St. Patrick

Today is St. Patrick’s day let us remember one of the greatest saints to ever live. He was born in 387 and died in 493. His grandfather was a priest and his father was a deacon. When about the age of 16 he was kidnapped and taken to Ireland and sold as a slave, he did work as a shepherd and after some time came to except Christ. He learned the Gallic langue while in Ireland also. God gave him a dream that it was time to leave and he escaped and walked across the land of Ireland and came to s fleet leaving and asked if he could go. The sailors said no but they figured out he was slave and recaptured him to work for them.

The ship was wrecked and they were stranded in a land they did not know they were going to starve and told young St. Patrick to “pray to his god to save them” so he did and God sent a heard of boars to them and they killed them and ate. Then the men told St. Patrick “they were sorry for jesting about his god Jesus and that they would let him go once they found a new ship” well they came to believe in Jesus over time and accept Him as Lord. St. Patrick got to England and started to study to become a priest he felt God calling him back to Ireland and in a dream he heard the Irish people saying “ we beg you, young man, come and walk among us again.” he became a deacon and a priest later. He was ordained Bishop of Ireland after some hard times.

He at after landing in Ireland changed the land and had Kings, druid priest and normal Irish people come to the saving grace of Christ. He established a thriving church in Ireland that had its own bishops, priests, and deacon. the Celtics had their own liturgy also. All of this because of this great Saint.

By: Allen Bailey aspirant of the Anglican province of America