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What We Can Learn From St. Patrick



Many on March 17th will be celebrating St. Patrick’s Day. Most will give the actual man, Patricas, much thought. But what can we learn from the saint? We certainly will not pray to him, we pray only to the Holy Trinity, The One True God! 


We can learn to love our enemy. Our Lord Jesus Christ said, “But I say to you who hear, Love your enemies, do good to those who hate you, bless those who curse you, pray for those who abuse you.” (Luke 6:27-28). Patrik was captured by Irish pirates and once he escaped the Lord called to him to go back and preach the gospel to his enemies. Patrick’s superiors saw it as a fool’s errand. The result was Ireland was reached by the Church of the time. 


 The second thing we can learn from Patrick is to find the road to the gospel in a culture. The Irish were very superstitious about water, particularly lakes, creeks, and etc. When they saw Patrick baptizing people they became curious. In the same way we should find what is the door to the gospel, albeit without compromising sound doctrine. 


The third and final lesson we can learn from Patrick is to defend the flock. When the Romanites came in slaying Irish Christians because they weren’t doing the Roman Rite, Patrick took them on and fought with his pen, trying woth the powers he had to defend his congregants.  


Saints like Patrick should only serve as inspiring examples to us.  They are not demigods to pray to for intercessions, for we have one mediator, “For, There is one God and one Mediator who can reconcile God and humanity—the man Christ Jesus” (1 Timothy 2:5). There is no pantheon between us and the Almighty, no we may enter the holiest place, “And so, dear brothers and sisters, we can boldly enter heaven’s Most Holy Place because of the blood of Jesus,” (Hebrews 10:19), and come boldly to the throne, “So let us come boldly to the throne of our gracious God. There we will receive his mercy, and we will find grace to help us when we need it most” (Hebrews 4:16). Amen. 


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