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When you think St. Patrick s Day, you instantly think of the color green. Green clothing, green beer, green food; just green, green, green, everywhere green. But for some, orange is the color of choice to celebrate the patron saint of Ireland thanks to its strong ties to the day. To understand why we have to go back roughly 1,600 years to when St. Patrick walked the earth during the fifth century. Long story short, St. Patrick was a missionary from Britain who claimed he was told by an angel to spread Christianity to the people of Ireland, according to History.com. This vision happened shortly after he returned to Britain following his kidnapping by Irish raiders at the age of 16 that found him living as a prisoner on the island for six years. Personally, I would have never wanted anything to do with Ireland ever again, but when a messenger of God comes calling, you take that call. ....
Sixteen years old and from a well-to-do family, this teen never applied himself to his studies, let alone took his Christian faith seriously. And yet, through one of those dramatic reversals of fortune that God sometimes allows, the sluggish youth met the Lord and went to become Ireland’s great evangelizer, St. Patrick. Patrick himself tells the story in his moving Confession. Unlike the many legends that sprang up after his death, this authentic account of his conversion and development is a window into the life of a real person. In it, Patrick speaks honestly of his regrets, struggles, and successes, and always in a tone of heartfelt thanks that “the Lord had mercy on me thousands and thousands of times.” In this fifth-century bishop, we touch the faith of someone who threw himself completely on God’s love someone who inspires our own faith that, if we accept it, divine love can transform and equip us for God’s service, too. ....
Who Was St. Patrick? By Dr. Jim Denison dr. jim denison Shutterstock.com The man we know as St. Patrick was born around 389 AD in England. His father was a deacon and his grandfather a priest. The Roman Empire was still in titular control of Britain, but their demoralized armies were unable to protect the island from Irish invaders. Farms were pillaged and teenagers enslaved. Patrick was taken at age sixteen. An Irish farmer bought him as a slave and put him to work tending sheep. Somehow Patrick came to personal faith in Christ in the midst of his tribulations. He later wrote, “The Lord opened to me a sense of my unbelief, that I might be converted with all my heart unto the Lord.” ....
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