An Irish ping a day late, but always on time :)
It was the only way he could get us Irish to walk on our hind legs!
I find that interesting.
Thanks for the history lesson. I was aware of some of this. A fascinating man who lived in a fascinating time!
Do you notice that it is the Christian worldview that restrains sexuality....to make it a sin to copulate with anything, anybody and animals.
That is what happened in the Roman empire. It is what Judaism did—outlawed the pagan incest and orgies, and vile, inhumane use of the body (homosexuality) which led to barbarism and no civility or respect for human beings....esp. children and women.
That is what Marxist worldview is trying to recreate....remove all restraint on the sex drive. (Marcuse—who designed a Freudian/Marxism curricula to destroy morality in children in the schools). It is to create chaos and barbarism....an underclass which will be easy to enslave since they are only concerned and enslaved by their passions and nothing else.
It is why Christianity is the rock of Western Civilization and led to the most successful, creative, free cultures in the history of the world. Worldview is everything. Read Dalrymple’s Life at the Bottom...the Worldview that makes the underclass.
Postmodernism....(Marxism) is nihilism and destroying civility, to create an underclass of non-thinking, copulating, narcissistic irresponsible, unproductive drudges. Nietzsche was so correct about mankind and his prediction of Hitlers for the future when he declared, “God is Dead”.
As far as him running afoul of the "Roman Catholic church" ... he was the Roman Catholic church in Ireland for much of his career.
The What Does the Prayer Really Say blog yesterday included a stirring/beautiful/powerful podcast reading of the Breastplate of St. Patrick prayer, a prayer I was unfamiliar with but have since looked up. I can’t believe there is so much wealth in the Church which seems to stay stored up in the attic simply so the rooms below might seem more open and spacious and modern. I know many people might be skimming past reading this thread since it is the day after St. Patrick’s Day and thoughts are turned elsewhere, but please go listen to the podcast of the prayer today when you have time to really listen.
His mission in Ireland, by way of his successors (St. Columba and the other “12 Apostles of Ireland”), led to re-Christianizing Britain and Continental Europe after pagan barbarian invasions of the fifth century pushed the Roman Church back to the gates of Rome.
Patrick’s glories are more than parochial, or even pre-national. Read Thomas Cahill’s How the Irish Saved Civilization for an eye-opening story of the ultimate fruits of Patrick’s labors. http://www.amazon.com/Irish-Saved-Civilization-Hinges-History/dp/0385418493/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1300472271&sr=1-1
Thanks for bringing up. No matter what view of St Patrick. It certainly is not a Irish holiday only for an excuse to drink excessively. It is at it’s real core a Christian Holiday for all. If we were all like St Patrick the flesh, The world and the devil would Tremble. Thanks for open discussion. I have learned Free Republic should represent Free Open exchange for sharing our thoughts on a subject with respect for all. This is great for a discussion. Thanks again!
One that really stands out was the Celtic King who told St Patrick if he can raise his dead king father from the dead he will believe and make sure others do believe. He told the king he will pray on it. Well Patrick fasted and prayed all night went to the shoveled up grave of the Former King. He rebuked death and the man came alive from hell to tell his son that everything Patrick said is true. Then he (the former King) asked Patrick to be saved. He then died in Glory in front of the son.
No matter what that's some story!
I don’t know why the writer says Patrick isn’t a saint. He is on the calendar and we observed his commemoration on 3/17. He has a “proper” reading and prayer in my breviary. It doesn’t get much more official than that.
That’s an interesting bit of history which I never heard before.
His given name was Maewyn Succot. He became known as Patrick later, perhaps after death. He was a humble and truly devout servant of God, of that this Protestant has no doubt.
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