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Saint Patrick’s Feast Day – March 17
Saint Patrick’s Day is on March 17, however this year it will be celebrated on Monday 18 March due to the Fifth Sunday of Lent being on March 17. It is celebrated in memory of his death (387 AD). He was the first Catholic missionary in Ireland and is also their national Patron Saint.Saint Patrick was born in England, but when he was a teenager, he was captured by Irish pirates who took him to Ireland as a slave. After six years, Saint Patrick escaped and returned to England and his family.
When Saint Patrick became a priest, he traveled back to Ireland as a missionary so that he could teach the people about God. He used examples to explain the mysteries of the faith in simple ways. One day, Saint Patrick compared the Trinity to a shamrock. He said that the shamrock has three leaves, but it is only one plant. In the same way, God is three persons—Father, Son, and Holy Spirit—but one God. The shamrock is now the official flower of Ireland.
God used Saint Patrick’s kidnapping to convert the Irish people. In our lives, God uses the bad times to bring about a good we do not always see. We must be patient and trust Him.
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