Wednesday, March 17, 2004
The real Saint Patrick, not the caricature:
In this fateful hour
I place all Heaven with its power
and the sun with its brightness
and the snow with its whiteness
and the fire with all the strength it hath
and the lightning with its rapid wrath
and the winds with their swiftness along their path
and the sea with its deepness
and the rocks with their steepness
and the earth with its starkness
all these I place by God's almighty help and grace
between myself and the powers of darkness
Nothing in this about snakes or shamrocks. Patrick was a real man of God who stood firm in a very dark hour, an hour not unlike our own. His life changed the course of western civilization and Christianity was passed on from the aging Roman Empire to the barbarian tribes of Ireland. Remember on this Saint Patrick's Day, the true meaning of what we celebrate.
In this fateful hour
I place all Heaven with its power
and the sun with its brightness
and the snow with its whiteness
and the fire with all the strength it hath
and the lightning with its rapid wrath
and the winds with their swiftness along their path
and the sea with its deepness
and the rocks with their steepness
and the earth with its starkness
all these I place by God's almighty help and grace
between myself and the powers of darkness
Nothing in this about snakes or shamrocks. Patrick was a real man of God who stood firm in a very dark hour, an hour not unlike our own. His life changed the course of western civilization and Christianity was passed on from the aging Roman Empire to the barbarian tribes of Ireland. Remember on this Saint Patrick's Day, the true meaning of what we celebrate.
// posted by The Pendragon @ 11:27 PM 
