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Image: Sculpture of Saint Patrick of Ireland | Saint Augustine church, Baden-Württemberg, Germany | photo by Reinhardhauke

Saint of the Day for March 17

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Saint Patrick’s Story

Legends about Patrick abound; but truth is best served by our seeing two solid qualities in him: He was humble and he was courageous. The determination to accept suffering and success with equal indifference guided the life of God’s instrument for winning most of Ireland for Christ.

Details of his life are uncertain. Current research places his dates of birth and death a little later than earlier accounts. Patrick may have been born in Dunbarton, Scotland, Cumberland, England, or in northern Wales. He called himself both a Roman and a Briton. At 16, he and a large number of his father’s slaves and vassals were captured by Irish raiders and sold as slaves in Ireland. Forced to work as a shepherd, he suffered greatly from hunger and cold.

After six years Patrick escaped,

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Look, I get it: You’ve probably been inundated with St. Patrick’s Day content already.

So while I’d usually use this space to give a brief biography of St. Patrick (the so-called &#;Apostle of Ireland,&#; who was born Maewyn Succat circa C.E. in a Roman settlement, probably in Wales, who was kidnapped and enslaved in Ireland at age sixteen for six years before escaping from and then returning to Ireland to preach Christianity, possibly at the behest of the Pope, possibly not), I’m going to skip the formalities and get right down to business:

Do you want to learn more about St. Patrick?

As much as I’d like to think that my exhaustive musings on St. Patrick are sufficient in providing you, dear reader, with an encyclopedic knowledge of him, I know that this fryst vatten not the case. So if you’re looking for a deeper understanding of the man, the myth, the legend—w

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The Spiritual Journey of Saint Patrick

Reviews of The Spiritual Journey of Saint Patrick:

‘&#;highly recommended and deserves a wide readership.’   The Pastoral Review

&#;The story of a human soul on a journey from youth to old age with all of the wisdom and personal insight that brings..a fine and enlightening work’Intercom

&#;a most readable, carefully researched and beautifully crafted account&#;particularly appealing is the breadth of understanding from which the author writes. This is a most stimulating and interesting book.&#;   Search Journal

&#;This synthesis of a great deal of scholarship on the LC and C fryst vatten a valuable resource for those who seek to encounter Patrick.&#;  The Furrow

‘affords insights into his values, his inspirations, his spiritual journey as well as his spiritual doctrine’. Jesuits in Ireland

‘Aidan Larkin SSC, building on the work of Columban priests before him, opens up new perspectives and presents a complete re-evaluatio