St. Patrick's Day

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This is not just another day nor reason to party or drink;
to satisfy one’s weakness in simple things like gluttony.
From sun up to sun down deny evils, do not blink (1).
Try and understand the story behind the ceremony.
(1) “do not blink” meaning don’t back down
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For this St. Patrick’s Day, don’t forget the history and purpose to the man himself. He expanded Christianity/Catholicism through out Ireland and devoted every day to our Lord God. On this Saint’s Day, March 17, we should not forget this man’s works and act in an awful way. Break stereotypes, share his name and good works, and share the Faith.
 
St. Patrick certainly existed and was actually British, not Irish.

St. Patrick’s Day should really be named Guinness Day because the Guinness Brewery promote the day solely to sell more merchandise. They use the Saint’s day to encourage drinking and merrymaking. St. Paddy’s Day is more of a secular holiday that has nothing to do with the actual Saint or his life.

Catholics should do their best to remind people that St. Patrick existed and brought Christianity to Ireland. I think St. Patrick’s Day provides an excellent opportunity to engage people in conversations about God and the Catholic faith.
 
What? WHAT?!??! Yes, he was a real person and yes, he was a great person. A Bishop and a saint. If it weren’t for St. Patrick the Irish wouldn’t be honoring St. Joseph later in the week, because they’d all still be Pagans.

Thank God for St. Patrick!!!

And no, true Catholics–Irish Catholics don’t honor him by getting drunk. But a party is more than appropriate, even in Lent. I’m very much affronted by people who take St. Patrick’s feast day merely as an opportunity to indulge in the Irish curse. 😦
 
I always experienced St. Patricks day as the day my family and friends families wore green and celebrated our Irish Catholic heritage. It is standard practice to have a mandatory family dinner of Corned Beef and Cabbage. Grace is always said and the day has a devout sense of an Irish Thanksgiving.

Parades, music and drink were background but not the sole reason for the day.

I will take notice of the liturgical feast day at daily mass this year which is different for me than most of my adult years. :irish3:

Remember when you see the Shamrock legend has it as how St. Patrick taught the Trinity… :shamrock2::signofcross:
 
I thought Saint Patrick was around in 500 AD, protestantism came into play around 1500 AD, so there were no protesters around the time of Saint Patrick, making him a non-protester, therefore Catholic.
 
A Happy St. Patrick’s day to all on Wednesday! There will be a Tridentine Solemn High Mass for the feast of St. Patrick the diocesan patron at Holy Innocents Church at 6PM
 
Can anyone tell us more about Saint Patrick?
Is he a historical character?
 
I cannot believe some of the things I am reading in this thread. Was St Patrick a “Real Person” Being of Irish Heritage myself - those are fighting words. (Just kidding) But yes - the Catholic Church has honored St Patrick as not only a real person but a MAJOR SAINT. He converted the entire country of Ireland from the paganism of the Druids. His famous three leafed clover which is one leaf and yet three leafs to explain the Dogma of the Trinity was not made up. St Patrick was a slave captured in Scotland and brought to Ireland and forced to tend Sheep as a boy all alone in cold windswept places. He prayed that GOD deliver him And He was delivered and became a Priest and then a Bishop and was sent beck to Ireland of all places by the Pope himself. He used to do penances by standing in cold streams up to his chest while offereing prayer to Almighty GOD and to the Blessed Virgin and the Saints. He openly defied the authority of the Druids. And the entire Country was converted as a result of this famous and heroic and Great Saint.

Ireland is known as a Priest Factory (Although not as much today) Irish Priests were very numerous throughout the world.

And BTW Corned Beef and Cabbage is an American Invention by Irish immigrants to the US in New England. But we make it every year anyway.

Pax
 
I knew this was true about the corned beef, but I dislike the way you phrase this; it’s as if you believe that the Irish people who came to “Amerikay” ceased to be Irish the instant their foot left the gangplank. In my family my mother’s grandmother had a brogue and never stopped thinking about, and yearning for, her homeland, which she never did visit again much to her chagrin. She died before I was born of course so I never met her, but from the stories I’ve heard she sounds very Irish to me.

I know that Irish-Americans too often fail to recognize the distinctions between themselves and the real Irish but couldn’t you be a little kinder to those of us who like to think we have a connection, however tenuous, to your beautiful country?
 
I couldn’t agree more. Any confusion I might once have had about that was dispelled pretty much the instant I set foot in Ireland for the first time.
 
First off, St. Patrick was most definitely real!

Secondly, it seems that my American friends celebrate St. Patrick’s day more than anyone I know. It’s a huge event there. But again, I think that’s through the efforts of the breweries rather than any Catholic sentiment. Also, most say they are of Irish descent, though probably a few generations removed, I think.

Thirdly, corned beef and cabbage tastes awful. 😉
 
I’ve had many a nightmare about boiled, tasteless cabbage. Nasty, awful stuff! It takes a good cook to get me to eat it in any form these days.
 
Onegin said:
Thirdly, corned beef and cabbage tastes awful. 😉
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I have to disagree with you there. Oddly, I never ate this dish growing up for whatever reason so a few St. Patrick’s Days back I found a recipe and made it. I was surprised at how good it was, so much so I wished I could eat it on a more regular basis.
 
It definitely could be, I just never think of it outside of St. Patrick’s Day. I served it with a kind of whipped horseradish sauce/cream and a Guinness. It was pretty tasty.
 
That’s a cute story. 😉

I love curries, but the older members of my family prefer the blander dishes. This means that concoctions containing cabbage sometimes appear at the odd family dinner despite my protests. I grew up on boiled vegetables, roasted chicken/lamb/pork/everything else and fish pie, and a litany of other things too dull to mention so as I’ve gotten older I’ve come to love the spicy cuisine. 👍

I did forget to mention that I do enjoy kimchi which is a Korean fermented cabbage dish. It took a little bit of courage to try at first but it tastes nothing like cabbage and doesn’t really resemble it much either so I’m ok with that.
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I have to disagree with you there. Oddly, I never ate this dish growing up for whatever reason so a few St. Patrick’s Days back I found a recipe and made it. I was surprised at how good it was, so much so I wished I could eat it on a more regular basis.
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Cheers! I hate the stuff so it’s good to know that all that cabbage isn’t going to waste. 😉
 
Malleus : Which is why my post said: “Although not much today” And rather than Hijack the forum on a tangent - I’ll keep my opinions to myself as to why (VII) oops…

Ireland is known as a Priest Factory (Although not as much today) Irish Priests were very numerous throughout the world.
 
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