“Before I was humiliated I was like a stone that lies in deep mud, and he who is mighty came

and in his compassion raised me up and exalted me very high and placed me on the top of the wall.” – St. Patrick

To celebrate St. Patrick is to celebrate the power of the One True God who continues to work in those of us stones that lie in modern mud.

Irish raiders stole Patrick from his family, enslaving him for six years until he escaped back to his family in Britain.  After entering the church, Patrick returned to Ireland – to the people who had held him in slavery  – serving them as a missionary and spreading the truth of Jesus Christ.