[Knitting A Conundrum]

Link to St. Patrick's Confession

http://www.ccel.org/ccel/patrick/confession.toc.html

St. Patrick's Breastplate (hymn version with midi)
http://www.cyberhymnal.org/htm/s/t/stpatric.htm

St. Patrick's creed from the Confession:

There is no other God,
nor ever was, nor will be,
than God the Father unbegotten,
without beginning,
from whom is all beginning,
the Lord of the universe,
as we have been taught;

and His son Jesus Christ,
whom we declare to have always
been with the Father, spiritually and
ineffably begotten by the Father
before the beginning of the world,
before all beginning;

and by Him are made all things
visible and invisible.
He was made man, and,
having defeated death,
was received into heaven by the Father;

and He hath given Him all
power over all names in heaven,
on earth, and under the earth,
and every tongue shall confess
to Him that Jesus Christ is Lord and God,
in whom we believe, and whose advent
we expect soon to be,
judge of the living and of the dead,
who will render to every man
according to his deeds; and

He has poured forth upon us
abundantly the Holy Spirit,
the gift and pledge of immortality,
who makes those who believe
and obey sons of God and
joint heirs with Christ;
and Him do we confess and adore,
one God in the Trinity of the Holy Name.


I hate the way St. Patrick's day is often celebrated in the US, but I love St. Patrick dearly.

St. Patrick, pray for us.

[Ohioan from Florida]

I don't like the beer drinking festivities, but I do enjoy seeing all the green people wear! I went to St. Patrick's School when I was younger, and it was one of the few days we didn't have to wear our uniform (but you had to wear something green, of course)! One year we performed "Finnian's Rainbow" (or a grade school version thereof), and one of our Irish nuns, dear ol' Sister Margaret danced a jig for all to see! What sweet and pleasant memories!

God bless you Sister Margaret, wherever you are!!