Posted on 03/04/2005 12:06:02 AM PST by Mama_Bear
Saint Patrick
Born: AD 385 ~ Died: AD 461
Saint Patrick, was said to have used the three-leafed shamrock to illustrate the Holy Trinity. He explained in his sermons that the clover represented how the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit were all separate parts of a single entity. His followers adopted the custom of wearing a shamrock on his feast day, March 17.
The Wearing Of The Green
Legends tell of the young Bishop Saint Patrick, who plucked a simple, humble shamrock from the ground somewhere on the lush green hillsides of County Armagh back in the year 432 AD. He used it to explain the Mystery of the Blessed Trinity to the Ancient High Kings of Ireland, making the Shamrock an important symbol as Ireland's National Emblem. It is also said that Saint Patrick drove the snakes from Ireland into the sea. St. Patrick is named the patron Saint for bringing Christianity to Ireland, and introducing the Irish people to Baptism.
That is why March 17th is now celebrated as the "Feast Day Of Saint Patrick", when Irish people from all over the world traditionally wear the shamrock on their chests, hence the phrase "The Wearing Of The Green". Saint Patrick's death on March 17, in about 461, has been observed in America since colonial days.
Hi, Nan - I'm glad to see you. We seem to just keep different hours - I don't stay around much on the weekends, and spend more time here on Tuesdays since I post those threads every week. Seems like when I'm not playing 'hostess' on Tuesdays, I'm 'working' on my *next* Tuesday post - trying to think what I'm going to do and then getting it put together.
Tell him, thank you for his service to our country!
Guess what!?
I get to post again fro my own PC! :o)
I can't post from work anymore so I'll just get on in the evenings and the weekends more often!
DEVIL'S TOOL SALE
It was advertised that the devil was going to put his tools up for sale. On the date of the sale, the tools were placed for public inspection; each tool being marked with its sale price.
They were a treacherous lot of implements ...
Hatred, Envy, Jealousy,
Deceit, Lying, Pride,
And so on....
Laid apart from the rest was a harmless looking tool, it was well worn and priced very high. "What is the name of this tool?" asked one of the shoppers, pointing to it.
"That is
Discouragement
replied the devil.
"Why have you priced it so high?"
"Because it is more useful to me than the others.? I can pry open and get inside a man's heart with that, when I cannot get near him with my other tools. Once I get inside, I can make him do what I choose. It is badly worn because I use it on almost everyone, since very few people know that it belongs to me."
We are always out looking for a bargain, shopping all the sales that come along. Enticed into buying little needed or not needed items, because of the lower price. One point we should always remember.
Just because we can buy it..
Does not mean we should buy it.
The Lord tells us not to be Discouraged:
He gives strength to the weary,
And to him who lacks might He increases power.
Though youths grow weary and tired,
And vigorous young men stumble badly,
Yet those who wait for the Lord
Will gain new strength;
They will mount up with wings like eagles,
They will run and not get tired,
They will walk and not become weary.
Isaiah 40: 29 -31
Well, hooray! I'm glad you have a connection to the net at home again!
ippin)))))))))))))) Thanks Pippin, I plan to send him this thread, Even if I have to print it and mail it to him.
Are you serious? LOL That's funny.
Hope you have a wonderful weekend, Billie.
Happy weekend to you, Victoria!
LOL. Just a few minutes. All I had to do was to change the last letter, because the URL is the same, which makes it easy to post, hehe.
Have a wonderful weekend as well, Lori.
Ahh....I see. :-)
LOL, you're cute.
One of my favorite scriptures Dubya. Perseverance and a positive attitude are tools of the good life.
It's true. The cat has tried valiantly to dispense with the cursed bird to no avail. KET has to keep the door to the parrot's room locked because the cat can turn the doorknob. So the parrot sits in the locked room calling, "here kitty, kitty, kitty" while the poor kitty is going nuts.
Wow! That's a fancy (busy) signature Victoria. How ya doing?
LOL!!! Thanks Nan. I'm doing fine. How are ya?
Oh, I'm doing great for an old lady. I try to stay out of trouble, but don't always succeed.
LOL! That is really funny.....like something you would see on America's Funniest Home Videos.
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