This Sunday, 17th March 2019 we will celebrate the Feast day of Saint Patrick, patron saint of Ireland.
All around the country people will hold Parades and Festivities , wearing green hats and badges and letting the world know that we are Irish and pay tribute to a great and humble saint.
Perhaps a lot of the celebrations will be a bit of boasting of our Irish roots and I hope somehow a show of gratitude for this special man who lived with us so many years ago as a slave and yet felt such compassion for the people of Ireland for their lack of knowledge of God's love for them which caused him to return and share with us his gift of faith.
The world today doesn't leave much room for compassion and caring for others apart from our own families and friends.
To befriend the stranger is something special and comes from a deep belief in just how much God cares for us.
That's the kind of faith our forefathers had and because of it, Ireland became known as a place of a thousand welcomes.
I hope we still have this ability to welcome strangers and live up to the image that Ireland is a land of saints and scholars.
God bless the Irish spirit.
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