than what’s currently in the news.

According to the autobiographical Confessio of Patrick, when he was about 16, he was captured by Irish pirates from his home in Britain and taken as a slave to Ireland, looking after animals; he lived there for six years before escaping and returning to his family. After becoming a cleric, he returned to northern and western Ireland. In later life, he served as a bishop, but little is known about the places where he worked. By the seventh century, he had already come to be revered as the patron saint of Ireland.

Legend says that Saint Patrick drove the snakes out of Ireland. This week, let’s ask him to help us to 

drive the snakes out of our country.

We can use all the help we can get!

Pray the prayer of St. Patrick for our nation, our people, our president and his family during this difficult time: 

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